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London, British Library Cotton Cleopatra C.IV

On the Battle of Agincourt — eight 8-line stanzas (ababbcbc)

John Lydgate, King Henry VI’s Triumphal Entry into London (1432) — seventy-six stanzas rhyme royal and 8-line Envoy

‘þe battel of Otterburn’ — seventy quatrains

‘Trust not the ontrustye for hys promysse ys not sure’ — twelve 8-line stanzas with this refrain

The Second Scottish Prophecy, the C Text — in couplets

A political prophecy by the stars — couplets or rhyme royal, loosely rhyming

A political prophecy according to the throw of the dice — in couplets