• Codex Ashmole 61: Item 15, A Prayer to Mary

of the ac­cepted statements of belief used in Catholic liturgy, most commonly the Apos­tles’ Creed, believed to have been composed by the twelve apostles. Item 15, A PRAYER TO MARY: TEXTUAL NOTE 1 MS: Initial M is two lines tall.

• John Gower, The French Balades: Introduction

essampler les amantz marietz Go To Cinkante Balades, Introduction Go To Cinkante Balades John Gower, THE FRENCH BALADS, INTRODUCTION: FOOTNOTES 1 Thus the titles as they appear on the tomb today. We cannot be as certain that this order represents

• Lydgate, The Siege of Thebes: Introduction

only.] Chalmers, Alexander, ed. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper. 21 vols. London: J. Johnson, 1810. 1: 570-606. Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer, newly printed, with diuers addicions, whiche were neuer in printe before:

• Plowman Writings: Introduction

from about A.D. 1185 to about A.D. 1505. 3 vols. Farnborough (Hants.): Gregg, 1967. [Facsimile of the manuscript in vol. 1, plate LXIX; Stainer's transcription of the manuscript in vol. 2, pp. 132-33.] Chaucer's Plowman Ruggiers, Paul G., ed. The

• Item 8, Dame Courtesy: Introduction

2001) in the bibliography. Go To Item 8, Dame Courtesy, text Go To Abbreviations Item 8, DAME COURTESY, INTRODUCTION: FOOTNOTES 1 See, for example, Hartman, Household and the Making of History, pp. 48–57. The foundations of Hartman’s arguments appear in

• The York Corpus Christi Plays: Play 13, Joseph’s Troubles about Mary

lines. Scribes are identified as follows: Scribe A; Scribe B: main scribe; JC: John Clerke; LH: later scribal hand (unidentified). 1 JOSEPH. Reg: added by LH. Of. Large capital O in Reg. 11 dase. Reg: tase, changed by LH to

• The York Corpus Christi Plays: Play 39, The Appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalen

unride. So RB; Reg, LTS: unrude. 85 Reg: at left, by a LH: Hic deficit. Play 39, THE APPEARANCE OF CHRIST TO MARY MAGDALEN: EXPLANATORY NOTE FOOTNOTES Footnote 1 See RB, pp. 454–55, and Meredith, “John Clerke’s Hand,” pp. 260–61.

• Book of Tobias

as sixty-two, while still others read fifty-eight. HS Tob. 1 (1437–38) gives 56. 16434 That Tobias died at the age of ninety-nine is consistent with both Tobias 14:14 and HS Tob. 1 (1438). Other authorities give different numbers however: e.g.,

• The Assembly of Gods

usa avarizia il suo soperchio" (in whom avarice wreaks its excess [line 48], trans. Singleton, The Divine Comedy, vol. 1, pt. 1, pp. 70-71). 635-714 As for pety capteyns . . . / . . . thryve for shame. Allegorical

• Thomas Usk, The Testament of Love

some twenty more in the text): Book 1, line 6: Certes, her absence is to me an hell. Compare Troilus and Criseyde 5.1396: "For though to me youre absence is an helle." Book 1, lines 375-76: O where haste thou

• Chansons d'Aventure and Love Quests

Literature; Essays in Honor of Helaine Newstead, ed. Deborah M. Sinnreich-Levi and Gale Sigal (New York: AMS, 1992), pp. 157-68. 1 Ase y me rod. A conventional opening for the chanson d'aventure. Index no. 360, "Now spryngeth the spray" (Stevick,

• Chansons d'Aventure and Love Quests

Literature; Essays in Honor of Helaine Newstead, ed. Deborah M. Sinnreich-Levi and Gale Sigal (New York: AMS, 1992), pp. 157-68. 1 Ase y me rod. A conventional opening for the chanson d'aventure. Index no. 360, "Now spryngeth the spray" (Stevick,

• Chansons d'Aventure and Love Quests

Literature; Essays in Honor of Helaine Newstead, ed. Deborah M. Sinnreich-Levi and Gale Sigal (New York: AMS, 1992), pp. 157-68. 1 Ase y me rod. A conventional opening for the chanson d'aventure. Index no. 360, "Now spryngeth the spray" (Stevick,

• Chansons d'Aventure and Love Quests

Literature; Essays in Honor of Helaine Newstead, ed. Deborah M. Sinnreich-Levi and Gale Sigal (New York: AMS, 1992), pp. 157-68. 1 Ase y me rod. A conventional opening for the chanson d'aventure. Index no. 360, "Now spryngeth the spray" (Stevick,

• Chansons d'Aventure and Love Quests

Literature; Essays in Honor of Helaine Newstead, ed. Deborah M. Sinnreich-Levi and Gale Sigal (New York: AMS, 1992), pp. 157-68. 1 Ase y me rod. A conventional opening for the chanson d'aventure. Index no. 360, "Now spryngeth the spray" (Stevick,

• Chansons d'Aventure and Love Quests

Literature; Essays in Honor of Helaine Newstead, ed. Deborah M. Sinnreich-Levi and Gale Sigal (New York: AMS, 1992), pp. 157-68. 1 Ase y me rod. A conventional opening for the chanson d'aventure. Index no. 360, "Now spryngeth the spray" (Stevick,

• Chansons d'Aventure and Love Quests

Literature; Essays in Honor of Helaine Newstead, ed. Deborah M. Sinnreich-Levi and Gale Sigal (New York: AMS, 1992), pp. 157-68. 1 Ase y me rod. A conventional opening for the chanson d'aventure. Index no. 360, "Now spryngeth the spray" (Stevick,

• John Wyclif (?), Of Weddid Men and Wifis and of Here Children Also

including Peter, Paul, and Timothy. See note to lines 145 ff. 119 ff. St. Peter's sayings derive from 1 Peter 3:1-7: 1) In like manner also, let wives be subject to their husbands: that, if any believe not the word,

• Select Secular Lyrics

crystal Set; amber perches himself; (see note) lady's chamber Select Secular Lyrics, Select Bibliographies and Notes SELECT SECULAR LYRICS, FOOTNOTES 1 For "had I known" comes too late in order to loosen it (the nuptial bond) 2 She thought she

• Select Secular Lyrics

crystal Set; amber perches himself; (see note) lady's chamber Select Secular Lyrics, Select Bibliographies and Notes SELECT SECULAR LYRICS, FOOTNOTES 1 For "had I known" comes too late in order to loosen it (the nuptial bond) 2 She thought she