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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
PREFATORY NOTE ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ix
INTRODUCTION
PART I.
CHAPTER I. THE GUY SAGA AS ADAPTED TO THE SPECULUM ... xiii
,, II. TITLE AND LITERARY NOTICES OF THE POEM ... xviii
„ III. DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUSCRIPTS ... ... ... XXvii
„ IV. GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE TEXTS ... ... xl
„ V. PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING THE EDITION ... ... Iviil
PART II.
VI. THE RELATION OF THE SPECULUM TO THE GUY OF
WARWICK ROMANCES ... ... ... ... IxV
,, VII. CONCERNING GUY, EARL OF WARWICK ... ... Ixxiv
,, VIII. GUIDO, COUNT OF TOURS ... ... ... ... Ixxxiii
„ IX. PRINCIPAL SOURCES OF THE SPECULUM ... ... xdii
„ X. MINOR SOURCES OF THE POEM ... ... ... CX1V
PART III.
,, XI. THE METRICAL STRUCTURE OF THE SPECULUM ... CXXV
„ XII. THE RIMING STRUCTURE OF THE SPECULUM ... ... Cxliii
„ XIII. THE PHONOLOGY OF THE SPECULUM ... ... ... Cxlix
,, XIV. THE INFLECTION OF THE SPECULUM ... ... ... clxix
„ XV. DIALECT AND CHRONOLOGY OF THE SPECULUM clxxxiv
„ XVI. AUTHORSHIP OF THE SPECULUM ... ... ... CXcii
SPECULUM GY DE WAREWYKE
TEXT ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES ... ... ... ... 47
EDITIONS OF MIDDLE ENGLISH TEXTS ... ... ... ... 103
GLOSSARY ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 105
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES ... ... ... ... ... ... 116
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
PREFATORY NOTE ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ix
INTRODUCTION
PART I.
CHAPTER I. THE GUY SAGA AS ADAPTED TO THE SPECULUM ... xiii
,, II. TITLE AND LITERARY NOTICES OF THE POEM ... xviii
„ III. DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUSCRIPTS ... ... ... XXvii
„ IV. GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE TEXTS ... ... xl
„ V. PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING THE EDITION ... ... Iviil
PART II.
VI. THE RELATION OF THE SPECULUM TO THE GUY OF
WARWICK ROMANCES ... ... ... ... IxV
,, VII. CONCERNING GUY, EARL OF WARWICK ... ... Ixxiv
,, VIII. GUIDO, COUNT OF TOURS ... ... ... ... Ixxxiii
„ IX. PRINCIPAL SOURCES OF THE SPECULUM ... ... xdii
„ X. MINOR SOURCES OF THE POEM ... ... ... CX1V
PART III.
,, XI. THE METRICAL STRUCTURE OF THE SPECULUM ... CXXV
„ XII. THE RIMING STRUCTURE OF THE SPECULUM ... ... Cxliii
„ XIII. THE PHONOLOGY OF THE SPECULUM ... ... ... Cxlix
,, XIV. THE INFLECTION OF THE SPECULUM ... ... ... clxix
„ XV. DIALECT AND CHRONOLOGY OF THE SPECULUM clxxxiv
„ XVI. AUTHORSHIP OF THE SPECULUM ... ... ... CXcii
SPECULUM GY DE WAREWYKE
TEXT ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES ... ... ... ... 47
EDITIONS OF MIDDLE ENGLISH TEXTS ... ... ... ... 103
GLOSSARY ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 105
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES ... ... ... ... ... ... 116