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== Editions ==
==== Scholarly collections ====
* {{:Child, Francis James 1882a}}, vol. III, pp. 214-17.
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=== Notes on matter in the ballad ===
St. 46: the ballad of ''Arthur-a-Bradley.''] Richard Braithwaite alludes to this ballad in "To the Cottoneers" in his ''Strappado for the Devil'': 
{{quote|So Time shall crowne you with an happy end,<br/>
And consummate the wishes of a friend.<br/>
So each (through peace of conscie''n''ce) rapt with pleasure<br/>
Shall ioifully begin to dance his meafure.<br/>
''"One footing actiuely'' VVilsons ''delight'',<br/>
''"Descanting on this note, I haue done what's right'',<br/>
''"Another ioying to be nam'd 'mongst them'',<br/>
''"Were made Men-fishers ofpoore fisher-men.''<br/>
''"The third as blith as any tongue can tell'',<br/>
''"Becaufe he's found a faithfull'' Samuel.<br/>
''"The fowrth is chanting of his Notes as gladly'',<br/>
''"Keeping the tune for th'honour of'' Arthura [''sic''] Bradly.<br/>
''The 5. so pranke, he scarce can stand on ground'',<br/>
''Asking who'le sing with him'' Mal Dixons ''round?''<ref>{{:Braithwaite, Richard 1615a}}, p. 209. Also cited in {{:Braithwaite, Richard 1876a}}, pt. II, [unpaginated].</ref>
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== Brief mention ==
* {{:Stockton, Edwin L 1962a}}, see pp 41-42, 42.

== Also see ==
* [[Place-names in Robin Hood's Birth, Breeding, Valor and Marriage]].

== Notes ==
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