• Item 19, The Erle of Tolous: Introduction

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• Legends of St. Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary: Introduction

stories about other long-awaited children, including Isaac (Genesis 15-18, 21:1-8), Samson (Judges 13), John the Baptist (Luke 1: 5-25, 57-80), and especially Samuel (1 Samuel 1-2); thus Mary becomes both a child of destiny, heralded before birth as a chosen

• Plowman Writings: Chaucer's Plowman

10 [540] With hym ther was a Plowman, was his broother, That hadde ylad of donge ful many a foother. 1 A trewe swynkere and a good was he, Lyvynge in pees and parfit charitee. God loved he best with

• 21. Gregory

it maye growe meche and amende, and endure paciently withoute vengeaunce." Go To 22. Galen 21. Gregory, Notes 21. GREGORY 1 Recommaunde, Offer. 2 peyne, pain; cheese, choose. 3 ben wers, are worse. 4 Loke, Look; yre, ire; connynge, cleverness.

• 18. Onese

for here kinge, yet shulle thei have theire courages unto anothir." Go To 19. Marcedarge 18. Onese, Notes 18. ONESE 1 wexen, grow. 2 ferefull, precarious; poure mannes, poor man's. 3 dethe, death; domynacioun, domination; Oon, One. 4 felawe, companion.

• 4. Zalquaquine

and to kepe from alle thingis that touchith his dis- honour." Go To 5. Homer 4. Zalquaquine, Notes 4.ZALQUAQUINE: FOOTNOTES 1 Ho, who; wol, will. 2 her, their. 3 bene, been. 4 her, their. 6 displesaunte, unpleasant. 8 teche, teach.

• 1. Zedechye

the worste dispence that is dispended is that that is done in evell werkis. Go To 2. Hermes 1. Zedechye, Notes 1. ZEDECHYE: FOOTNOTES 2 seith, says. 3 beleve, belief. 4 aungellis, angels. 6-7 puissaunce, puissance/power. 14 holly, wholly. 15

• The York Corpus Christi Plays: Play 1, The Creation of the Angels and the Fall of Lucifer

Fifth Day The York Corpus Christi Cycle: Play 1, The Creation of the Angels and the Fall of Lucifer Play 1, THE CREATION OF THE ANGELS AND THE FALL OF LUCIFER: FOOTNOTES 1 I am alpha and omega, life, the

• The York Corpus Christi Plays: Play 14, The Nativity

Nativity by the Master of Flemalle to which Robinson has called attention (Studies in Fifteenth-Century Stagecraft, p. 124 and fig. 1). 39–44 wolde I fayne we had sum light . . . bryng. It is “right myrke” (the traditional time

• The N-Town Plays: Play 21, Christ and the Doctors

The Holy Gost the thyrde, of Grace he is hyght; And in oo substauns all these thre be knyt. DOCTOR 1 Another questyon I aske yow yitt: Ye seyd on of these thre toke flesch and blood,3 And sche a

• The N-Town Plays: Play 9, Presentation of Mary in the Temple

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• Henryson, Complete Works: Appendix

lightly modernized; and paragraphing is added.] Go To Bibliography SIR FRANCIS KYNASTON’S ANECDOTE ABOUT THE DEATH OF ROBERT HENRYSON: FOOTNOTES 1 See David Stevenson, “Erskine, Thomas, first earl of Kellie (1566–1639),” ODNB for a biography of this courtier of James

• Item 23, The Incestuous Daughter: Introduction

tears of contrition can break them. Manuscript Context If Saint Eustace, Sir Isumbras, The Jealous Wife, and Sir Cleges (items 1, 5, 22, and 24) imagine the family as the setting for a virtuous, happy life, and celebrate the triumphant

• Item 2, Right as a Ram’s Horn: Introduction

Scattergood, Schirmer, and A. Taylor (1992) in the bibliography. Go To Item 2, Right as a Ram’s Horn, text Go To Abbreviations Item 2, RIGHT AS A RAM’S HORN, INTRODUCTION: FOOTNOTES 1 See, for examples, Robbins, Secular Lyrics, pp. 101–02..

• Item 21, Sir Corneus: Introduction

ed. Ten Fifteenth-Century Comic Poems. Pp. 273–91. Hazlitt, W. Carew, ed. Remains of the Early Popular Poetry of England. Vol. 1. London: John Russell Smith, 1866. Pp. 35–49. Reference Works NIMEV 219 MWME 9.24.13.3167, 3494–95 Thompson, Stith. Motif-Index of Folk

• Codex Ashmole 61: Item 6, The Ten Commandments

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• Poems of Political Prophecy: Thomas of Erceldoune's Prophecy

dyt: When man as mad a kyng of a capped man; When mon is levere othermones thyng then is owen; 1 When Londyon ys forest, ant forest ys felde; When hares kendles o the herston; When wyt and wille werres

• Item 40, Vanity: Introduction

Rogers, and Sitwell in the bibliography. Go To Item 40, Vanity, text Go To Abbreviations Item 40, VANITY, INTRODUCTION: FOOTNOTES 1 For a useful discussion of De miseria humane conditionis and the development of contemptus mundi writing, see Howard’s introduction

• Poems of Political Prophecy: The Prophecy of Merlin (Bodley MS)

6943 fol. 78r but is housed in the Ashmolean collection (MS Ashmole 59). See Index § 3986, Supplement § 3943. 1 leefe. So Skeat and Gray. Robbins, Index and Supplement, § 3986 transcribes leefe as leese. The MS can sustain