Chapter II: Introduction: vii

PROEM

Of Man's Body 3 Of Man's Soul 4

DEBATE

The Amorous Contention of Phillis and Flora 7 The Pleading of the Rose and of the Violet 24

VISION

The Purgatory of Saint Patrick 33

SAINTS' LIVES

The Life of Saint Brandon 53 The Life of Saint Margaret 73

PIOUS TALES

A Miracle of God's Body 81 A Miracle of the Virgin 83 The Translation of Saint Thomas of Canterbury 87

ALLEGORY

An Extract from "The Castle of Love" 95

BESTIARY

Lion, Eagle, Whale, Siren 101

LAPIDARY

Diamond, Sapphire, Amethyst, Geratite, Chelidonius, Coral, Heliotrope, Pearl, Pantheros; Symbolism of the Carbuncle; Symbolism of the Twelve Stones 111

HOMILY

Concerning Miracle Plays, Games, and Minstrelsy 119

SATIRE

The Song of the University of Paris 125 The Land of Cockaygne 128 The Complaint of the Husbandman 131 Sir Penny 134

LAY

Sir Orfeo 141

NOTES

Frontispiece 161 Proem 161 Debate 161 Vision 163 Saints' Lives 165 Pious Tales 167 Allegory 168 Bestiary 169 Lapidary 170 Homily 172 Satire 172 Lay 174