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Thread #163685 Message #3909469
Posted By: GUEST,Mick Pearce (MCP)
04-Mar-18 - 07:13 PM
Thread Name: Origins: James Madison Carpenter & Child Ballads
Subject: RE: Origins: James Madison Carpenter & Child Ballads
Richie - Just going back to Inter Diabolus Et Virgo for a minute.
I think the 2nd line of [4] should be:
If you wilt be true and mine henceforward.
rather than beholden. I think the sense of holde is similar to its use into have and to hold
The 2nd line of [22] should be just:
I will speak no more with thee!
The 2 negatives are a function of the Middle English and I don't think you need them in the translation.
Mick