The 'Best Hystoriale'
of the Destruction of Troy

EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY

Original Series, Nos. 39 and 56

O.S. 39 1869
O.S. 56 1874

Reprinted as one volume 1968

PRICE 848.

Early English Text Society. Publication

Original Series ,
The 'Gest Hystoriale”

of the
Destruction of Troy

AN ALLITERATIVE ROMANCE

TRANSLATED FROM

GUIDO DE COLONNA'S

Hystoria Troiana'

EDITED FROM THE UNIQUE MANUSCRIPT IN THE
HUNTERIAN MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW

No. 39

1869

0.8. 39 (Text, lines 1-8884) FIRST PUBLISHED 1869 +

0.8. 56 (Text, lines 8885-end, Preface, Notes, Glossarial Index)

ORIGINALLY PRINTED BY JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS
AND NOW REPRINTED LITHOGRAPHICALLY IN GREAT BRITAIN

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD

BY VIVIAN RIDLER
PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY

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

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

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INDEX OF BOOKS AND SUBJECTS (FROM THE Ms.)

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