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Revival: The Middle English Versions of Partonope of Blois (1912)

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The shorter English version is extant only as a fragment of 308 lines in a MS. at Vale Royal, and was edited by R.C.N. (i.e. R.C. Nichols) for the Roxburghe Club, London, 1873. The MS. is stated by editor to have been written about 1450. After relating Partinope's arrival in the enchanted city and his meeting with Melior, the text, without  any break, proceeds to the morning of the third day... Read more
Original Title Page, Original Copyright Page, PREFATORY NOTE, Partonope of Blois, Early English Text Society

Biography

Partonopeus de Blois, Trampe Bodtker