SPECIMENS

OF

LYRIC POETRY,

COMPOSED IN ENGLAND IN THE REIGN OF

EDWARD THE FIRST.

EDITED FROM MS. HARL. 2253, IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

BY

THOMAS WRIGHT, ESQ. M.A., F.S.A., &o.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THE PERCY SOCIETY,

BY T. RICHARDS, FOR THE EXECUTORS OF THE LATE

C. RICHARDS, 100, ST. MARTIN'S LANE.

MDCCCXLII.

COUNCIL

OF

The Percy Society.

President.

THE RT. HON. LORD BRAYBROOKE, F.S.A

THOMAS AMYOT, Esq. F.R.S. TREAS. S.A.

WILLIAM HENRY BLACK, Esq.

J. A. CAHUSAC, Esq. F.S.A.

WILLIAM CHAPPELL, Esq. F.S.A. Treasurer.

J. PAYNE COLLIER, Esq. F.S.A.

T. CROFTON CROKER, Esq. F.S.A. M.R.I.A

REV. ALEXANDER DYCE.

G. P. R. JAMES, Esq.

WILLIAM JERDAN, Esq. F.S.A. M.R.S L.

CHARLES MACKAY, Esq.

T. J. PETTIGREW, Esq. F.R.S. F.S.A.

E. F. RIMBAULT, Esq F.S.A. Secretary.

JAMES WALSH, Esq.

THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq. M.A. F.S.A.