...1626, vahere he qvotes the very words of the ballad, MARY AMBREE, (Who marched fo free' 9"s the jiege of Gaunt, And death could not daunt, As the ballad doth vaunt) Were a braver ioight, &c. She is alfo mentioned in Fletcher's Scornful Lady, A3 ;• fub finem. " My large gentlewoman,...

...fortunate hies. Her you shall see, But credit me, That Mary Ambrée, Who marched so free To the siege of Gaunt, And death could not daunt, " As the ballad...doth vaunt, " Were" a braver wight, " And a better sight." She is .mentioned also in Fletcher's Scornfid Lady, act 5, sub faiem : " My Mary Ambrée, had...

...of Troy. Johp. Her you shall see : But credit me, That Mary Ambree (Who march'd so free To the siege of Gaunt, And death could not daunt, As the ballad doth vaunt,?) Were a braver wight, And a better sight. Skel. Or Westminster Meg,1 With her long leg, As long as a crane; And feet like a plane : With...

...the ballad, which he seems to have had by heart : — " Mary Ambree, Who marched so free To the siege of Gaunt, And death could not daunt, As the ballad doth vaunt." This ballad was printed by Percy from a black-letter copy in the Pepys Collection, and improved from...

...account (not scattered notices) of Mary Ambree ? " That Mary Atnbree Who marched so free To the siege of Gaunt, And death could not daunt, As the ballad doth vaunt?" EDWAHD F. RIMBAULT. Sir TV. Stanley. — I find in one of the usual history books in use that Sir William...

...1626, where he quotes the very words of the ballad, MARY AMBREE, ( Who marched so free To the siege of Gaunt, And death could not daunt, As the ballad doth vaunt) Were a braver wight, £c. She is also mentioned in Fletcher's Scornful Latly, Act 5, subjinem. " This ballad is printed...

...1626, where he quotes the very words of the ballad, MARY AMBREE, (Who marched so free To the siege of Gaunt, And death could not daunt, As the ballad doth vaunt) Were a braver wight, &c. She is also mentioned in Fletcher's Scornful Ladg, Act 5, sub finem. " This ballad is printed from...

...proverbially applied to women of strength and spirit. That Mary Ambrée "Who marched so free To the siege of Gaunt, And death could not daunt, (As the ballad doth vaunt,) &c. My daughter will be valiant, And prove a very Jlary Ambry i' the business. B. Jota., Tait of a...

...1626, where he quotes the very words of the ballad, MARY AMBREE, (Who marched so free To the siege of Gaunt, And death could not daunt, As the ballad doth vaunt) Were a braver wight, &c. .She is also mentioned in Fletcher's Scornjul Ladg, Act 5, sub foiem. " This ballad is printed...

...called from spirit-land, Jophiel assures him That Mary Ambrée — Who marched so free To the siege of Gaunt, And death could not daunt, As the ballad doth vaunt — Were a braver wight, And a better sight. This Amazonian heroine is frequently alluded to by the Elizabethan dramatists as the type of...