"Lystenyth, lordyngis, gente and fre."
23. Ipomydon (or Chylde Ipomydon), is preserved among the Harl. MSS. 2252 (44). It is in distichs, and begins,
"Mekely, lordyngis, gentylle and fre."
In the library of Lincoln Cathedral, K k. 3, 10, is an old imperfect printed copy, wanting the whole first sheet A.
24. The Squyr of Lowe degre, is one of those burlesqued by Chaucer in his Rhyme of Thopas[524]. Mr. Garrick has a printed copy of this, among his old plays, K. vol. ix. It begins,
"It was a squyer of lowe degre,
That loved the kings daughter of Hungre."
25. Historye of K. Richard Cure [Cœur] de Lyon. (Impr. W. de Worde, 1528, 4to.) is preserved in the Bodleian Library, C. 39, Art. Selden. A fragment of it is also remaining in the Edinburgh MS. of old English poems; No. xxxvi. in two leaves. A large extract from this romance has been given already above, p. [356]. Richard was the peculiar patron of Chivalry, and favourite of the old minstrels and troubadours. See Warton's Observ. vol. i. p. 29, vol. ii. p. 40.
26. Of the following I have only seen No. 27, but I believe they may all be referred to the class of romances.
The Knight of Courtesy and the Lady of Faguel (Bod. Lib. C. 39. Art. Sheld. a printed copy). This Mr. Warton thinks is the story of Coucy's Heart, related in Fauchet, and in Howel's Letters. (v. i. s. 6, L. 20, see Wart. Obs. v. ii. p. 40). The Editor has seen a very beautiful old ballad on this subject in French.
27. The four following are all preserved in the MS. so often referred to in the Public Library at Cambridge, (690. Appendix to Bp. More's MSS. in Cat. MSS. tom. ii. p. 394), viz., The Lay of Erle of Tholouse (No. 27), of which the Editor hath also a copy from "Cod. MSS. Mus. Ashmol. Oxon." The first line of both is,