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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Map
Introduction
I. Robert Mannyng of Brunne’s Handlyng Synne
The Dancers of Colbek
II. Sir Orfeo
III. Michael of Northgate’s Ayenbyte of Inwyt
How Mercy increases Temporal Goods
IV. Richard Rolle of Hampole
A. Love is Life
B. The Nature of the Bee
C. The Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost
V. Sir Gawayne and the Grene Knight
The Testing of Sir Gawayne
VI. The Pearl, ll. 361–612
VII. The Gest Hystoriale of the Destruction of Troy
Prologue
The XXXI Book: Of the Passage of the Grekys fro Troy
VIII. Piers Plowman
A. From the B-Text, Passus VI
B. From the C-Text, Passus VI
IX. Mandeville’s Travels
Ethiopia.—Of Diamonds
Beyond Cathay
Epilogue
X. John Barbour’s Bruce
An Assault on Berwick (1319)
XI. John Wiclif
A. The Translation of the Bible
B. Of Feigned Contemplative Life
XII. John Gower
A. Ceix and Alceone
B. Adrian and Bardus
XIII. John of Trevisa’s Translation of Higden’s Polychronicon
A. The Marvels of Britain
B. The Languages of Britain
XIV. Political Pieces
A. On the Scots, by Minot
B. The Taking of Calais, by Minot
C. On the Death of Edward III
D. John Ball’s Letter to the Peasants of Essex
E. On the Year 1390–1
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
XVI. The York Play ‘Harrowing of Hell’
XVII. The Towneley Play of Noah
Notes
Appendix: The English Language in the Fourteenth Century
A Middle English Vocabulary By J.R.R. Tolkien
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