Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose
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- PROLOGUE.Sample
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
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