Excerpt from The Political Songs of England: From the Reign of John to That of Edward II.; Edited and Translated Few historical documents are more interesting or important than the contemporary Songs in which the political partizan satirised his Opponents and stirred up the courage of his friends, or in which the people exulted over victories gained abroad against their enemies or at home against their Oppressors, or la meated over evil counsels and national calamities. Yet, though a few specimens have been published from time to time in collections of miscellaneous poetry, such as those of Percy and Ritson, and have never failed to attract attention; no book Specially devoted to ancient Political Songs has yet appeared. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.