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Textual Notes to "Three Messengers of Death" (DIMEV 5387)
John Lydgate's Dance of Death and Related Works
Textual Notes to "Three Messengers of Death" (DIMEV 5387)
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Textual Notes to "Three Messengers of Death" (DIMEV 5387)
John Lydgate's Dance of Death and Related Works
Textual Notes to "Three Messengers of Death" (DIMEV 5387)
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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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Title
Three Messengers of Death
. This title is derived from the Vernon Manuscript’s rubric to the work (fol. 297vc).
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Rubric
Her biginneth . . . iwis
. So V. Not in Sim.
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6
sore
he
. So V. Sim:
Sore al he
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21
vetat
. So V. Horstmann, Furnivall amend to
necat
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23
Inter
. So Horstmann, Furnivall. V, Sim:
iter
.
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24
quelibet
. So V. Sim:
quilibet
.
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29
this messagers
. So V. Sim:
the messagers
.
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38
Theih
. So V. Sim:
þauh
.
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o
. So V. Sim:
on
.
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39
and
. So V. Sim:
an
.
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50
Withouten
. So V. Sim:
Withoute
.
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64
mowe
. So V. Sim:
mowen
.
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77
beoth
. So V. Sim:
ben
.
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82
habben
. So V. Sim:
habbe
.
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84
wolen
. So V. Sim:
wolleþ
.
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97
ben
. So V. Sim:
beoþ
.
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98
in the lift
. So V. Sim:
doth in the lift
.
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101
heore
. So V. Sim:
her
.
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110
messagers
. So V. Sim:
messager
.
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114
bekneth
. So V. Sim:
bekeneþ
.
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120
porter
. So Sim, Horstmann, Furnivall. V:
poter
.
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123
atte yate
. So V. Sim:
at the
yate
.
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142
weore
. So V. Sim:
weoren
.
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144
An
. So V. Sim:
And
.
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183
doth us
. So V. Sim:
doth
him
.
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205
alle men
. So V. Sim:
al the men
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206
Weore prestes masses to synge
. So V. Sim:
Weore
prestes and masses dude singe
.
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210
in atte helle
. So V. Sim:
in at the helle
.
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217
he falleth
. So V. Sim:
thu falles
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