• Book of Job

is the first of the Nine Lessons of the Dirge, a sequence of verses drawn from Job (Job 7:16–21 [lesson 1], 10:1–7 [2], 10:8–12 [3], 13:22–28 [4], 14:1–6 [5], 14:13–16 [6], 17:1–3 and 11-25 [7], 19:20–27 [8], and 10:18–22 [9])

• The Bird with Four Feathers

where they may be of interest. On the fragment attributed to Bird by Hanna, see the note to line 1.1 S, a generally reliable copy, reverts to a chanson d'aventure formula the narrator on horseback at the expense of

• Audelay, Poems and Carols: Introduction

lyric translation of the Latin hymn Angelus ad Virginem (voiced by Gabriel), and finally, continuing the biblical reference to Luke 1, a version of the Song of the Magnificat (voiced, of course, by Mary) in refrain stanzas. Thus the Marian

• In Praise of Peace: Introduction

imagine that we can grasp its being" (Gower, Confessio Amantis, ed. Peck, vol. 1, p. 3n8, paraphrasing Augustine's Confessions 11.31.41). 20 Gower, Confessio Amantis, ed. Peck, vol. 1, p. 5. 21 Peck makes a similar claim in "John Gower: Editor,"

• Lydgate: Saint Austin at Compton

Francis in the South English Legendary John Lydgate, Saint Austin at Compton: Notes JOHN LYDGATE, SAINT AUSTIN AT COMPTON: FOOTNOTES 1 Lines 5-7: Abel, whose life was sinless, began [the practice of tithing: see line 2] / Simply to give

• Introduction

manuscripts of groups 1 and 2 are generally considered the most complete and authoritative.49 The base text of Seymour’s edition, Queen’s College, Oxford MS 383, is a manuscript of subgroup 1, though the characteristic omissions of subgroup 1 are supplied

• The N-Town Plays: Play 2, Creation of the World; Fall of Man

Plays: Play 2, Creation of the World; Fall of Man Play 2, CREATION OF THE WORLD; FALL OF MAN: FOOTNOTES 1 Here Eve returns to Adam her husband and says to him 2 Here God withdraws, and a seraphic angel

• The N-Town Plays: Play 15, Nativity

Over; enemies (see note) (t-note) Go To Play 16, Shepherds The N-Town Plays: Play 15, Nativity Play 15, NATIVITY: FOOTNOTES 1 Here while Joseph is away, Mary bears the Only Begotten Son 2 Here Zelomy touches the Blessed Virgin Mary,

• The N-Town Plays: Play 24, Woman Taken in Adultery

25, Raising of Lazarus The N-Town Plays: Play 24, Woman Taken in Adultery Play 24, WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY: FOOTNOTES 1 I do not wish the death of the sinner. (See Ezechiel 33:11) 2 Here, the young man runs outside

• Charles d'Orleans, from Fortunes Stabilnes

(see note) I would be a (see note) Charles d'Orleans, from Fortunes Stabilnes, Notes CHARLES D'ORLEANS, FROM FORTUNES STABILNES: FOOTNOTES 1 Except for Comfort [who] comes to see him [when he is] in a bad state 2 That [this whole

• Poems of Political Prophecy: When Rome is Removed

in hande, Betuix thre and sex - whoso wyll understande - Mekyll baret ande bale shall fall in Brutis lande. 1 When pryde is most in price, ande wyt is in covatyse, Lychory is ryffe, and theffis has haldin thar

• The York Corpus Christi Plays: Play 9, The Flood

Reg: line added at right by LH, replacing misplaced In ses (canceled). Play 9, THE FLOOD: EXPLANATORY NOTE FOOTNOTES Footnote 1 See C. Davidson, From Creation to Doom, pp. 51–52. Footnote 2 Davis, ed., Non-Cycle Plays, pp. 22–23 and 28–29;

• The York Corpus Christi Plays: Play 44, The Death of Mary

Virgin (Fergus) The York Corpus Christi Cycle: Play 44, The Death of Mary Play 44, THE DEATH OF MARY: FOOTNOTE 1 And they shall sing an antiphon, for example, “Hail, queen of heaven” Play 44, THE DEATH OF MARY: EXPLANATORY

• The York Corpus Christi Plays: Play 45, The Assumption of the Virgin (Thomas Apostolus)

Cycle: Play 45, The Assumption of the Virgin (Thomas Apostolus) Play 45, THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN (THOMAS APOSTOLUS): FOOTNOTES 1 That he was leader and Lord in their law made no difference 2 Rise up, my dearest one, my

• Literature of Richard II's Reign and the Peasants' Revolt: Introduction

and Oxford University MS Digby 196 fols. 20v -21r (in 64 lines). The Cambridge version was printed by Wr PPS 1: 224-26 and again by Dobson in The Peasants' Revolt of 1381, the latter including English translations of the Latin

• The York Corpus Christi Plays: Play 31, The Trial before Herod

of Judas The York Corpus Christi Cycle: Play 31, The Trial before Herod Play 31, THE TRIAL BEFORE HEROD: FOOTNOTES 1 Peace, you reprobates and brawlers, in this broad space surrounded 2 Against giants ungentle have we joined (gone to

• Ancrene Wisse, Author's Preface

hu ye ham schulen leofliche learen. Go To Part One Ancrene Wisse, Author's Preface: Notes ANCRENE WISSE, AUTHOR'S PREFACE: FOOTNOTES 1 I, In; nome, name; Ancrene Wisse, Anchoresses' Guide. 2-6 Recti diligunt te . . . te, "The righteous love

• St. George and the Dragon in the South English Legendary (East Midland Revision, c. 1400): Introduction

of The Life of St. George." Go To St. George and the Dragon ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, INTRODUCTION: FOOTNOTES 1 Matzke, "Contributions," pp. 147-58. See also Robertson, The Medieval Saints' Lives, pp. 45-46, for a translated extract from the

• The Pistil of Swete Susan: Introduction

an effort to link the authorship of the Alliterative Morte Arthure and The Pistel of Swete Susan, Moritz Trautmann [Anglia, 1 (1878), 109-49] noted eleven words which he thought were unique to the two poems. His word list has been

• John Gower, Confessio Amantis, Volume 2: Introduction

the scene (see illustrations 3 [p. 98] and 5 [p. 282] of volume 1). Although the Bodley 902 illumination is placed at the beginning of Book 1, it is as if we are at the end of the poem when