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It shall only be added on this head, that the very important price of Scotch Poetry me hear of, namely the Romance "Sir. Tristiem" by the celebrated Homas Lerment the nimer founded on British Poetry. Tristam being one of Arthi's Knights. This poem, so highly celebrated at the was written about 1270, but scions how to be unfortunatity. lost." Maitland Presby Pinkerton. 1. lix.

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The Campbells hist. of the Prely of Scotlands. p.52. and Morton's Hist: of Engl. Portry (New Ea: ) bol. 1. p. 78. 181 — 198. proving this Poor not the the work of Thomas the Rhymer.

Lee Chalmers edib. ir D. Leads

Quarterly Res. 2o. vii. p. 143. for

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Sea Lockhart's Life Weath. Oct. 1. p. 334. on this work. & p. 413.-7.

Ed is p. 20,

Guest's H. of English Rythms. Vol. II. p.174.

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Rescued by W. Taylor, in Critical Rev. 3. 1804. c. Life 11.b.39.

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4.343.

The Partical Romanus de Instan,

in French, in

Anglohorman.

andin Grack, comport in xii, a xiii lents. echitial by I. Michel

2 vol. 1835. .

See Sibolios Four, for a German Premali brisham.

ul. 3. p. 126. 3.p.126.

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sutings ed. Member. l. 1. p. 57. Laing's

See Lockharts Life of Sert. l. 1. p. 331.387; 415-6.

SIR TRISTREM;

Metrical Romance

of

The Thirteenth Century s

BY

THOMAS OF ERCILDOUNE,

CALLED

THE RHYMER.

EDITED FROM THE AUCHINLECK MS.

BY

WALTER SCOTT, ESQ.

ADVOCATE.

Now, hold your mouth, pour charitie,

Both Knight and Lady fre,

And herkneth to my spell;
Of battaille and of chivalrie,
Of Ladies' love and druerie,

Anon I wol you tel.-CHAUCER.

EDINBURGH:

Printed by James Ballantyne,

FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH,
AND LONGMAN AND REES, LONDON.

1804.

280.1. 265

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