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et de ma Dame Magdeleine, premiere Fille de France, en- 

 semble dune Ballade de I'Apparition des trois De'esses, 

 avec le Blazon de la Cosse en laquelle a tousjours ger- 

 mine la belle Fleur de Lys ; faict par Branville, 1537," ii. 

 pp. 25—34. 



(Branville was not the only poet who celebrated 

 the marriage between James V. of Scotland and 

 the Princess Magdalen of France. In his Dieu 

 gard de la Court for the year 1537, Clement Marot 

 exclaims : 



" Ha ! royne Madeleine, 

 Vous nous lairrez ; bien vous puis, ce me semble, 

 Dire Dimi gard et adieu tout ensemble." 



Cf. also Le Roux de Lincy, Chants historiques 

 Francois, ii. 116—118.) 



3. " Le Courroux de la Mort contre les Angloys, don- 

 nant Proesse et Couraige aux Fran9oys," ii. pp. 77 — 86. 



(This poem has no date, but the following 

 couplet induces us to ascribe it to the reign of 

 Louis XIL : 



" Le porc-cspic est si fort et terrible, 

 Quant il se fume c'est chose merveilleuse." 



The porcupine was the emblem of that monarch.) 



4. " Le Folye des Angloys, composee par Maistre L. D.," 

 ii, pp. 253—269. 



(No date, but evidently written shortly after 

 the unfortunate expedition of James IV. and the 

 battle of Flodden Field : 



" lb, tu sc^s bien, sans nullement t'enquerre, 

 Comme Escosse rue sur toy sans faillir."') 



5. "Epistre envoyee par feu Henry, Roy d'Angleterre, & 

 Henrj' son Fils, huytiesme de ce Nom, h. present regnai^t 

 audict royaulme," iii. pp. 26 — 71. 



(This piece, belonging to the year 1512, is of 

 the highest importance. It furnishes a statement 

 of the pretensions of England on the crown of 

 France, and a refutation of those claims. Two 

 black-letter editions of the Epistre are known ; 

 M. Brunet (Man. du Libr.') describes a third re- 

 print published in 1544 by Mace Bonhomme.) 



6. " La Deploration des Trois Estats de France sur I'En- 

 terprise des Anglois et Suisses (par Pierre Vachot), 1513," 

 iii. pp. 247—260. 



(On the defeat of La Tremoille by the Swiss, 

 and the taking of Terouenne by Henry VIII.) 



7. " Description de la Prinse de Calais et de Guynes, 

 compose par forme et stile de Procfes par M. G. de M." 



8. " Hymne h la Louange de Monseigneur le Duo de 

 Guyse, par Jean de Amelin, 1558." 



9. " Epitaphe de la Ville de Calais, faicte par Anthoine 

 Fauquel, plus une Chanson sur la Prinse dudict Calais (par 

 Jacques Pierre, dit Chateau-Gaillard), 1558." 



10. " Le Discours du Testament de la Prinse de la Ville 

 de Guynes, compose par Maistre Anthoine Fauquel, Preb- 

 stre, Natif de la Ville et Citd d'Amiens, 1558," iv. pp. 284 

 —314. 



(The above four pieces, relating to the events 

 which established in France the popularity of the 

 Guise family, are highly curious.) 



11. " Deploration sur le Trespas detrfes noble Princesse 



Madame Magdalaine de France, Royne d'Escoce (1537)," 

 V. pp. 234—241. 



(Apparently composed by Gilles Corrozet.) 

 The sixth volume of M. de Montaiglon's series 

 contains, amongst other valuable pieces, two his- 

 torical ballads which deserve special consideration : 

 I purpose, therefore, reverting to them in a second 

 paper. Gustave MasSon. 



Harrow-on-the-Hill. 



OLD ENGLISH VERSES ON THE INSTEXJMENTS OF 

 THE PASSION. 



Some six or seven years ago I copied out the 

 following curious verses from a MS. Horce B. 

 Virg. of Sarum Use, of the end of the fifteenth 

 century, in the library of Queen's College, Oxford. 

 They are not common, and so, I think, worth 

 printing for the sake of comparing with others of 

 a similar kind : — 



" CLAVI PBaiETEAN. 



The Naylis thurgh fete and hondis to. 

 They help me oute of Synne and wo ; 

 That I have in my lyf 1 do. 

 With hondis I handelyd, w* fote ygo. 



LANCEA. 



Lorde, the spere scharpe ygrounde 



That in thy herte made a wounde. 



Hit quenche y® Synne y' * I have wroujth ; 



W alle my herte evyl ythou5th. 



And of my stout pryd there to, 



And of myne unbusinysse also. 



SCALA. 



The laddre upset by Eucheson, 

 Whanne thow were dede to take the don, 

 Whanne I am dede in any synne 

 Make me that I ne dj^e therinne. 



FORCEPS. 



The tonges that drewe the nayles out 

 Of fete and hondes al aboute, 

 And leseden thy body fro the tre, 

 Of al my synnys the lese me. 



JUD^US IN FACIEM XPI SPUENS. 



The Jew yt spet in Goddes face, 

 For he hit suffred ; Jeve me grace 

 That I have mysdo or any man me, 

 For that dispite, Lord, for^eve hit me. 



XPUS POKTAN3 CBUCEM IN HUMBKO. 



The crosse behynde his bakbon 

 That tholede dethe upon, 

 Geve me grace in my lyve, 

 Clene of synne me to schrive. 

 And therto very repentaunce. 

 And here to fulfille al my penaunce. 



SEPULCHBUM XPI. 



The sepulchre yt there in was ylade, 

 His blessed body albibled f , 

 He me send or that I dye. 

 Sorrow of herte and teris of eye. 



That (line 3). 



f In white linen. 



