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From Early English Romances: Done Into Modern English by Edith Rickert: Romances of Love, Chatto and Windus: London, Duffield & Co.: London, 1908; pp. i-x.



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THE  NEW  MEDIEVAL  LIBRARY





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mansucript illumination from a manuscript, left half of the picure shows men at table and a knight on his steed in front of them, on the right half of the picture shows men in a boat with a castle tower in the foreground

“He. . . . rode up to       “Now is the duke

 the very dais” (page 128)come over the sea” (page 125)







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block letters and ornate flower and twining vine border around the title of the book





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The title on the reverse of this page has been adapted by Miss Blanche C. Hunter from B.M. Harley MS. 2952, f. 126.






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EARLY ENGLISH ROMANCES IN VERSE: DONE INTO MODERN ENGLISH BY EDITH RICKERT: ROMANCES OF LOVE



CHATTO AND WINDUS: LONDON
NEW YORK: DUFFIELD & CO.
1908







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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTIONxi




FLORIS AND BLANCHEFLOUR1




SIR ORFEO32




LAY OF THE ASH47




LAUNFAL MILES57




THE EARL OF TOULOUSE80




SIR DEGREVANT106




THE KNIGHT OF COURTESY AND FAIR LADY OF

FAGUELL 141




THE SQUIRE OF LOW DEGREE178







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ILLUSTRATIONS

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“HE . . . RODE UP TO THE VERY DAÏS”

(page 128) Frontispiece




“NOW IS THE DUKE COME OVER THE SEA”

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Royal MS. 15 E. vi., fol. 224b.




“ALL THE WILD BEASTS . . . GATHERED

ROUND HIM FOR DELIGHT”To face page 39

Harl. MS. 4431, fol. 125b.




“TELL ME THY SECRET — WHY THOU

MOURNEST SO STILL?”91

Harl. MS. 4431, fol. 106b.




“ON TRINITY . . . HE TOOK HER . . .

UNTO HIS LIFE’S END”139

Royal MS. 14 E. iv., fol. 39.




“THE WHEEL OF VICTORY”158

Harl MS. 4431, fol. 129.






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