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
Title
The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man. That is, the discussion between Death and Man. See MED resoun (n.2), sense 8: “speech, talk, discourse.”↩back to note source 2
Quhilk sowld thy myrrour be. Compare Lydgate’s verba translatoris to the Dance of Death (A text, lines 31, 637 and B text, line 565) where he counsels his audience to have his words as a mirror before their mind. The same image reappears in this poem at line 10.↩back to note source