CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTIONvii
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 ofthe 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]