The Middle English Poem, Erthe Upon Erthe

English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500

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  INTRODUCTION:
      The two Versions of the Poem ‘Erthe upon Erthe’             ix
      Descriptive List of MSS. of the Poem                         x
      The A Version                                              xiv
      The B Version                                              xvi
      The Cambridge Text                                         xxv
      Origin and Growth of the Poem                             xxix
      Later Versions of the Poem                                xxxv
      Literary Interest                                      xxxviii
      Editor’s Note                                              xli

  THE #A# VERSION:
      1. MS. Harleian 2253                                         1
      2. MS. Harleian 913                                          1

  THE #B# VERSION:
      1. William Billyng’s MS                                      5
      2. MS. Thornton                                              6
      3. MS. Selden supra 53                                       7
      4. MS. Egerton 1995                                          8
      5. MS. Harleian 1671                                         9
      6. MS. Brighton                                             10
      7. The Stratford-on-Avon Inscription                        11
      8. MS. Rawlinson C. 307                                     12
      9. MS. Harleian 4486                                        13
      10. MS. Lambeth 853                                         14
      11. MS. Laud Miscellaneous 23                               16
      12. MS. Cotton Titus A. xxvi                                19
      13. MS. Rawlinson Poetical 32                               20
      14. MS. Porkington 10                                       24
      15. MS. Balliol 354                                         27
      16. MS. Harleian 984                                        29
      17. The Maitland MS.                                        30
      18. John Reidpeth’s MS.                                     31

  THE CAMBRIDGE TEXT                                              32

  NOTES AND ANALOGUES                                             35

  APPENDIX:
    I. ‘Erthe’ Poem in Latin, French, and English (Record
            Office Roll, Ex^r. K. R. Proceedings, Bdle. 1, and
            MS. British Museum Additional 25478)                  41
    II. (B Version) additions:
      19. MS. Trinity College Cambridge R. 3. 21                  47
      20. MS. Trinity College Cambridge B. 15. 39                 48

  GLOSSARY                                                        50




INTRODUCTION


THE TWO VERSIONS OF THE POEM ‘ERTHE UPON ERTHE’.

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The Middle English Poem, Erthe Upon Erthe

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