‘Balade fet de la Reygne Katerine Russell’ — two 8-line and
two 7-line stanzas
Subjects: contemporary conditions; evils of the time; virtues; women, authors; ballads
Versification: —
eight-line, seven-line —
ababbcbc, ababbcc
1.Source: Cambridge UK, Trinity College R.14.51 (921), f. 95
First Lines:Slombryng Ryhgt thoutefull ful of vnkyndenes
That now haþe
Reyne & dominacyun…
Last Lines:…Whos hey nobeles in euery cuntrey
Adew the curt Right gentyl
large & fre
Attributed Author: Balade fet de la Reygne Katerene Russell
Attributed Title: Balade fet de la Reygne Katerene Russell
Editions: Cohen, Helen Louise.
The Ballade.
New York: Columbia UP, 1915: 290-1.