Skip to main content- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations List
- General Introduction
- Introduction to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A Version (Selden)
- John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A Version (Selden)
- Introduction to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne)
- John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne)
- Introduction to John Lydgate, "Death's Warning to the World" (DIMEV 4905)
- John Lydgate, "Death's Warning to the World" (DIMEV 4905)
- Introduction to "Three Messengers of Death" (DIMEV 5387)
- "Three Messengers of Death" (DIMEV 5387)
- Introduction to "A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person" (DIMEV 3624)
- "A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person" (DIMEV 3624)
- Introduction to "A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet" (DIMEV 3454)
- "A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet" (DIMEV 3454)
- Introduction to "The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man," Ascribed to Robert Henryson (DIMEV 4000)
- "The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man" (DIMEV 4000)
- Introduction to "The Dawnce of Makabre" (DIMEV 4104)
- "The Dawnce of Makabre" (DIMEV 4104)
- Introduction to "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets" (DIMEV 956)
- "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets" (DIMEV 956)
- Introduction to La Danse macabre
- La Danse macabre
- Explanatory and Textual Notes
- Notes to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A Version (Selden)
- Notes to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne)
- Notes to John Lydgate, "Death's Warning to the World"
- Notes to "Three Messengers of Death"
- Notes to "A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person"
- Notes to "A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet"
- Notes to "The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man"
- Notes to "The Dawnce of Makabre"
- Notes to "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets"
- Notes to La Danse macabre
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations List
- General Introduction
- Introduction to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A Version (Selden)
- John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A Version (Selden)
- Introduction to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne)
- John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne)
- Introduction to John Lydgate, "Death's Warning to the World" (DIMEV 4905)
- John Lydgate, "Death's Warning to the World" (DIMEV 4905)
- Introduction to "Three Messengers of Death" (DIMEV 5387)
- "Three Messengers of Death" (DIMEV 5387)
- Introduction to "A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person" (DIMEV 3624)
- "A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person" (DIMEV 3624)
- Introduction to "A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet" (DIMEV 3454)
- "A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet" (DIMEV 3454)
- Introduction to "The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man," Ascribed to Robert Henryson (DIMEV 4000)
- "The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man" (DIMEV 4000)
- Introduction to "The Dawnce of Makabre" (DIMEV 4104)
- "The Dawnce of Makabre" (DIMEV 4104)
- Introduction to "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets" (DIMEV 956)
- "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets" (DIMEV 956)
- Introduction to La Danse macabre
- La Danse macabre
- Explanatory and Textual Notes
- Notes to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A Version (Selden)
- Notes to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne)
- Notes to John Lydgate, "Death's Warning to the World"
- Notes to "Three Messengers of Death"
- Notes to "A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person"
- Notes to "A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet"
- Notes to "The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man"
- Notes to "The Dawnce of Makabre"
- Notes to "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets"
- Notes to La Danse macabre
- Bibliography
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busie-headed. So A2. R: bustheaded. This stanza appears after line 56 in the printed versions.↩back to note source
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To brawle for everie. So A2. P: to bubble of a; R: to babble of a; W1: to brabble for a; W2: to brabble of a.↩back to note source
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This night thy soule must sure goe hence. So A2. P, R, W1, W2: Full soon thy soul must needs go hence.↩back to note source
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finis Thomas Hill. So A2. No attribution is given in the printed broadsides.↩back to note source