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                                 SIGNELIL
                         A TALE FROM THE CORNISH
                            AND OTHER BALLADS

                                    BY
                              GEORGE BORROW

                                 LONDON:
                     PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION
                                   1913

               _Copyright in the United States of America_
           _by Houghton_, _Mifflin & Co. for Clement Shorter_.

SIGNELIL

The Lady her handmaid to questioning took:
âWhy dost thou so sickly and colourless look?â
   _But sorrow gnaws so sorely_!

ââTis little wonder if sickly Iâm growing,
   _Malfred my lady_!
So much am I busied with cutting and sewing.â

âErewhile was thy cheek as the blooming rose red,
But now thou art pale, even pale as the dead.â

âTo conceal the truth longer âtis vain to essay,
My gallant young master has led me astray.â

âAnd if the young noble has led thee astray,
Say, what gave he thee for thy virtue in pay?â

âHe gave to me shoes were gold spangled all oâer,
And them have I worn with affliction so sore.

âHe gave to me also of silk a soft shift,
And with sorrow most painful Iâve worn the fair gift.

âHe gave me, Christ sain him! a gold ring so fine,
Whose match I can see on no finger of thine.â

âBut what will avail thee his presents of price,
If he thee will not wed before God and menâs eyes?â

âO, he to espouse me so often has vowed,
And rich presents beside upon me has bestowed.â

âWhat will his vows help thee in secrecy spoke?
To many a maid them he has made and has broke.â

âO, I on the gold harp will play me a tune,
And the knight to his presence will summon me soon.â

With her fingers so tapering she struck the first chord,
That heard, as he dozed in his bed, the young lord.

The gallant young lord to his waiting-boy said:
âGo straight, and call hither my motherâs fair maid.â

The bedside he stroked with so gentle an air:
âDear heart, sit thee down, for thy weight it will bear.â

âO no, by the Saints, I will never do that,
For there, noble Sir, I have neâer before sat.â

âThough thou neâer hast placed thee upon my bedside,
Thou hast slept in my arms embraced many a tide.

âMy spouse thou shalt be, yea, my heartâs beloved spouse,
And I in thine arms every night will repose.â

A TALE FROM THE CORNISH

   In Lavanâs parish once of yore,
Dwelt on the spot called Tshei an Hor,
A loving couple, man and wife,
But poverty distressed their life.
And thus the man his wife addressâd:
âIâll wander forth of work in quest;
And you, my dearest, you can earn
Your living here till I return.â

   His home he leaves, and, far from gay,
Towards the East he took his way.
At length a farmerâs dwelling reaching,
He enterâd it, for work beseeching.
âWhat work canst do?â the farmer cried;
âAll kinds of work, Sir,â John replied.
Then straight they for a year agree,
Three pounds the wages were to be.

And when the year to end had come
The master paid him down the sum.
âJohn,â said his master, âhereâs your fee;
But if youâll it return to me,
A point of wisdom I will teach you.â
Said John: âGive it me, I beseech you.â
âNo, no, to give is not my way.â
âTake it,â said John, âand say your say.â
Quoth tâother: âThis in memory hold:
_Neâer for the new road leave the old_.â

They for another year agree,
The wages just the same to be;
And when the year its end had reached,
The farmer forth the three pounds fetched.
âJohn,â said his master, âhereâs your fee,
But if youâll it return to me,
A point of wisdom I will teach you.â
âGive it me, Sir, I do beseech you.â
âFor nought I will not speak, not I.â
âWell, take it then,â was Johnâs reply.
Quoth tâother: â_Lodge not_, _for your life_,
_With an old man whoâs a young wife_.â

For yet a year they then agree,
The wages still the same to be.
And when the year to end had rollâd,
The three pounds out the master told.
âJohn,â said the master, âhereâs your fee;
But if youâll it return to me,
Iâll the best point of wisdom learn you.â
âFor that, Sir, Iâll the wage return you.â
The farmer said: â_Take this advice_,
_Ere striking once_, _bethink thee twice_.â

Now John would serve no longer there,
Home to his wife he would repair.
âGo not to-day,â the farmer spake,
âTo-morrowâs my wifeâs day to bake;
She shall for you prepare a cake
Home to your faithful wife to take.â

The nine pounds in the loaf they hid,
And when John them adieu had bid,
The farmer cried: âI pray thee carry
This present home unto your deary;
And as ye two there merry make,
Then, and not till then, part the cake.â

John turned him homeward from the door;
And when he reachâd St. Elerâs Moor,
He met three Tre-ryn merchants there
Returning home from Exeter.
âWeâre glad to see thee, John,â they cried,
âWhere hast thou been this long, long tide?â
Says John: âIâm just from service come,
And to my wife am journeying home.â
âO travel with us,â cried all three,
âAnd very welcome shalt thou be.â

Before them two roads they behold;
They took the new, John kept the old.
And as they passed by Keou Tshoy Un,
When they had just lost sight of John,
Thieves set upon them furiously,
Whereat they raised a doleful cry,
Which reaching Johnâs ears on his rout,
âMurder!â and âThieves!â he bellowed out.

