CHAP. II. CHAP. III. CHAP. IV. Robert of Gloucester.-Various small Poems appa rently written during the latter part of the thirteenth Century. Robert de Brunne. CHAP. V. REIGN OF EDWARD II. 97 Change in the Language produced by frequent Trans lations from the French.- Minstrels.-Sources of Romance.-Adam Davie-Specimens of his "Life of Alexander."-Robert Baston. CHAP. VI. REIGN OF EDWARD III. 124 Laurence Minot.-The Hermit of Hampole.-Pierce Ploughman's Vision-Specimens of the Vision.Pierce the Ploughman's Creed-Specimen. 146* CHAP. VII. REIGN OF EDWARD III. CONTINUED. John Gower Specimen of his Poetry. 169 |