A love complaint, erroneously attributed to Lord Thomas Howard — four
stanzas rhyme royal
Note: Adapted from Chaucer’s
Troilus and Criseyde (
5248), 4.288-308, 323-29; preceded by introductory
couplet, also from
Troilus and Criseyde, 4.13-14. See
Southall (1964)
XSouthall, Raymond.
“The Devonshire Manuscript Collection of Early Tudor Poetry,
1532-41.”
Review of English Studies
n.s. 15 (1964): 142-50
, 143. See also
2370.
Author(s): Thomas Howard (attrib.); Geoffrey Chaucer
Title(s): Troilus and Criseyde
Subjects: complaints, lovers’
Versification: —
seven-line —
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