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,