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John Lydgate's Siege of Troy, written late in the 15 th cent. in Scotland
'Her begynnes the Troy buke translatit by a mounke of Bery', i.e. John Lydgate's Siege of Troy, chiefly from Guido de Columna's De bello Trojano: at end, 'Her endes the Sege of Troye written & mendit at the instance of ane honorable chaplane sir Thomas Ewyn of Edinburgh': in Scotch verse. On fols. 290 - 300 ('The kyng--sulde the say') and 307 - 336 ('Eftire Troyes--bot litill thing') are fragments of John Barbour's Troy book in Scotch, wedged into Lydgate's work, both being based on…
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Douce Manuscripts
Shelfmark: MS. Douce 148
Extents: 338 Leaves
Dates:
written late in the 15 th cent. in Scotland