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 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
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