Henry and the Nut-brown Maid

SEARCH would be obliged for any information as to the authorship of this beautiful ballad. [Mr. Wright, in his handsome black-letter reprint, published by Pickering in 1836, states, that "it is impossible to fix the date of this ballad," and has not attempted to trace the authorship. We shall be very glad if SEARCH's Query should produce information upon either of these points.]