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Rejoice ye realms of England and France
[? John Lydgate]. Roundel on the Coronation of Henry VI — ten lines (ababababba)
Note: See 5966.
Author(s): John Lydgate (?)
Subjects: roundels; Henry VI, coronation of
Versification: — roundel — ababababba


Manuscript Witnesses:
1.Source: London, British Library Harley 7333, f. 32vb
First Lines:
Reioice ye Reames of englond & of ffraunce
A braunche þat sprang oute of the floure delys
Last Lines:
As was thi fader by Circumspect advise
Stable in vertue withoute variaunce
Attributed Title: …And folowith A Roundell of him ayens / his coronacioun made by lydegate daun John (f. 32vb); Explicit (f. 32vb)
Editions:
Wright, Thomas, ed. Political Poems and Songs relating to English History, composed during the period From the Accession of Edward III to that of Richard III. 2 vols. Rolls Series 14 (1859, 1861); repr. Kraus, 1965: 2.140.
Ritson, Joseph, ed. Ancient Songs and Ballads from the Reign of King Henry the Second to the Revolution. 2 vols. London, 1829; re-ed. William Carew Hazlitt London, 1877: 1.128.
Guest, Edwin. A History of English Rhythms. London: W. Pickering, 1838: 646.
MacCracken, Henry Noble, ed. John Lydgate: The Minor Poems, Vol. II: Secular Poems. EETS o.s. 192 (1934); repr. 1961: 622.