• Everyman and Its Dutch Original, Elckerlijc: Introduction

in Pollard and Redgrave, eds., Short-Title Catalogue: [Everyman.] London: Richard Pynson, [c.1510–25]. British Library C.21.c.17 (STC 10603). [Everyman.] London: Richard Pynson, [c.1525–30]. Douce Fragment, Bodleian Library (STC 10604). The Somonyng of Everyman. London: John Skot, [c.1525–30]. British Library, Huth 32

• Ancrene Wisse, Introduction

Morton's edition. Royal [R]. London, British Library, Royal 8 C.i. Fifteenth century. A reshaping of Parts Two and Three of AW. Attributed to the fifteenth-century preacher William Lichfield (see Baugh's edition). French Versions Vitellius [F]. London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius

• Sir Orfeo: Introduction

19.2.1. With introduction by Derek Pearsall and I. C. Cunningham. London: Scolar Press, in association with The National Library of Scotland, 1979. Editions Bliss, A. J., ed. Sir Orfeo. London: Oxford University Press, 1954. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966.

• Prik of Conscience: Introduction

alle / which that men Prik of Conscience kalle”; likewise London, British Library, MS Arundel 140 gives the English title without the Latin. The end of the invocation in London, British Library, MS Egerton 3245 reads: “To þe blisful trinite

• The Life of St. Thaïs: Introduction

Dublin in the fifteenth century.23 Indexed in IMEV 40. Manuscripts Cambridge, University Library Gg.5.31, fols. 91r-91v. London, British Library MS Add. 38010, fols. 96r-97r. London, British Library MS Harley 4196, fols. 96v-97r. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. poet. A.1 (SC 3938),

• Lydgate, Bycorne and Chychevache

the identity of the worthy citizen of London for whom Shirley says it was written, the poem’s date is unknown, although it may plausibly be dated to 1427–30, the period of Lydgate’s other London poems (Pearsall, Bio-Bibliography, p. 31). Shirley’s

• The Martyrdom of St. Andrew in the South English Legendary (c. 1270-1280): Introduction

SEL texts more completely than most others, and frequently offers sensible and reliable readings. Although Ashmole is somewhat later than London, British Library MS Harley 2277 (H) and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 145 (C), the base texts of the

• Lydgate, The Legend of St. George

the armerers of london to peynt about ther haulle”) implies that the verses were for a mural, the term steyned halle more likely refers to a painted wall-hanging (see Floyd, “St. George,” pp. 145–48). A. Lancashire (London Civic Theatre, p.

• Athelston

thee blythe: Thertoo thou take good hede. The kyng wole for the cuntas sake Bothe thy sones knyghtes make To London I rede thee spede. The kyng wole for the cuntas sake Bothe thy sones knyghtes make, The blythere thou

• St. Jerome: Introduction

Indexed in MWME 2.593. Manuscripts Cambridge, St. John's College MS N.17. [Base text; formerly MS 250]. London, Lambeth Palace Library MS 72, fols. 188v-202r. London, Lambeth Palace Library MS 432, fols. 1-17. New Haven, Yale University Library MS Beinecke 317,

• The Sultan of Babylon: Introduction

Sowdone of Babylone Who Conquered Rome. London: Roxburghe Club, 1854. The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who Conquerede Rome. Ed. Emil Hausknecht. EETS e.s. 38. 1881; rpt. London: Oxford UP for the EETS, 1969.

• A Talk of Ten Wives on Their Husbands' Ware

Testament, A Talk of Ten Wives on Their Husband's Ware, A Balade or Two by Chaucer, and Other Short Pieces. London: Printed for private circulation by Taylor MS: Porkington MS, no. 10, fols. 56v-59v. The alternate title of the work

• Good Counsel, Wisdom, and Advice: Introduction

edition of Lydgate's Temple of Glass (London, 1498). Various versions of Prophecy (IMEV 3943) are extant in manuscript (see Robbins, "Chaucerian Apocrypha," 4.1292); I have used the text from Caxton's Anelida and Arcite (London, 1478), the text which was reprinted

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

Legends of St. Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary: Introduction Return to Menu of TEAMS Texts Copyright Information for this edition ironically enough, some of them even buttressed their credentials with prefatory letters supposedly written by Jerome. The

• A COMPLAYNTE OF A LOVERS LYFE: Introduction

and printer. The Cplaynte of a Louers Lyfe. London, ?1531. [STC 17014.7]. Thynne, William, ed. The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newly Printed: With Dyuers Workes Whiche Were Neuer in Print Before. London: T. Godfray, 1532. [STC 5068. Rpt. 1542, STC

• The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle

Dissertation, 1973. Dissertation Abstracts International, 34:3343A. Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady. Retold by Selina Hastings. Illustrations by Juan Wijngaard. London: Methuen, 1981; Walker, 1988. New York: Lothrop, 1981; Lee and Shepard, 1985. [Children's version.] Shibata, Yoshitaka. "The Weddynge of

• The Greene Knight: Introduction

the Green Knight. Cambridge, 1916. Day, Mabel. "Introduction." Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Ed. Israel Gollancz. EETS o.s. 210. London: Oxford University Press, 1940. Pp. xxxviii-xxxix. [Discusses parallels and differences between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The

• The Joys of Mary

of prayers at the end of the MS. Editions: Richard Morris, Cursor Mundi, Part 5, EETS o.s. 68 (London, 1878; rpt. London: Richard Clay, 1966), lines 25619-83; Carl Horstmann, "Ein Beitrag zu Celestin," Anglia 1 (1878), 391; B14, no. 31;

• The Joys of Mary

of prayers at the end of the MS. Editions: Richard Morris, Cursor Mundi, Part 5, EETS o.s. 68 (London, 1878; rpt. London: Richard Clay, 1966), lines 25619-83; Carl Horstmann, "Ein Beitrag zu Celestin," Anglia 1 (1878), 391; B14, no. 31;

• The Joys of Mary

of prayers at the end of the MS. Editions: Richard Morris, Cursor Mundi, Part 5, EETS o.s. 68 (London, 1878; rpt. London: Richard Clay, 1966), lines 25619-83; Carl Horstmann, "Ein Beitrag zu Celestin," Anglia 1 (1878), 391; B14, no. 31;