The Taill of Rauf Coilyear (about 1475 A.D.) (from the Unique Copy of Lekpreuik's Edition of 1572) with the Fragments of Roland and Vernagu, and Otuel (from the Unique Auchinleck Ms., about 1330 A.D.)

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Sidney John Hervon Herrtage
Early English Text Society, 1882 - English literature - 140 pages
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