"The Dominion of the Sword" is the title in a manuscript for a song printed in some songbooks as "The Power of the Sword" (e.g., Merry Drollery , 1661 and Rump Songs, I, p. 333, 1662. See ZN1612 in the broadside ballad index on my website for the source of several copies including a broadside ballad issue that you can find on the Bodley Ballads website. ABCs of two early versions of its tune are B247 and 275 on my website. www.erols.com.olsonw

Be sure to note ZN1613 also.