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INTRODUCTION vii
PROEM
Of Man's Body 3
Of Man's Soul 4
DEBATE
The Amorous Contention of Phillis and Flora 7
The Pleading of the Rose and of the Violet 24
VISION
The Purgatory of Saint Patrick 33
SAINTS' LIVES
The Life of Saint Brandon 53
The Life of Saint Margaret 73
PIOUS TALES
A Miracle of God's Body 81
A Miracle of the Virgin 83
The Translation of Saint Thomas of Canterbury 87
ALLEGORY
An Extract from "The Castle of Love" 95
BESTIARY
Lion, Eagle, Whale, Siren 101
LAPIDARY
Diamond, Sapphire, Amethyst, Geratite, Chelidonius, Coral, Heliotrope, Pearl, Pantheros; Symbolism of the Carbuncle; Symbolism of the Twelve Stones 111
HOMILY
Concerning Miracle Plays, Games, and Minstrelsy 119
SATIRE
The Song of the University of Paris 125
The Land of Cockaygne 128
The Complaint of the Husbandman 131
Sir Penny 134
LAY
Sir Orfeo 141
NOTES
Frontispiece 161
Proem 161
Debate 161
Vision 163
Saints' Lives 165
Pious Tales 167
Allegory 168
Bestiary 169
Lapidary 170
Homily 172
Satire 172
Lay 174

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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