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From Early English Romances: Done Into Modern English by Edith Rickert: Romances of Friendship, Chatto and Windus: London, Duffield & Co.: London, 1908; pp. i-x.



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THE  NEW  MEDIEVAL  LIBRARY





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[list of 6 books in series]



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Black and White picture of a manuscript illumination, a man facing a woman both in medieval dress, with a fence, trees and crenellated wall in the background.


In the garden . . . . . . . . . that bright summer’s day.







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block letters and ornate flower and twining vine border around the title of the book





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The title on the reverse of this page has been adapted by Miss Blanche C. Hunter from B.M. Harley MS. 2952, f. 126.






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EARLY ENGLISH ROMANCES IN VERSE: DONE INTO MODERN ENGLISH BY EDITH RICKERT: ROMANCES OF FRIENDSHIP



CHATTO AND WINDUS: LONDON
NEW YORK: DUFFIELD & CO.
1908







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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTIONxi




AMIS AND AMILOUN1




SIR AMADAS49




ATHELSTON67




THE TALE OF GAMELYN85




ROSWALL AND LILLIAN117




THE STORY OF GRAY-STEEL137







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ILLUSTRATIONS

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“ IN THE GARDEN . . . THAT

SUMMER’S DAY” Frontispiece

Harl. MS. 4431, fol. 376.




“SHE SAID . . . SHE WOULD SOON BE

BURIED IN THE CLAY”To face page 9

Harl. MS. 4431, fol. 180b.




“A BRIGHT ANGEL . . . STOOD BEFORE

HIS BED”43

Harl. MS. 4431, fol. 130b.




“HE WAS . . . CROWNED WITH CLEAR

CLEAR GOLD”68

Royal MS. 14 E. iv., fol. 10.




“HIS LADY CLAD ALL IN WHITE”130

Royal MS. 14 E. iv., fol. 293b.




“SIR, I HAVE BROUGHT HIM TO BE OF

OF YOUR WILL”170

Royal MS. 14 E. iv., fol. 254.






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