EARLY ENGLISH POETRY,

BALLADS,

AND POPULAR LITERATURE

OF THE MIDDLE AGES.

EDITED FROM ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS

AND SCARCE PUBLICATIONS.

VOL. XIV.

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CONTENTS OF VOL. XIV.

THE POEMS OF JOHN AUDELAY.

EDITED BY J. O. HALLIWELL, ESQ. F.R.S.

ST. BRANDAN, A LEGEND OF THE SEA.

EDITED BY THOMAS WRIGHT, ESQ. M.A., F.S.A.

THE ROMANCE OF THE EMPEROR OCTAVIAN.

EDITED BY J. O. HALLIWELL, ESQ.

OF

JOHN AUDELAY.

A SPECIMEN OF THE SHROPSHIRE DIALECT

IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.

EDITED BY

JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL, ESQ., F.R.S.

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