CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION:

The two Versions of the Poem 'Erthe upon Erthe' ix

Descriptive List of MSS. of the Poem x

The A Version xiv

The B Version xvi

The Cambridge Text xxv

Origin and Growth of the Poem xxix

Later Versions of the Poem xxxv

Literary Interest xxxviii

Editor's Note xli

THE #A# VERSION:

1. MS. Harleian 2253 1

2. MS. Harleian 913 1

THE #B# VERSION:

1. William Billyng's MS 5

2. MS. Thornton 6

3. MS. Selden supra 53 7

4. MS. Egerton 1995 8

5. MS. Harleian 1671 9

6. MS. Brighton 10

7. The Stratford-on-Avon Inscription 11

8. MS. Rawlinson C. 307 12

9. MS. Harleian 4486 13

10. MS. Lambeth 853 14

11. MS. Laud Miscellaneous 23 16

12. MS. Cotton Titus A. xxvi 19

13. MS. Rawlinson Poetical 32 20

14. MS. Porkington 10 24

15. MS. Balliol 354 27

16. MS. Harleian 984 29

17. The Maitland MS. 30

18. John Reidpeth's MS. 31

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