The Complete Harley 2253 Manuscript, Volume 2
Publisher Location: Kalamazoo, MI
Publisher Name: Medieval Institue Publications
Publication Date: 2014
Text(s)
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- MS Harley 2253: Texts and Translations
- Booklet 3
- Booklet 4
- Booklet 5
- 28. Ichot a burde in a bour ase beryl so bryht / Annot and John
Introduction
Text and Notes
- 29. Bytuene Mersh ant Averil / Alysoun
Introduction
Text and Notes
- 30. With longyng Y am lad / The Lover’s Complaint
Introduction
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- 31. Ich herde men upo mold / Song of the Husbandman
Introduction
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- 32. Herketh hideward ant beoth stille / The Life of Saint Marina
Introduction
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- 33. Weping haveth myn wonges wet / The Poet’s Repentance
Introduction
Text and Notes
- 34. Most I ryden by Rybbesdale / The Fair Maid of Ribblesdale
Introduction
Text and Notes
- 35. In a fryht as Y con fare fremede / The Meeting in the Wood
Introduction
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- 36. A wayle whyt ase whalles bon / A Beauty White as Whale’s Bone
Introduction
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- 37. Gilote e Johane / Gilote and Johane
Introduction
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- 38. Les pelrinages communes que crestiens fount en la Seinte Terre / Pilgrimages in the Holy Land
Introduction
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- 39. Les pardouns de Acres / The Pardons of Acre
Introduction
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- 40. Ne mai no lewed lued libben in londe / Satire on the Consistory Courts
Introduction
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- 41. Of a mon Matheu thohte / The Laborers in the Vineyard
Introduction
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- 43. Lenten ys come with love to toune / Spring
Introduction
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- 44. In May hit murgeth when hit dawes / Advice to Women
Introduction
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- 45. Heye Louerd, thou here my bone / An Old Man’s Prayer
Introduction
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- 46. Ichot a burde in boure bryht / Blow, Northern Wind
Introduction
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- 47. Alle that beoth of huerte trewe / The Death of Edward I
Introduction
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- 48. Lustneth, lordinges, bothe yonge ant olde / The Flemish Insurrection
Introduction
Text and Notes
- 49. Marie, pur toun enfaunt / The Joys of Our Lady
Introduction
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- 50. Suete Jesu, king of blysse / Sweet Jesus, King of Bliss
Introduction
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- 51. Jesu Crist, heovene kyng / Jesus Christ, Heaven’s King
Introduction
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- 52. Wynter wakeneth al my care / A Winter Song
Introduction
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- 53. When Y se blosmes springe / A Spring Song on the Passion
Introduction
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- 54. Ferroy chaunsoun / I Pray to God and Saint Thomas
Introduction
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- 55. Dum ludis floribus / While You Play in Flowers
Introduction
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- 56. Quant fu en ma juvente / Song on Jesus’ Precious Blood
Introduction
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- 57. Marie, mere al Salveour / Mary, Mother of the Savior
Introduction
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- 58. Dulcis Jesu memoria / Jesus, Sweet Is the Love of You
Introduction
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- 59. Une petite parole / Sermon on God’s Sacrifice and Judgment
Introduction
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- 60. Stond wel, moder, under rode / Stand Well, Mother, under Rood
Introduction
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- 61. Jesu, for thi muchele miht / Jesus, by Your Great Might
Introduction
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- 62. I syke when Y singe / I Sigh When I Sing
Introduction
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- 63. Nou skrinketh rose ant lylie-flour / An Autumn Song
Introduction
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- 64. My deth Y love, my lyf Ich hate / The Clerk and the Girl
Introduction
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- 65. When the nyhtegale singes / When the Nightingale Sings
Introduction
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- 66. Blessed be thou, Levedy / Blessed Are You, Lady
Introduction
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- 67. Ase Y me rod this ender day / The Five Joys of the Virgin
Introduction
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- 68. Herkne to my ron / Maximian
Introduction
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- 69. Mayden, moder milde / Maiden, Mother Mild
Introduction
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- 70. The Geste of Kyng Horn / King Horn
Introduction
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- Appendix: Full Contents of MS Harley 2253
- Volume 2: Index of First Lines
- Volume 2: Index of Manuscripts Cited
- Volume 2: Index of Proper Names
- Bibliography