His clamour scared the robber train,
Who from the merchants sped amain.
And when they came to Market Jew
They to their joy met John anew,
And cried: âWhat thanks we owe thee, John!
We had for certain, every one,
Been ruined people, but for thee,
Come with us, thouâlt most welcome be.â

And when they reached the hostelrie
At which it was their wont to lie,
Quoth John: âThe master I must view.â
âThe master! what with him wouldst do?â
They answered, âweâve a mistress here,
And young enough she is, and fair;
To see the host, if youâre inclined,
Him in the kitchen you will find.â

Into the kitchen John he goes,
And sees the master of the house,
An ancient man who turned the spit.
âO, ho!â said John, âthis house I quit;
No sleeping place of it Iâll make,
But in the next will quarters take.â
âDo not go yet,â they cried all three,
âStay, sup with us, thouâlt welcome be.â

And now, with grief and shame, I say
That with a friar of orders grey
The mistress had contrived a plan
To murder the poor ancient man,
When sleep had bound the merchants fast,
And on their heads the crime to cast.

John in the next house that same night
Saw through a hole iâ the wall a light.
So getting up and gently walking,
He heard the friar and woman talking.
The friar said: âAgainst yon hole
My back Iâll set, for fear some soul
From the next house our deeds should spy.â

The hostess then most cruelly,
With a silk handkerchief she bore,
Murdered her ancient husband poor,
Strangled him did the accursed slut.
But meanwhile through the hole John cut
A round piece from the friarâs gown,
And then in bed again lay down.

At morn ran out the hostess crying
That murdered was her husband lying;
And since nor man nor child had been,
Except the merchants, in the inn,
They should be hanged withouten fail;
They thereupon were led to jail.
John quickly them a visit paid.
âO, John! weâve evil luck,â they said;
âLast night the host was choked in bed,
And upon us the crime is laid.â

âDear gentlemen,â was Johnâs reply,
âBeseech the Justice instantly
To cause them who the murder wrought
Into his presence to be brought.â

âBut who knows who the deed has done?â
They faltered forth; then answered John:
âIf I canât prove who did it, I
Will hang for it most willingly.â

âSpeak out,â they cried.  Said John: âLast night,
Being in bed, I saw a light;
I rose, as if Iâd had a callâ
There was a hole in the house wall,
âGainst which his back a certain friar
Placed, thereby blinding it entire,
Lest, as he said, some curious eye
From the next house their deeds should spy.
I cut, meanwhile, to him unknown,
A large round piece from off his gown.
To prove that what Iâve said is true
Iâve in my pouch the piece to shew.â
The merchants then were soon set free;
The murderers died on gallows tree.

All three depart from Market Jew,
Together with their comrade true,
Far as Kuz carn na Huila went,
And thence their ways lay different.
Now though the merchants earnest were
That John should with them home repair,
He steadfastly refused their plea,
Longing his wife and home to see.

When of the merchants he lost sight
He lounged away his time till night.
Heâd fain know whether, while he roved
Abroad, his consort faithful proved.

Arrived, he listened at the door,
And heard a manâs voice, he was sure,
Within the bed; his knife he drew,
Resolved to slay the guilty two.
But soon remembering the advice,
â_Ere striking once_, _bethink thee twice_,â
In hurry from the door he strode,
But soon returning knocked aloud.

âIn name of God, whoâs there?â she cried;
ââTis I am here, wife,â John replied.
(âNow in the name of blest Marie,
Whom heard I in her company?â)
âIf John thou art, pray enter free.â
âFirst bring the light here,â answered he.
âTwas brought, he stepped the threshold oâer.
Quoth he: âOn coming to the door
I heard a manâs voice in the bed.â
âAh, Johnny, when away you sped
In distant parts for work to roam,
I then with child was three months gone;
In bed there lies a comely boy,
Unto us both heâll be a joy.â

Said John, âIâve something to disclose.
My master, when I left his house,
Gave me this cake I have in hand,
And with it gave the strict command
When I with thee should merry make
Then and not till then it to break.
Iâll now accomplish what he bade,
Mayhap weâve wherefor to be glad.â

They broke the cake in anxious haste,
The nine pounds in it, lo! were placed.
They took the money, ate the bread,
And I for truth have heard it said
No quarrel eâer or noisy word
âTwixt them from that time forth occurrâd.

   Now, Gentles all, my tale is done,
I hope it has your favour won!

SIR VERNER AND DAME INGEBORG

         In Linholmâs house
The swains they were drinking and making carouse.
   _The Dames neâer could so gallant a prisoner keep in_.

The swains they drank deep and they made themselves gay,
And so did Sir Verner in prison that lay.

Dame Ingeborg woke, and she lifts up her eyes:
âO, which of my maidens doth sing in that guise?â

âO, none of your maidens can sing in such guise,
âTis Sir Verner whoâs singing, in durance he lies.â

Dame Ingeborg straightway two servants addressed:
âTo come to my presence Sir Verner request.â

In through the portal Sir Verner he strode,
And up to receive him Dame Ingeborg stood.

