Fourteenth CenturyVERSE & PROSE
edited by
KENNETH SISAM
OXFORD
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
M D CCCC XXI
Oxford University Press
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Humphrey Milford
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Transcriber's Note
Original spelling variants and punctuation have not been standardized. <Words> or l<e>tters enclosed in angle brackets < > are additions by the author to complete the manuscript; daggers †† indicate corrupt readings retained by the author. See also the Transcriber's Note at the end.
The companion volume,
A Middle English Vocabulary, designed for use with SISAM's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose, by J. R. R. Tolkien
is available at PG #43737.
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
CONTENTS
I. ROBERTMANNYNG OF BRUNNE'SHANDLYNGSYNNE 1
The Dancers of Colbek 4
II. SIRORFEO 13
III. MICHAEL OFNORTHGATE'S AYENBYTE OF INWYT 32
How Mercy increases Temporal Goods 33
IV. RICHARDROLLE OF HAMPOLE 36
A. Love is Life 37
B. The Nature of the Bee 41
C. The Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost 42
V. SIRGAWAYNE AND THE GRENEKNIGHT 44
The Testing of Sir Gawayne