Thomas Wright.


[CONTENTS.]


REIGN OF KING JOHN.PAGE
Song on the Siege of Thouars (French)[1]
Sirvente on King John (Provençal)[3]
Song on the Bishops (Latin)[6]
Song on the Times (Latin)[14]
REIGN OF HENRY III.
The Taking of Lincoln (Latin)[19]
Song on the Corruptions of the Time (Latin)[27]
Sirvente against King Henry (Provençal)[36]
Another Sirvente (Provençal)[39]
The Song of the Church (Anglo-Norman)[42]
Song against the Bishops (Latin)[44]
Song on the Times (Latin)[46]
Song upon the Tailors (Latin and Anglo-Norman)[51]
Song of the Welsh (Latin)[56]
Song of the Barons (Anglo-Norman)[59]
Song of the Peace with England (French)[63]
Song against the King of Almaigne (English)[69]
The Battle of Lewes (Latin)[72]
Song upon the Divisions among the Barons (Latin)[121]
Lament of Simon de Montfort (Anglo-Norman)[125]
REIGN OF EDWARD I.
Praise of the Young Edward (Latin)[128]
Song on the Times (Latin, with an Anglo-Norman version)[133]
The Order of Fair-Ease (Anglo-Norman)[137]
Song of the Husbandman (English)[149]
Against the Pride of the Ladies (English)[153]
Satire on the Consistory Courts (English)[155]
Song on the Scottish Wars (Latin)[160]
On the Deposition of Baliol (Latin)[180]
Song against the King’s Taxes (Anglo-Norman and Latin)[182]
Song on the Flemish Insurrection (English)[187]
Song on the Times (English)[195]
Song against the Scholastic Studies (Latin)[206]
Song of “Nego” (English)[210]
Song on the Execution of Sir Simon Fraser (English)[212]
Song on the Venality of the Judges (Latin)[224]
The Outlaw’s Song of Trailebaston (Anglo-Norman)[231]
Song against the Retinues of the Great People (English)[237]
REIGN OF EDWARD II.
Lament on the Death of Edward I. (Anglo-Norman)[241]
Elegy on the Death of Edward I. (English)[246]
Song on the Times (Anglo-Norman, Latin, and English)[251]
On the King’s Breaking his Confirmation of Magna Charta (Anglo-Norman and English)[253]
Two Songs on the Death of Peter de Gaveston (Latin)[258], [259]
The Battle of Bannockburn (Latin)[262]
Office of St. Thomas of Lancaster (Latin)[268]
APPENDIX.
Extracts from Peter Langtoft’s Chronicle (Anglo-Norman and English):—
1. Edward I.’s War with Scotland[273]
2. The Trailebastons, and Execution of Wallace[318]
Poem on the Evil Times of Edward II. (English)[323]
NOTES[347]
INDEX[403]

THE

POLITICAL SONGS

OF ENGLAND,