Heire begynnis the traitie of Orpheus kyng and how he yeid to hewyn [and] to hel to seik his quene : And ane othir ballad in the lattir end..
Henryson, Robert,1430?-1506?
Chepman, Walter,1473?-1538?
Myllar, Androw,active 1503-1508.
[Edinburgh : W. Chepman and A. Myllar,
1508?].
One of nine black-letter tracts printed for Walter Chepman and Androw Myllar, bound together, with two other tracts, to form the volume known as "The Chepman and Myllar prints".
The "othir ballad" (on pp. [22-24], untitled) is Henryson's "The want of wise of men".
Imperfect: wanting leaves [3] and [4] (pp. [5-8])
With device of Walter Chepman on title leaf (verso is blank except for MS inscription) and device of Androw Myllar on final page; there is no colophon and the work is undated.
Verse.
A facsimile can be found in W. Beattie "The Chepman and Myllar prints" (E.B.S., 1950), and a facsimile of a complete version reconstructed from the text of the Asloan MS can be found in "The knightly tale of Golagrus and Gawane and other ancient poems" D. Laing's type-facsimile of the Chepman and Myllar prints, published in 1827.
ESTC
STC (2nd ed.)
Aldis, H.G.  Scotland,
Orpheus (Greek mythology)