The Testament of Cresseid & Seven FablesThe greatest of the late medieval Scottish makars, Robert Henryson wrote in Lowland Scots, a distinctive northern version of English. He was profoundly influenced by Chaucer's vision of the frailty and pathos of human life. His greatest poem is the narrative Testament of Cresseid, set in the aftermath of the Trojan War. |
Contents
The Prologue | 51 |
The Two Mice | 65 |
The Lion and the Mouse | 83 |
Copyright | |
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The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables: Translated by Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney,Robert Henryson No preview available - 2009 |
Common terms and phrases
Aesop agane Allace Als weill aneuch awin baith befoir beir beist birdis busk cadgear Calchas carll corn couth culd cummis Cupid deid deith Diomede doun dreid fabill fable face fair Cresseid fals feist furth fyre Giff greit grene grit gude haif hart heid heir Henryson jasp leif leper lipper lord lordis Lowrence lufe lyfe lyke lyoun lytill maid mair meit micht mony MORALITAS mous mouse mycht mynd naillis nane neir nocht Quha quhair quhat quhen Quhilk quhome quhy quhyle quod scho quod the wolff reid richt Robert Henryson Saturn saull sayis Schir Scots language Seamus Heaney sene sister sone suld swallow sweit Syne Testament of Cresseid thair thairfoir thame thay thing thir thocht thou thow Troilus tuke tyme unto uther wald warld weill wickit William Dunbar wolf worth wyfis ye sall yone