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Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose
Kenneth Sisam (ed.)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published in print:
1937;1955;1970
ISBN:
9780198113911
Published online:
October 2022
EISBN:
9780191884726
DOI:
10.1093/actrade/9780198113911.book.1
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Front Matter
Frontispiece
Introduction
The Texts
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I. Robert Mannyng of Brunne's Handlyng Synne
The Dancers of Colbek
II. Sir Orfeo
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III. Michael of Northgate's Ayenbite of Inwit
How Mercy increases Temporal Goods
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IV. Richard Rolle of Hampole
A. Love is Life
B. The Nature of the Bee
C. The Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost
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V. Sir Gawayne and the Grene Knight
The Testing of Sir Gawayne
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VI. The Pearl, ll. 361–612
The Pearl, ll. 361–612
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VII. The Gest Hystoriale of the Destruction of Troy
Prologue
Book XXXI
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VIII. Piers Plowman
A. From the B-text, Passus VI
B. From the C-text, Passus VI, ll. 1–104
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IX. Mandeville's Travels
Voiage and Travaile of Sir Iohn Maundevile, Kt.
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X. John Barbour's Bruce
Assault on Berwick [Bk. xvii, l. 593 ff.]
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XI. John Wiclif
A. The Translation of the Bible [De Officio Pastorali, chap. xv.]
B. Of Feigned Contemplative Life
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XII. John Gower
A. Ceix and Alceone [from Confessio Amantis Bk. iv, ll. 2927 ff.]
B. Adrian and Bardus [from Confessio Amantis Bk. v, ll. 4937 ff.]
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XIII. John of Trevisa's Translation of Higden's Polychronicon
A. The Marvels of Britain [chap. xlii.]
B. The Languages of Britain [chap. lix.]
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XIV. Political Pieces
A. On the Scots
B. The Taking of Calais
C. On the Death of Edward III
D. John Ball's Letter to the Peasants of Essex
E. On the Year 1390–1
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XV. Miscellaneous Pieces in Verse
A. Now Springs the Spray
B. Spring
C. Alysoun
D. The Irish Dancer
E. The Maid of the Moor
F. The Virgin's Song
G. Judas
H. The Blacksmiths
I. Rats Away
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XVI. The York Play 'Harrowing of Hell'
Dramatis Personae
[Scene I, outside the gates of Hell]
[Scene II, Hell]
XVII. The Towneley Play of Noah
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End Matter
Commentary
Appendix: The English Language in the Fourteenth Century
A Middle English Vocabulary
Index of Names
[18.97.9.172]
18.97.9.172
