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From Legends and Satires From Mediæval Literature, edited by Martha Hale Shackford; Ginn and Company; Boston; 1913; pp. v-vi.

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CONTENTS



PAGE




INTRODUCTIONvii




PROEM


       OF MAN’S BODY 3


       OF MAN’S SOUL 4




DEBATE


       THE AMOROUS CONTENTION OF PHILLIS AND FLORA 7


       THE PLEADING OF THE ROSE AND OF THE VIOLET 24




VISION


       THE PURGATORY OF SAINT PATRICK 33




SAINTS’ LIVES


       THE LIFE OF SAINT BRANDON 53


       THE LIFE OF SAINT MARGARET 73




PIOUS TALES


       A MIRACLE OF GOD’S BODY 81


       A MIRACLE OF THE VIRGIN 83


       THE TRANSLATION OF SAINT THOMAS OF CANTERBURY 87




ALLEGORY


       AN EXTRACT FROM “THE CASTLE OF LOVE” 95




BESTIARY


       LION, EAGLE, WHALE, SIREN 101




LAPIDARY


       DIAMOND, SAPPHIRE, AMETHYST, GERATITE, CHELIDONIUS, CORAL, HELIOTROPE, PEARL, PANTHEROS; SYMBOLISM OF THE CARBUNCLE; SYMBOLISM OF THE TWELVE STONES 111



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HOMILY


       CONCERNING MIRACLE PLAYS, GAMES, AND MINSTRELSY 119




SATIRE


       THE SONG OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS 125


       THE LAND OF COCKAYGNE 128


       THE COMPLAINT OF THE HUSBANDMAN 131


       SIR PENNY 134




LAY


       SIR ORFEO 141




NOTES


       FRONTISPIECE 161


       PROEM 161


       DEBATE 161


       VISION 163


       SAINTS’ LIVES 165


       PIOUS TALES 167


       ALLEGORY 168


       BESTIARY 169


       LAPIDARY 170


       HOMILY 172


       SATIRE 172


       LAY 174








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