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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Or what availeth . . . porte or straungenesse . These lines are transposed in L. A note in red in the outer margin indicates the correct order. ↩ back to note source 126
adieu . This word is underlined in red and written with a red initial a wherever it appears in L. See also lines 251–53 and 487. ↩ back to note source Before 137
Nicholas Munston (?) . Abraded signature in a later hand above this stanza in L. ↩ back to note source Before 193
Abbatissa written in red ink in another hand in the top left corner of fol. 44v. ↩ back to note source 301
Amys . Underlined in red in L; it is possibly misrecognized as the French amis (friends). ↩ back to note source 352
God qwyteth al men lyke as they deserve . So Warren. L: but god quyteth men bettir than thei deserve . ↩ back to note source
Polliceene . L reads pollixene , which is underlined in red; Polliceene is added in red in the outer margin in another hand. ↩ back to note source
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