[60] “Anecdota Literaria,” p. 49.
[61] “Reliquæ Antiquæ,” vol. ii. p. 230.
[62] I have published from the original manuscripts the mass of the political poetry composed in England during the middle ages in my three volumes—“The Political Songs of England, from the Reign of John to that of Edward II.” 4to., London, 1839 (issued by the Camden Society); and “Political Poems and Songs relating to English History, composed during the Period from the Accession of Edward III. to that of Richard III.” 8vo., vol i., London, 1859; vol. ii., 1861 (published by the Treasury, under the direction of the Master of the Rolls.)
[63] “Receuil de Chants Historiques Français depuis le xii^e. jusqu’au xviii^e. Siècle, par Leroux de Lincy.... Première Série, xii^e., xiii^e., xiv^e, et xv^e., Siècles.” 8vo., Paris, 1841.
[64] “A Poem on the Times of Edward III., from a MS. preserved in the Library of St. Peter’s College, Cambridge.” Edited by the Rev. C. Hardwick. 8vo. London, 1849. (One of the publications of the Percy Society.)
[65] “The Vision and the Creed of Piers Ploughman;” with Notes and a Glossary by Thomas Wright. 2 vols. 12mo. London, 1842. Second and revised edition, 2 vols. 12mo. London, 1856.
[66] “Charlemagne, an Anglo-Norman Poem of the Twelfth Century, now first published, by Francisque Michel,” 12mo., 8vo., London, 1836.
[67] “Geschichte der Hofnarren, von Karl Friedrich Flögel,” 8vo. Liegnitz und Leipzig, 1789.
[68] The words of this charter, as given by Rigollot, are:—“Joannes, D G., etc. Sciatis nos dedisse et præsenti charta confirmasse Willelmo Picol, follo nostro, Fontem Ossanæ, cum omnibus pertinenciis suis, habendum et tenendum sibi et hæredibus suis, faciendo inde nobis annuatim servitium unius folli quoad vixerit; et post ejus decessum hæredes sui eam tenebunt, et per servitium unius paris calcarium deauratorum nobis annuatim reddendo. Quare volumus et firmiter præcipimus quod prædictius Piculphus et hæredes sui habeant et teneant in perpetuum, bene et in pace, libere et quiete, prædictam terram.”—Rigollot, Monnaies inconnues des Evêques des Innocens, etc., 8vo., Paris, 1837.
[69] For the drawings of these interesting carvings from the Cornish churches, I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. J. T. Blight, the author of an extremely pleasing and useful guide to the beauties of a well-known district of Cornwall, entitled “A Week at the Land’s End.”