• The Floure and the Leafe

a woman, describing how she is waiting for her lover, and affirming the constancy of her love. 202 Pretir John: Prester John, the fabulously wealthy legendary Christian monarch ('Prester' is from the same root as 'priest'), first associated with Asia,

• Mary Mediatrix

of Godstow Nunnery, EETS o.s. 129 (London: Kegan Paul, 1905), p. 11; Patterson, no. 19; B15, no. 43. 3 John Baptist. John the Baptist, a cousin of Jesus (see Luke 1:39-56), is the prophet who foretells Christ's coming (Matthew 3:11-12;

• Mary Mediatrix

of Godstow Nunnery, EETS o.s. 129 (London: Kegan Paul, 1905), p. 11; Patterson, no. 19; B15, no. 43. 3 John Baptist. John the Baptist, a cousin of Jesus (see Luke 1:39-56), is the prophet who foretells Christ's coming (Matthew 3:11-12;

• Mary Mediatrix

of Godstow Nunnery, EETS o.s. 129 (London: Kegan Paul, 1905), p. 11; Patterson, no. 19; B15, no. 43. 3 John Baptist. John the Baptist, a cousin of Jesus (see Luke 1:39-56), is the prophet who foretells Christ's coming (Matthew 3:11-12;

• Mary Mediatrix

of Godstow Nunnery, EETS o.s. 129 (London: Kegan Paul, 1905), p. 11; Patterson, no. 19; B15, no. 43. 3 John Baptist. John the Baptist, a cousin of Jesus (see Luke 1:39-56), is the prophet who foretells Christ's coming (Matthew 3:11-12;

• Mary Mediatrix

of Godstow Nunnery, EETS o.s. 129 (London: Kegan Paul, 1905), p. 11; Patterson, no. 19; B15, no. 43. 3 John Baptist. John the Baptist, a cousin of Jesus (see Luke 1:39-56), is the prophet who foretells Christ's coming (Matthew 3:11-12;

• Mary Mediatrix

of Godstow Nunnery, EETS o.s. 129 (London: Kegan Paul, 1905), p. 11; Patterson, no. 19; B15, no. 43. 3 John Baptist. John the Baptist, a cousin of Jesus (see Luke 1:39-56), is the prophet who foretells Christ's coming (Matthew 3:11-12;

• The York Corpus Christi Plays: Play 17, The Purification of the Virgin

At some time roles for the Presbyter and an angel were added. The pageant was not to be entered until John Clerke was assigned to do so in 1567, when it was given to the Laborers.3 Then it was copied

• The York Corpus Christi Plays: Play 47, Doomsday

fitted with clouds and stars. In the early sixteenth century the pageant wagon was “substancialie” rebuilt by the prominent sculptor John Drawswerd, and again an inventory (from 1526) is available, though much less detailed and seemingly indicative of staging less

• Chansons d'Aventure and Love Quests

ff. On Estermorewe . . . . Accounts of Jesus' resurrection occur in Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, and John 20. 50-51 When hire body to hevene cam, / The soule to the body nam. The legend of Mary's

• The Isle of Ladies: Introduction

reality (1311-2208). IL was long seen as an occasional poem and was speculatively attached to various betrothals, including those of John of Gaunt, Chaucer, and Henry V. It has been attributed to Lydgate and Sir Richard Roos as well as

• Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesley: Introduction

modern editions. As Child showed, there are some earlier fragments which offer good readings when they are available: A, from John Byddel's press from about 1536, provides only lines 452-506 and 642-80. Another fragment, B, may have been printed by

• Chansons d'Aventure and Love Quests

ff. On Estermorewe . . . . Accounts of Jesus' resurrection occur in Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, and John 20. 50-51 When hire body to hevene cam, / The soule to the body nam. The legend of Mary's

• Robert of Cisyle: Introduction

71–87. Powell, Stephen D. “Multiplying Textuality: Generic Migration in the Manuscripts of Roberd of Cisyle.” Anglia 116 (1998), 171–97. Simons, John. “A Byzantine Identity for Robert of Cisyle.” In The Matter of Identity in Medieval Romance. Ed. Phillipa Hardman. Cambridge:

• Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar

greece, Five hundred foot him fro." Will Scadlock he killd a buck And Midge he killd a do, And Little John killd a hart of greece, Five hundred foot him fro. "God's blessing on thy heart," said Robin Hood, "That

• Robin Hood's Fishing

an alms-house. But whereas Forresters allows Robin Hood and Queen Catherin to end in a somewhat argumentative mode, as Little John disagrees with the king and, it seems, Robin, the context here is much less strained than the Wood text.

• St. George and the Dragon in the South English Legendary (East Midland Revision, c. 1400): Introduction

Caxton's Golden Legend (1478), along with a verse life in the Scottish Legendary (c. 1400), and the prose summary in John Mirk's Festial (early fifteenth century).7 The fragmentary SEL episode of St. George and the Dragon, printed here, is found

• Sir Amadace: Introduction

edition is rife with errors.] Mills, Maldwyn. Six Middle English Romances. Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, 1973. Pp. 169–92. Robson, John, ed. Three Early English Metrical Romances. Camden Society 18. London, 1842. Pp. 27-56. [Ireland MS.] Weber, Henry, ed. Metrical

• Sir Amadace

riche stone, Allso thi silvyr, thi gold rede, For hit may stonde me in no stidde, I squere, bi Sayn John! But, be my faythe, wothoutun stryve, Half thi child, and halfe thi wyve, And thay schall with me gone."

• Hudson, Four Middle English Romances: Introduction to Sir Eglamour of Artois

fragments.] Oxford, Bodleian Library S. Selden d. 45(5). London: William Copland, 1548–69 (STC 7543). London, British Library C, 21.C.59. London: John Walley, 1570? (STC 7544). Go To Sir Eglamour of Artois INTRODUCTION TO SIR EGLAMOUR OF ARTOIS: FOOTNOTES 1 Reiss,