The

“Gest Hystoriale”

of the

Destruction of Troy.

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The

“Gest Hystoriale”

of the

Destruction of Troy:

AN ALLITERATIVE ROMANCE

TRANSLATED FROM

GUIDO DE COLONNA'S

"Hustoria Troiana."

NOW FIRST EDITED

FROM THE UNIQUE MS. IN THE HUNTERIAN MUSEUM,

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW,

with Introduction, Notes, and a Glossary,

BY

THE LATE REV. GEO. A. PANTON,

AND

DAVID DONALDSON, ESQ.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR THE EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY,

BY N. TRÜBNER & Co., 57 & 59, LUDGATE HILL.

MDCCCLXIX & MDCCCLXXIV,

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

GUT UF

PROF. JOHTUCKER MURRAY

JUHE 13, 1938

39 & 66

JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS.

CONTENTS.

PREFACE:

PAGE

1. INTRODUCTION : BY THE REV. GEO. A. PANTON

vii

II. THE DIALECT AND AUTHORSHIP : BY D. DONALDSON, ESQ.

lii

INDEX OF BOOKS AND SUBJECTS (FROM THE MS.)

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