• Hudson, Sir Isumbras: Introduction

British Library C 21c61, Garrick Collection. London: William Copland, c. 1530 (STC 14282), fifteen leaves. Boston, Harvard University Library. London: John Skot, c. 1525 (STC 14280.1), eight leaves. Boston, Harvard University Library. London: I. Treveris, c. 1530 (STC 14280.2), one

• Plowman Writings: Song of the Husbandman

in charge of the forest timber; and the beadle (line 37), a warrant officer working under the bailiff" (p. 250). John Alford cites the following lines from Piers Plowman (C.13.45-47): "If e marchaunt make his way ouer menne corne /

• A Talk of Ten Wives on Their Husbands' Ware

Halliwell, in his Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, From the XIV Century (London: John Russell Smith, 1847; rpt. 1860, 1872, 1924), defines this word in Latin, i.e., mentula virga, meaning "virile member" or

• Upland's Rejoinder

realize unless you choose to lie 16 I marvel, Daw, that you dare to lie about such a great ecclesiastic (John Wyclif) 17 To understand a cleric as [he] should be, according to his meaning 18 Cleric is as much

• 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 Northern Homily Cycle: Prologue

seyn moore, and somme seyn lesse, Whan they his pitous passioun expresse — I meene of Mark, Mathew, Luc, and John — But doutelees hir sentence is al oon. (CT VII[B2]943–52) 96 Er red in kirc. Of the three Sunday

• Item 28, The Northern Passion: Introduction

opening and closing sections, and at fleeting moments such as Jesus’ words at the Last Supper. During the Last Supper, John sees the vision of the Apocalypse, but the narrator passes over the details, refusing to speak about the larger

• 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 N-Town Plays: Introduction

nomen of the town, which was to be filled up as occasion required, by the person making the proclamation.” — John Payne Collier, History of English Dramatic Poetry, 2:156. Apart from this contextual information, our paucity of evidence about the

• The N-Town Plays: Play 26, Conspiracy; Entry into Jerusalem

pun that negates the significance of his presence and his work. 125–64 John the Baptist's speech that follows Lucifer's prologue makes the whole prologue a medieval débat because John addresses the main issues that Lucifer raises: Jesus' identity, the seven

• 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 Knightly Tale Of Gologras And Gawain: Introduction

entrenchment of chivalric values, within art and life equally, is strikingly conveyed by Froissart's anecdote of Edward III asking Sir John Chandos to join the minstrels in singing a dance song just as he was about to join battle with

• 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

• 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

• Codex Ashmole 61: Item 32, Maidstone’s Seven Penitential Psalms

as wytnes Seynt John. Equating Jerusalem with the Church is an exegetical commonplace, and the allegory appears in Peter Lombard’s commen­tary; see PL 191.942. The attribution of this interpretation to Saint John stems from the Apocalypse, where John speaks of

• The Boke of Cupide, God of Love

Ages, see Wack, especially pp. 40, 62-66, 101-02, and 135-39. For a discussion of lovesickness in medieval medical discourse, see John Livingston Lowes, "The Loveres Maladye of Heroes," Modern Philology 11 (1913-14), 491-546. 37 althogh I be olde and unlusty.

• Chaucer and the Poems of "Ch"

perhaps best remembered for the Massacre of the Innocents episode related in Matthew 2:16–18. His son, another Herod, reluctantly had John the Baptist beheaded to fulfill a promise made to his wife’s daughter, Salome (Matthew 14:1–11, Mark 6:17–28). The former

• Chaucer and the Poems of "Ch"

perhaps best remembered for the Massacre of the Innocents episode related in Matthew 2:16–18. His son, another Herod, reluctantly had John the Baptist beheaded to fulfill a promise made to his wife’s daughter, Salome (Matthew 14:1–11, Mark 6:17–28). The former

• Chaucer and the Poems of "Ch"

perhaps best remembered for the Massacre of the Innocents episode related in Matthew 2:16–18. His son, another Herod, reluctantly had John the Baptist beheaded to fulfill a promise made to his wife’s daughter, Salome (Matthew 14:1–11, Mark 6:17–28). The former

• Chaucer and the Poems of "Ch"

perhaps best remembered for the Massacre of the Innocents episode related in Matthew 2:16–18. His son, another Herod, reluctantly had John the Baptist beheaded to fulfill a promise made to his wife’s daughter, Salome (Matthew 14:1–11, Mark 6:17–28). The former