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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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FLORIS AND BLANCHEFLOUR1

LAY OF THE ASH47

LAUNFAL MILES57

THE EARL OF TOULOUSE80

SIR DEGREVANT106

THE KNIGHT OF COURTESY AND FAIR LADY OF

THE SQUIRE OF LOW DEGREE178

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ILLUSTRATIONS

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“HE . . . RODE UP TO THE VERY DAÏS”

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“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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