Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose
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Fourteenth Century VERSE & PROSE
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY[28]
DICTIONARIES.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL.
LITERATURE AND LEARNING.
CHURCH HISTORY.
GENERAL HISTORY.
WORKS RELATING CHIEFLY TO FRANCE.
DICTIONARIES.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL.
LITERATURE AND LEARNING.
CHURCH HISTORY.
GENERAL HISTORY.
WORKS RELATING CHIEFLY TO FRANCE.
I ROBERT MANNYNG OF BRUNNE'S HANDLYNG SYNNE A.D. 1303
THE DANCERS OF COLBEK MS. Harley 1701 (about A.D. 1375); ed. Furnivall, ll. 8987 ff.
II SIR ORFEO
III MICHAEL OF NORTHGATE'S AYENBYTE OF INWYT A.D. 1340.
HOW MERCY INCREASES TEMPORAL GOODS.
IV RICHARD ROLLE OF HAMPOLE D. 1349.
A. LOVE IS LIFE. Cambridge University Library MS. DD. 5. 64, III (about 1400) f. 38 a.
B. THE NATURE OF THE BEE. (The Thornton MS. (before 1450); ed. Horstmann, vol. i, p. 193.) Moralia Ricardi Heremite de Natura Apis.
C. THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY GHOST. (Chap. xi of The Form of Perfect Living; ed. Horstmann, vol. i, p. 196.)
V SIR GAWAYNE AND THE GRENE KNIGHT ABOUT 1350-75.
THE TESTING OF SIR GAWAYNE. British Museum MS. Nero A X (about 1400); ed. R. Morris, ll. 2069 ff.
VI THE PEARL ABOUT 1375.
THE PEARL, ll. 361-612. (MS. Cotton Nero A X (about 1400).)
VII THE GEST HYSTORIALE OF THE DESTRUCTION OF TROY ABOUT 1375.
PROLOGUE.
THE XXXI BOKE: OF THE PASSAGE OF THE GREKYS FRO TROY (ll. 12463-12547).
VIII PIERS PLOWMAN (1362-1400) BY WILLIAM LANGLAND
A. FROM THE B-TEXT, PASSUS VI. Bodleian MS. Laud 581 (about 1400).
B. FROM THE C-TEXT, PASSUS VI, ll. 1-104. MS. Phillips 8231 (about 1400).
IX MANDEVILLE'S TRAVELS
[THE VOIAGE AND TRAVAILE OF SIR IOHN MAUNDEVILE, KT.] British Museum MS. Cotton Titus C xvi (about 1400-25).
From chap. xiv (xviii), f. 65 b.
Chap. xxvi (xxx), f. 112 a.
From chap. xiv (xviii), f. 65 b.
Chap. xxvi (xxx), f. 112 a.
EPILOGUE.
X THE BRUCE WRITTEN IN 1375 BY JOHN BARBOUR.
THE BRUCE, Bk. xvii, ll. 593 ff. St. John's College (Cambridge) MS. G 23 (A.D. 1487).
XI JOHN WICLIF D. 1384.
A. THE TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE. De Officio Pastorali, chap. xv. MS. Ashburnham XXVII (15th century).
B. OF FEIGNED CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE. Corpus Christi College (Cambridge) MS. 296 (1375-1400), p. 165.
XII JOHN GOWER D. 1408.
A. CEIX AND ALCEONE. From Bk. iv, ll. 2927 ff.
B. ADRIAN AND BARDUS. From Bk. v, ll. 4937 ff.
XIII JOHN OF TREVISA'S TRANSLATION OF HIGDEN'S POLYCHRONICON 1387.
A. THE MARVELS OF BRITAIN. CHAP. xlii. MS. Tiberius D. vii (about 1400), f. 39 a.
B. THE LANGUAGES OF BRITAIN. CHAP. lix.
XIV POLITICAL PIECES
A. ON THE SCOTS (ABOUT 1333). BY LAURENCE MINOT. MS. Cotton Galba E. ix (about 1425), f. 52 a.
B. THE TAKING OF CALAIS (1347). BY LAURENCE MINOT. MS. Cotton Galba E. ix (about 1425), f. 55 b.
C. ON THE DEATH OF EDWARD III, A.D. 1377. Bodleian MS. Vernon (about 1400), f. 4106.
D. JOHN BALL'S LETTER TO THE PEASANTS OF ESSEX, 1381. St. Albans MS. British Museum Royal 13. E. ix (about 1400), f. 287 a.
E. ON THE YEAR 1390-1. St. John's College (Oxford) MS. 209, f. 57 a.
XV MISCELLANEOUS PIECES IN VERSE
A. NOW SPRINGS THE SPRAY. Lincoln's Inn MS. Hale 135 (about 1300).
B. SPRING. MS. Harley 2253 (about 1325), f. 71 b.
C. ALYSOUN. MS. Harley 2253, f. 63 b.
D. THE IRISH DANCER. Bodleian MS. Rawlinson D. 913.
E. THE MAID OF THE MOOR. Bodleian MS. Rawlinson D. 913.
F. THE VIRGIN'S SONG. British Museum MS. Harley 7322 (about 1375), f. 135 b.
G. JUDAS. Trinity College (Cambridge) MS. B. 14. 39 (about 1300), f. 34 a.
H. THE BLACKSMITHS. British Museum MS. Arundel 292 (about 1425-50), f. 71 b.
I. RATS AWAY. Bodleian MS. Rawlinson C. 288, f. 113 (15th-century writing, blurred).
XVI THE YORK PLAY 'HARROWING OF HELL' British Museum MS. Addit. 35290 (about 1430-40), f. 193 b.
XVII THE TOWNELEY PLAY OF NOAH Towneley MS. (about 1475), ff. 76 ff.
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APPENDIX THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
CORRIGENDA To Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse and Prose
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