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  THE LAY OF
  HAVELOK THE DANE.


  Early English Text Society.
  Extra Series. No. IV.
  1868.




  Dublin:        William McGee, 18, Nassau Street.
  Edinburgh:     T. G. Stevenson, 22, South Frederick Street.
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  +The Lay of+

  +HAVELOK THE DANE:+


  Composed in the Reign of Edward I, about A.D. 1280.

  Formerly Edited by Sir F. Madden for the Roxburghe Club,

  And now Re-Edited from the Unique Ms. Laud Misc. 108,
  in the Bodleian Library, Oxford;

  by the

  REV. WALTER W. SKEAT, M.A.,

  Author of “A Mœso-Gothic Glossary,” Editor of “Piers Plowman,”
  “William of Palerne,” &c.


[Illustration: Seal of Great Grimsby]


  LONDON:
  Published For The Early English Text Society,
  By N. Trübner & Co., 60, Paternoster Row.

  MDCCCLXVIII.




  +Extra Series,+
  IV.

  John Childs and Son, Printers.




CONTENTS.


  TITLEPAGE. The engraving represents the seal of Great Grimsby,
    described in § 19 of the Preface, p. xxi.

  PREFACE. § 1. The former edition of 1828. § 2. The present
    edition. § 3. Plan of this edition. § 4. Notices of the story by
    Early Writers: the longer French Version. § 5. The shorter
    French Version. § 6. Peter de Langtoft (1307). § 7. Rauf de Boun
    (1310). § 8. A Brief Genealogy, Herald’s Coll. MS. (ab. 1310).
    § 9. Metrical Chronicle (ab. 1313). § 10. Robert of Brunne
    (1338); ed. Hearne. § 11. Robert of Brunne; Lambeth MS.
    § 12. French Prose “Brute” (1332). § 13. English Prose “Brute,”
    MS. Harl. 2279. § 14. Gray’s Scala Cronica (ab. 1360).
    § 15. Eulogium Historiarum (1366). § 16. Henry de Knyghton
    (1395); Warner (1586); Webster (1617). § 17. Danish traditions.
    § 18. Lincolnshire traditions. § 19. Seal of Great Grimsby.
    § 20. Sketch of the French “Lai.” § 21. Gaimar’s abridgment.
    § 22. Sketch of the English Lay. § 23. Possible date of
    Havelok’s reign. § 24. Story of “Edwin of Deira.” § 25.