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The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 1 (of 5)

Note 93 — 4 LADY ISABEL AND THE ELF-KNIGHT (continued 2)

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Dutch B, which, as before said, has been completely rewritten, makes the comparison with Holofernes:

34 'Ik heb van't leven hem beroofd, in mynen schoot heb ik zyn hoofd, hy is als Holofernes gelooft.' 37 Zy reed dan voort als Judith wys, zoo regt nae haer vaders paleis, daer zy wierd ingehaeld met eer en prys.

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