To the cushion Dame Ingeborg points with a smile:
âGo thither, Sir Verner, and rest thee awhile.

âNow hark thou, Sir Verner, what I to thee say:
I beg thou wilt sing me a pretty love lay.â

âA love lay Iâve never learnt up to this hour,
But Iâll sing to oblige thee the best in my power.â

Sir Verner began, and he sang such a lay,
That soon in deep slumber Dame Ingeborg lay.

The Dames and the maids fell to sleep and to doze,
Dame Ingeborg sank to a peaceful repose.

Sir Verner he glanced then so cautiously round,
The keys great and small in a nook he has found.

To the door hied Sir Verner as fast as he might,
He forgot to bid Dame Ingeborg a good-night.

When out of the castle himself he perceived,
His voice in a ditty again he upheaved.

Sir Verner he waved up his hat with delight:
âDame Ingeborg bid ye a very good night!

âAnd hear thou, Sir Warden, who standâst on thy watch,
Of my ditty the burden I pray thee to catch.

âSheâd this eâen not have taken a bushel of gold,
Now no penny for me shall she ever behold.â

So fast to the door went Sir Verner the knight,
He forgot to bid Damsel or Lady good-night.

THE HEDDEBY SPECTRE {22}

At evening fall I chanced to ride,
My courser to a tree I tied.
   _So wide thereof the story goes_.

Against a stump my head I laid,
And then to slumber I essayâd.
   _So wide thereof the story goes_.

As soon as sleep had closed my eye,
The murdered man to me drew nigh.
   _So wide thereof the story goes_.

âAnd if thy race to mine belongs,
I call thee to avenge my wrongs.
   _So wide thereof the story goes_.

âAnd them to Heddeby shalt ride,
For there my kith and kin reside.
   _So wide thereof the story goes_.

âMy father dwells there, and my mother,
There dwell my sister and my brother.
   _So wide thereof the story goes_.

âThere Kirsten dwells, my lovely wife,
And it was she who took my life.
   _So wide thereof the story goes_.

âHer sleeping husband stifled she,
With aid of cursed beldames three.
   _So wide thereof the story goes_.

âThen in a truss of hay concealed,
They brought me forth to this wide field.
   _So wide thereof the story goes_.

âThe page I loved the best of all,
Now rides upon my courser tall.
   _So wide thereof the story goes_.

âEats daily with my silver knife,
And sleeps with Kirsten fair, my wife.
   _So wide thereof the story goes_.

âHe sitteth highest at the board,
My children tremble at his word.
   _So wide thereof the story goes_.

âTo them he gives so little bread,
And mocks them now that I am dead.
   _So wide thereof the story goes_.

âHe rides about the forest grounds,
And hunts the red deer with my hounds.
   _So wide thereof the story goes_.

âEach time the caitiff slays a deer,
He wakes me in my grave so drear.
   _So wide thereof the story goes_.

âBut if I to him once repair,
With him âtwill sorely, sorely fare.â
   _So wide thereof the story goes_.

FROM GOUDELI

Yestereâen when the bat, and the owl, and his mate,
   Were holding discourse their small matters about;
   And the sun, that the wee little stars might shine out,
Had extinguished the lamp of his lustre so great.

A shepherd exclaimed: âO âtwas folly that I
   My love should bestow upon one never kind,
   Upon Siris the lovely, whose cold, cruel mind,
Would suffer unmoved a true lover to die.

âOften times, when our flocks on the common did browse,
Iâd approach her to pour in her ear my fond vows,
   But unto her companions to haste she was sure.
O, light of my eyes! wouldst thou render me blest,
And wouldst grant me two kisses on thy snowy breast,
   I swear that each one should an hour endure!â

PEASANT SONGS OF SPAIN

1.

When Jesu our Redeemer
   To him the twelve did call,
By threes and fours he called them,
   Till they were mustered all.

And when they all were mustered,
   âTwas thus to them he spake:
âO which of ye, my children,
   Will perish for my sake?â

Then, gazing on each other,
   They stood abashed and still;
All save Saint John the Baptist,
   And Peter of the Hill.

âWeâll die for thee, O Jesus,
   Upon to-morrowâs morn.â
For him died John the Baptist,
   And suffered pain and scorn.

2.

There stands a stone, a rounded stone,
   âMidst oceanâs surges hoary,
On which sweet Jesus set his foot
   When mounting to his glory.

There grows a rose, a blooming rose,
   âMidst oceanâs briny waters,
That oâer may pass, to hear the mass,
   Havanahâs dusky daughters.

                                * * * * *

                                 LONDON:
               Printed for THOMAS J. WISE, Hampstead, N.W.

                   _Edition limited to Thirty Copies_.

Footnotes:

{22}  An earlier, and utterly different, version of this ballad was
printed in _Romantic Ballads_, 1826, pp. 37â39.  Borrow afterwards
described this earlier version as âa paraphrase.â

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