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gating her sons to rebel against their father, to<br />

which she was incited hy jealousy <strong>and</strong> ill us<br />

they do not breathe the slightest suspicion a-<br />

gainst her conjugal honour while queen of Eng-<br />

l<strong>and</strong>. It would, therefore, appear that the<br />

ballad has no foundation in truth, other than<br />

it may allude to her conduct whilst the wife of<br />

Louis VII.<br />

The present copy of this ballad differs consid-<br />

erably <strong>from</strong> the version given in Percy's Be-<br />

liques.

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