Taylor, Edgar [Hrsg.]; Austin, Sarah [Hrsg.]: Lays of the minnesingers or German troubadours of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries: Illustr. by specimens of the contemporary lyric poetry of Provence and other parts of Europe ; With histor. and crit. notes, and engravings from the ms. of the minnesingers in the king's library at Paris, and from other sources (London, 1825)

TROUVERES.

LE CHATELAIN DE COUCY.

1 he pedigree of the noble family of Coucy is ably

and satisfactorily elucidated by Laborde, in whose

" Essay on Music" is to be found also the affecting

narrative of the poet's unfortunate passion for la

Dame de Fayel. The first Raoul Sire de Coucy died

at the siege of Acre in 1191: but Laborde thinks that

our poet was his nephew Raoul, who died, however,

nearly about the same time. The Raoul to whom

Thibaud king of Navarre addresses one of his pieces,

M. Laborde conceives to be Raoul II. the grandson

of Raoul I. Raoul II. died about 1250. The pride

of this family may be judged by the characteristic

motto of one of the Sires :—

" Je ne suis Roi, ni Dues, Prince ni Comte aussi,
Je suis le Sire de Coucy."

Commencement de douce seson bele

Que je voi revenir,
Remembrance d'amors qui me rapele

Dont ja ne puis partir,

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