The only English proclamation of Henry III, 18 October 1258, and its treatment by former editors and translators considered and illustrated
Subtitle: to which are added editions of The cuckoo song and The prisoner's song, lyrics of the XIIIth century
By: by Alexander J. Ellis
Contributors: Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272; England. Sovereign (1216-1272 : Henry III)
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: British Politics and Society; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: British Politics and Society
Publisher: Asher
Published: 1868
Place of publication: London; Berlin
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: English language; Texts; Glossaries, vocabularies; French language; Anglo-Norman dialect; Manuscripts, English (Middle); English literature; Textual Criticism; French literature; History and criticism; Sources; History; England. Sovereign (1216-1272 : Henry III); England
Other titles: Cuckoo song; Prisoner's prayer
Notes: Includes text of the proclamation in Old [i.e. Middle] English, Old French, and modern English as well as documents in Latin and Old French. Text of The prisoner's prayer in Anglo-Norman dialect and Old English.

"Probably the oldest piece of English, as distinguished from Anglo-Saxon, of which we have an indisputably contemporary manuscript"--P. [1].

The cuckoo song and The prisoner's prayer (p. 103-107) are included to show that in "popular verse of nearly the same date ... the language ... [is] in all essential points the same" as that of the Proclamation --P. 98.

"Reprinted from the Transactions of the Philological Society for 1868."

"Pamphlet no. 470."

"Church no. 3538."

Reproduction of the original from the Pusey House Library St Giles.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: History of the proclamation; title: Description of the original document; title: The present edition of the proclamation; title: The former editions and translations of the proclamation; title: Interlinear comparison of eleven editions of the proclamation with the original; title: Orthography and pronunciation of the Old English version; title: Dialect and grammar of the proclamation; title: Present and former translations considered with illustrative remarks; title: Contemporary songs; title: Glossarial index; title: Postscript: Photozincograph edition of the proclamation.