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Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose, edited

Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose, edited

by Kenneth Sisam

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Editor
Sisam, Kenneth, 1887-
Title
Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose
Credits
Produced by David Starner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Great Britain -- History -- 14th century -- Sources
Category
Text
eBook-No.
43736
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43736
Release Date
September 15, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Fourteenth Century VERSE & PROSE — Transcriber's Note
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.INTRODUCTION — I — II — III — IV — V — THE TEXTS — SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY [28] — DICTIONARIES. — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL. — LITERATURE AND LEARNING. — CHURCH HISTORY. — GENERAL HISTORY. — WORKS RELATING CHIEFLY TO FRANCE.
  4. 4.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.
  5. 5.II SIR ORFEO
  6. 6.III MICHAEL OF NORTHGATE'S AYENBYTE OF INWYT A.D. 1340. — HOW MERCY INCREASES TEMPORAL GOODS.
  7. 7.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.)
  8. 8.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.
  9. 9.VI THE PEARL A BOUT 1375. — THE PEARL, ll. 361-612. (MS. Cotton Nero A X (about 1400).)
  10. 10.VII THE GEST HYSTORIALE OF THE DESTRUCTION OF TROY A BOUT 1375. — PROLOGUE. — THE XXXI BOKE: OF THE PASSAGE OF THE GREKYS FRO TROY (ll. 12463-12547).
  11. 11.VIII PIERS PLOWMAN (1362-1400) B Y 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).
  12. 12.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. — EPILOGUE.
  13. 13.X THE BRUCE W RITTEN IN 1375 BY JOHN BARBOUR. — THE BRUCE, Bk. xvii, ll. 593 ff. St. John's College (Cambridge) MS. G 23 ( A.D. 1487).
  14. 14.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.
  15. 15.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.
  16. 16.XIII JOHN OF TREVISA'S TRANSLATION OF HIGDEN'S POLYCHRONICON 1387. — A. THE MARVELS OF BRITAIN. C HAP. xlii. MS. Tiberius D. vii (about 1400), f. 39 a. — B. THE LANGUAGES OF BRITAIN. C HAP. lix.
  17. 17.XIV POLITICAL PIECES — A. ON THE SCOTS ( ABOUT 1333). B Y L AURENCE M INOT. MS. Cotton Galba E. ix (about 1425), f. 52 a. — B. THE TAKING OF CALAIS (1347). B Y L AURENCE M INOT. 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.
  18. 18.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).
  19. 19.XVI THE YORK PLAY 'HARROWING OF HELL' British Museum MS. Addit. 35290 (about 1430-40), f. 193 b.
  20. 20.XVII THE TOWNELEY PLAY OF NOAH Towneley MS. (about 1475), ff. 76 ff.
  21. 21.NOTES — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI — XVII
  22. 22.APPENDIX THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
  23. 23.CORRIGENDA To Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse and Prose — Transcriber's Note

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