Skip to main content Show glosses Glosses Show glosses Glosses 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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Homme n ’est fors que vent et cendre . Added in the outer margin by the scribe with a signe de renvoi (an insertion mark) in the form of a circle and cross. ↩ back to note source 380
Souviegnez . F: souviegne . Warren, Lincy, Dufour, Saugnieux, Fein all have forms of souvienne , but the verb form should be in the second person plural, as we have emended it. ↩ back to note source 456
n’y demeure . F: ny demeure demeure . The first demeure has been written over a word that has been scraped away. The second, crossed out demeure occurs in the right-hand margin next to the line, with traces of a third demeure written above it. ↩ back to note source 511
A copy of lines 519–24 with the speaker marker are written out here but crossed out. ↩ back to note source 526
aux vers donnez . So Warren, Lincy, Dufour, Saugnieux, Fein. F: donnez aux vers . ↩ back to note source
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