An extract from Lydgate’s
Fall of Princes (
1904, I.5125-5131, I.3998-4004, II.2535-2548,
VIII.1660-1680, and I.1331-1337) — eight rhyme royal stanzas.
Note: New 8-stanza description per
Reimer (1998)
XReimer, Stephen R.
“The Index of Middle English Verse: Some Corrections and Additions
towards the Next Edition.”
Notes and Queries
45 [243] (1998): 16-22
, 19-20; incorporates
former
3538.5
Subjects: hunting; advice, moral
Versification: —
seven-line —
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1.Source: London, British Library Harley 2202, ff. 72-71
v
First Lines:Oon sleth the deer wythe an hookid arwe
Whos part is noon yit of the
venyson…
Last Lines:…But where he fynt meeknes & repentance
Mercy is maistresse
off his ordinance
Note: Two-leaf fragment, not originally part of this MS, bound in inverted
order, with text running from f. 72 and continuing on f. 71r-v (with
f. 72v blank, perhaps intended as a cover): Stanza 1 (f. 72): Book I,
lines 5125-5131; Stanza 2 (f. 72): Book I, lines 3998-4004; Stanzas 3 (f. 72)
and 4 (f. 71): Book II, lines 2535-2548; Stanzas 5/6/7 (f. 71): Book VIII, lines
1660-1680; Stanza 8 (f. 71v): Book I, 1331-1337.
Editions: Bowers, Robert Hood.
“The Middle English ‘Oon Sleth the Deer Wyth an Hookid
Arwe.’”
Southern Folklore Quarterly
15 (1951): 249-50.