Chapter II: Book III: Chapters I-Ix 101

II. THE PLOWMANS TALE 147

III. JACK UPLAND 191

IV. JOHN GOWER: THE PRAISE OF PEACE 205

V. THOMAS HOCCLEVE: THE LETTER OF CUPID 217

VI. THE SAME: TO THE KINGES MOST NOBLE GRACE 233
TO THE LORDES AND KNIGHTES OF THE GARTER 234

VII. HENRY SCOGAN: A MORAL BALADE 237

VIII. JOHN LYDGATE: THE COMPLAINT OF THE BLACK KNIGHT; OR,
THE COMPLAINT OF A LOVERES LYFE 245

IX. THE SAME: THE FLOUR OF CURTESYE 266

X. THE SAME: A BALADE; IN COMMENDATION OF OUR LADY 275

XI. THE SAME: TO MY SOVERAIN LADY 281

XII. THE SAME: BALLAD OF GOOD COUNSEL 285

XIII. THE SAME: BEWARE OF DOUBLENESS 291

XIV. THE SAME: A BALADE: WARNING MEN TO BEWARE OF DECEITFUL WOMEN 295

XV. THE SAME: THREE SAYINGS 297

XVI. SIR RICHARD ROS: LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCY 299

XVII. ROBERT HENRYSON: THE TESTAMENT OF CRESSEID 327

XVIII. THE CUCKOO AND THE NIGHTINGALE; OR, THE BOOK OF CUPID,
GOD OF LOVE. (By Clanvowe) 347

XIX. AN ENVOY TO ALISON 359

XX. THE FLOWER AND THE LEAF (By a Lady) 361

XXI. THE ASSEMBLY OF LADIES (By the same) 380

XXII. A GOODLY BALADE. (By John Lydgate) 405

XXIII. GO FORTH, KING. (By John Lydgate) 408

XXIV. THE COURT OF LOVE 409

XXV. A VIRELAI 448

XXVI. PROSPERITY. (By John Walton) 449

XXVII. LEAULTE VAULT RICHESSE 449

XXVIII. SAYINGS PRINTED BY CAXTON 450

XXIX. BALADE IN PRAISE OF CHAUCER 450

NOTES TO THE FOREGOING PIECES 451

GLOSSARIAL INDEX 555

INDEX OF NAMES 603

INDEX TO SOME SUBJECTS EXPLAINED IN THE NOTES 607

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ERRATA AND ADDENDA

P. 26, l. 45. _For_ conuersion _read_ conversion.

P. 32, l. 38. Mr. Bradley suggests that _maistresse_ is a misprint of Thynne's for _maistres secrè_, i.e. master's secret; alluding to John of Northampton.

P. 33, l. 75. _For_ may it be sayd in that thinge 'this man thou demest, _read_ may it be sayd, 'in that thinge this man thou demest,

P. 50, l. 28. _For_ in sacke, sowed with wolle _perhaps read_ in sacke sowed, with wolle.

P. 52, ll. 107, 109. Mr. Bradley suggests that 'Caynes' and 'Cayn' are Thynne's misprints for 'Cames' and 'Cam'; where _Cam_ (misread as _Cain_) means _Ham_, for which the Vulgate has _Cham_.

P. 153, l. 187. _Insert a hyphen in_ gold-mastling.

P. 163, l. 520. _For_ punishments _read_ punishëments. (_See_ note.)

P. 180, l. 1050. _For_ [ful] _read_ [not]. (_See_ note.)

P. 186, l. 1231. End the line with a semicolon.

P. 192, l. 36. _Insert a mark of interrogation after_ speketh of.

P. 206, l. 27. _For_ request [the] _read_ requestë. (_See_ note.)

P. 213, l. 294. _For_ men _perhaps read_ pees. (_See_ note.)

P. 215, l. 363. _For_ debated _read_ delated. (_See_ note.)

P. 237; footnotes, l. 1. _For_ 1542 _read_ 1532.

P. 256, l. 371. _For_ tha _read_ that.

P. 458; note to l. 117. See also P. Pl. B. xiii. 277, 292.

P. 458; note to l. 53. For fuller details, see the Introduction.

P. 473; note to l. 155. Chaucer's Astrolabe was not written till 1391, after Usk's death.

P. 475; note to Ch. XI. l. 11. On the subject of Grace, see Bk. iii. ch. 8.

P. 478; note to l. 47. _For_ taken from _read_ compare.

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