MDCCCLXVIII.
Extra Series,
IV.

JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS.

[CONTENTS.]


[Titlepage.] The engraving represents the seal of Great Grimsby, described in § 19 of the Preface, p. xxi.
[Preface.] [§ 1.] The former edition of 1828. [§ 2.] The present edition. [§ 3.] Plan of this edition. [§ 4.] Notices of the story by Early Writers: the longer French Version. [§ 5.] The shorter French Version. [§ 6.] Peter de Langtoft (1307). [§ 7.] Rauf de Boun (1310). [§ 8.] A Brief Genealogy, Herald’s Coll. MS. (ab. 1310). [§ 9.] Metrical Chronicle (ab. 1313). [§ 10.] Robert of Brunne (1338); ed. Hearne. [§ 11.] Robert of Brunne; Lambeth MS. [§ 12.] French Prose “Brute” (1332). [§ 13.] English Prose “Brute,” MS. Harl. 2279. [§ 14.] Gray’s Scala Cronica (ab. 1360). [§ 15.] Eulogium Historiarum (1366). [§ 16.] Henry de Knyghton (1395); Warner (1586); Webster (1617). [§ 17.] Danish traditions. [§ 18.] Lincolnshire traditions. [§ 19.] Seal of Great Grimsby. [§ 20.] Sketch of the French “Lai.” [§ 21.] Gaimar’s abridgment. [§ 22.] Sketch of the English Lay. [§ 23.] Possible date of Havelok’s reign. [§ 24.] Story of “Edwin of Deira.” [§ 25.] On the names “Curan” and “Havelok.” [§ 26.] Description of the MS. [§ 27.] Grammatical forms in the Poem. [§ 28.] On the metre. [§ 29.] On the final -e, &c. i
[Emendations, &c.]liv
[The lay of Havelok]1
[Notes to “Havelok”]87
[Glossarial Index]105
[Index of Names]157

[PREFACE.]