Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

The epistle of Othea to Hector; or, The boke of knyghthode

DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K.G. DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH, K.T. DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G. DUKE OF SUTHERLAND, K.G. MARQUESS OF BATH. EARL OF PEMBROKE AND MONTGOMERY. EARL OF CRAWFORD, K.T. EARL OF ROSEBERY, K.G. EARL COWPER, K.G. EARL OF CARYSFORT, K.P. EARL OF POWIS. EARL BEAUCHAMP. EARL...

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7. Part 7

Yo was a yong ientilwoman and doughter to knyng Ynacus;[277] þe which was rygh konnyng and fond many maners of letteris þat hade not be se afore. Though that some fables sey þat...

6. Part 6

Pantasselle was a ful fayre mayden and qwen of Damazonie[208] and off mervelyous worthines in armes and in hardines; and for the grete goodnes that the hy name witnessed through...

10. Part 10

Ceys was a kyng, a full good man, and loued wele Alchyon [Sidenote: f. 59.] his wyff. The kyng tooke a deuocion ffor to go a perlyows passage on the see in a tempest, but Alchyo...

8. Part 8

The good sperite shulde not be leke to Jason, the which was rekeles, ne vncunnyng of the benefices reseyvid of his Maker. And Seynt Barnarde seith opon the Cantecles that vnkunn...

9. Part 9

Because that Paryis hadde dremed that he shulde ravysch Helayne in Grece, a grete army was made and sent ffro Troye into Grece, where that Paryis ravysshede Heleyne. Than for th...

5. Part 5

And wyth vs strey[n]gth be honesty þe yete. If that be gretter vertues thou sete, Thou moste the turne toward Hercules And behold wele his grete worthines, In whome there was fu...

4. Part 4

In conclusion it only remains to say a few words on the possible connexion of Stephen Scrope with two other works already mentioned, which, like his “Epistle of Othea” or “Boke...

13. Part 13

Of the authorities used the best and most recent are E. Robineau, _Christine de Pisan, sa vie et ses œuvres_, St. Omer, 1882; F. Koch, _Leben und Werke der Christine de Pizan_,...

14. Part 14

The story (Ovid, Met. iv. 420 sq.), which is introduced again further on (p. 112), is much confused here. It is briefly as follows. Athamas by command of Hera married the divine...

2. Part 2

Although without any claim to be reckoned among the best of her works, it is at least admirable in motive. Ostensibly it is addressed by the Goddess of Prudence or Wisdom to her...

3. Part 3

At the same time, there was another side to Fastolf’s character, which is revealed in that mine of curious information on the social life and manners of the time, the well-known...

11. Part 11

There where it is seide that he shuld kepe hym couered with his harneis it is vndirstond that the good sperite shulde kepe his wittis cloose and not voide. Seynt Grigori seith h...

1. Part 1

DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K.G. DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH, K.T. DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G. DUKE OF SUTHERLAND, K.G. MARQUESS OF BATH. EARL OF PEMBROKE AND MONTGOMERY. EARL OF CRAWFORD, K.T....

12. Part 12

wynnors (gaignons, H.), 11. According to Godefroy, _Dict. de l’ancienne langue Française_, _s.v._, “gaignon” means a “mâtin, chien de basse-cour,” and then a “homme vil et mecha...

15. Part 15

An omission by homœoteleuton; _cf._ estre tous iours present aux ordres des anges auec les benois esperis assister a la gloire du conditeur, regarder le present visage, _etc._,...