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THE LAY OF
HAVELOK THE DANE.
Early English Text Society.
Extra Series. No. IV.
1868.
Dublin: William McGee, 18, Nassau Street.
Edinburgh: T. G. Stevenson, 22, South Frederick Street.
Glasgow: Ogle & Co., 1, Royal Exchange Square.
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New York: C. Scribner & Co.; Leypoldt & Holt.
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Boston, U.S.: Dutton & Co.
+The Lay of+
+HAVELOK THE DANE:+
Composed in the Reign of Edward I, about A.D. 1280.
Formerly Edited by Sir F. Madden for the Roxburghe Club,
And now Re-Edited from the Unique Ms. Laud Misc. 108,
in the Bodleian Library, Oxford;
by the
REV. WALTER W. SKEAT, M.A.,
Author of "A M[oe]so-Gothic Glossary," Editor of "Piers Plowman,"
"William of Palerne," &c.
[Illustration: Seal of Great Grimsby]
LONDON:
Published For The Early English Text Society,
By N. Trübner & Co., 60, Paternoster Row.