Reliques of ancient English poetry, by T. Percy, ed. by J. V. Prichard, Volume 21876 |
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... 77 BOOK THE SEVENTH . ESSAY on the Ancient Metrical Romances , Poems on King Arthur , & c . • 1. The Boy and the Mantle 2. The Marriage of Sir Gawaine 80 105 112 PAGE 3. King Ryence's Challenge 4. King Arthur's Death .
... 77 BOOK THE SEVENTH . ESSAY on the Ancient Metrical Romances , Poems on King Arthur , & c . • 1. The Boy and the Mantle 2. The Marriage of Sir Gawaine 80 105 112 PAGE 3. King Ryence's Challenge 4. King Arthur's Death .
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... romance , beginning thus : " All - Weldynge God . Whene it is his Wylle Wele he Wereth his Werke . With his owene honde For ofte Harmes were Hente . that Helpe wene myzte Nere the Hyznes of Hym . that lengeth in Hevene For this , " & c ...
... romance , beginning thus : " All - Weldynge God . Whene it is his Wylle Wele he Wereth his Werke . With his owene honde For ofte Harmes were Hente . that Helpe wene myzte Nere the Hyznes of Hym . that lengeth in Hevene For this , " & c ...
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... Romances : a subject the more worthy attention , as it seems not to have been known to such as have written on the nature and origin of books of chivalry , that the first compositions of this kind were in verse , and usually sung to the ...
... Romances : a subject the more worthy attention , as it seems not to have been known to such as have written on the nature and origin of books of chivalry , that the first compositions of this kind were in verse , and usually sung to the ...
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... Romances , copied from the Greek . " That our old romances of chivalry may be derived in a lineal descent from the ancient historical songs of the Gothic Bards and Scalds , will be shown below ; and indeed appears the more evident , as ...
... Romances , copied from the Greek . " That our old romances of chivalry may be derived in a lineal descent from the ancient historical songs of the Gothic Bards and Scalds , will be shown below ; and indeed appears the more evident , as ...
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... Romances of Chivalry were transmitted to other nations , through the Spaniards , from the Moors and Arabians . Had this been the case , the first French Romances of Chivalry would have been on Moorish , or at least Spanish subjects ...
... Romances of Chivalry were transmitted to other nations , through the Spaniards , from the Moors and Arabians . Had this been the case , the first French Romances of Chivalry would have been on Moorish , or at least Spanish subjects ...
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