[Gutenberg 36848] • Lancelot of the Laik: A Scottish Metrical Romance (About 1490-1500 A. D.)

This new edition makes available to students of English romance and of the Matter of Britain two significant Middle English Arthurian romances: *Lancelot of the Laik* and *Sir Tristrem*. The former, a late fifteenth century romance, tells of the adventures of Lancelot, bearing many similarities to the Vulgate Prose Lancelot, but also includes a lengthy section of political advice. The latter is an uncourtly, parodic poem about the knight Tristrem. With its introductions, glosses, notes, and glossary, this accessible edition enables students to enrich their sense of the texture of treatments of the vast body of legends that grew around the court of Arthur.