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This is an edition of the complete shorter poetic works of John Bellenden and William Stewart, writers who flourished during the reign of James V of Scots.
The poems of William Stewart and John Bellenden belong to the rich body of writing composed in early sixteenth-century Scotland during the reign of James V (1513-1542). Here, gathered for the first time, are all of the two writers' shorter works-flyting, carol, debate, dream vision, chanson d'aventure, princely advice, love lyric and meditation-together providing greater definition to a period that in literary matters often is seen solely through the preceding inventive works of William Dunbar, and the allusive ones of Gavin Douglas. The value of this complete collection is extended, so that the entire reign is covered, by the addition of seven poems by their contemporaries, Alexander Kyd, Robert Gray, Thomas Davidson, David Lyndsay, and three poets now unknown.
This edition provides much new scholarship: a three-part Introduction containing an essay on the literary milieu, author biographies, and witness descriptions; Texts freshly edited from the early manuscripts and prints, with on-page textual apparatus and appended textual and explanatory notes; a Bibliography; an Index of names and places, and a full Glossary.
The poems of William Stewart and John Bellenden belong to the rich body of writing composed in early sixteenth-century Scotland during the reign of James V (1513-1542). Here, gathered for the first time, are all of the two writers' shorter works-flyting, carol, debate, dream vision, chanson d'aventure, princely advice, love lyric and meditation-together providing greater definition to a period that in literary matters often is seen solely through the preceding inventive works of William Dunbar, and the allusive ones of Gavin Douglas. The value of this complete collection is extended, so that the entire reign is covered, by the addition of seven poems by their contemporaries, Alexander Kyd, Robert Gray, Thomas Davidson, David Lyndsay, and three poets now unknown.
This edition provides much new scholarship: a three-part Introduction containing an essay on the literary milieu, author biographies, and witness descriptions; Texts freshly edited from the early manuscripts and prints, with on-page textual apparatus and appended textual and explanatory notes; a Bibliography; an Index of names and places, and a full Glossary.
Price: $85.00
Pages: 392
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Scottish Text Society
Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth Series
Publication Date:
16 February 2027
Trim Size: 9.21 X 6.14 in
ISBN: 9781897976517
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literary studies: poetry and poets, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland, Poetry anthologies (various poets)
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Short Titles
Editorial Policy
Introduction
(i) Literary milieu of William Stewart and John Bellenden
(ii) Author Biographies
William Stewart
John Bellenden
Robert Gray
Alexander Kyd
Thomas Davidson
David Lyndsay
(iii) Sigla and Witnesses
Sigla
[Bd], [B] Edinburgh, NLS, Adv. MS 1.1.6
[MF] Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys Library MS 2553
[R] Cambridge, CUL, MS Ll.5.10
[Dio] De medica materia. Florence, Giunti. AUL pf615 Dio
[K] Cambridge, CUL, MS Kk.2.16
[D] Hystory and croniklis. Edinburgh, Thomas Davidson
[M] NY, Morgan Library and Museum, MS M 527
[C] Cambridge, Trinity College Library, MS O.3.21
[A] London, University College, MS Angl. 1
[Ba] Warminster, Longleat House, MS 96
[Ab] Aberdeen, AUL, MS 223
[Bo] Boston Public Library, MS f.Med. 94
[AL] Edinburgh, NLS, Adv. MS 18.3.12
[Ma] Glasgow, Mitchell Library, MS 308876
[S] The Warkis. Edinburgh, John Scot for Henrie Charteris
The Texts
1. Iesu Chryst þat deit on tre (Anonymous)
2.Now is our king in tendir aige (Anonymous)
3.We lordis hes chosin (Anonymous)
4.Honor and gloyr mocht beyr in hycht (Robert Gray)
5.The richteous fontane (Alexander Kyd)
6.Rolling in my rememberance ([William] Stewart)
7.Mwsing alone þis hyndir nycht ([William] Stewart)
8.Precellent prince (W[illiam] Stewart)
9.Schir, sen of men ar diuers sortis ([William] Stewart)
10.This hyndir nycht neir by þe hour (William Stewart)
11.First lerges, the king my cheife ([William] Stewart)
12.The Flytting ([William] Stewart)
13.O man, remember ([William] Stewart)
14.The Prologe ([William] Stewart)
15.Furth ouer the mold ([William] Stewart)
16.Maist ameyn roseir ([William] Stewart)
17.Thir Lenterne dayis ar luvely lang ([William] Stewart)
18.For to declair þe he magnificens ([William] Stewart)
19.Proheme apon the Cosmographie (John Bellenden)
20.Proheme of the History (John Bellenden)
21.Amang þe ost of Grekis, as we hard (Anonymous)
22.Proloug apoun...Titus Liuius (John Bellenden)
23.Ane Ballat of þe Cuming of Crist and of þe Annunciatioun of Our Ladye (John Bellenden)
24.The Excusation of the Prentar (Thomas Davidson)
25.Ane Suplication...in Contemptioun of Syde Taillis (David Lyndsay)
Textual and Explanatory Notes
Bibliography
Glossary
Index of Names and Places
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Short Titles
Editorial Policy
Introduction
(i) Literary milieu of William Stewart and John Bellenden
(ii) Author Biographies
William Stewart
John Bellenden
Robert Gray
Alexander Kyd
Thomas Davidson
David Lyndsay
(iii) Sigla and Witnesses
Sigla
[Bd], [B] Edinburgh, NLS, Adv. MS 1.1.6
[MF] Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys Library MS 2553
[R] Cambridge, CUL, MS Ll.5.10
[Dio] De medica materia. Florence, Giunti. AUL pf615 Dio
[K] Cambridge, CUL, MS Kk.2.16
[D] Hystory and croniklis. Edinburgh, Thomas Davidson
[M] NY, Morgan Library and Museum, MS M 527
[C] Cambridge, Trinity College Library, MS O.3.21
[A] London, University College, MS Angl. 1
[Ba] Warminster, Longleat House, MS 96
[Ab] Aberdeen, AUL, MS 223
[Bo] Boston Public Library, MS f.Med. 94
[AL] Edinburgh, NLS, Adv. MS 18.3.12
[Ma] Glasgow, Mitchell Library, MS 308876
[S] The Warkis. Edinburgh, John Scot for Henrie Charteris
The Texts
1. Iesu Chryst þat deit on tre (Anonymous)
2.Now is our king in tendir aige (Anonymous)
3.We lordis hes chosin (Anonymous)
4.Honor and gloyr mocht beyr in hycht (Robert Gray)
5.The richteous fontane (Alexander Kyd)
6.Rolling in my rememberance ([William] Stewart)
7.Mwsing alone þis hyndir nycht ([William] Stewart)
8.Precellent prince (W[illiam] Stewart)
9.Schir, sen of men ar diuers sortis ([William] Stewart)
10.This hyndir nycht neir by þe hour (William Stewart)
11.First lerges, the king my cheife ([William] Stewart)
12.The Flytting ([William] Stewart)
13.O man, remember ([William] Stewart)
14.The Prologe ([William] Stewart)
15.Furth ouer the mold ([William] Stewart)
16.Maist ameyn roseir ([William] Stewart)
17.Thir Lenterne dayis ar luvely lang ([William] Stewart)
18.For to declair þe he magnificens ([William] Stewart)
19.Proheme apon the Cosmographie (John Bellenden)
20.Proheme of the History (John Bellenden)
21.Amang þe ost of Grekis, as we hard (Anonymous)
22.Proloug apoun...Titus Liuius (John Bellenden)
23.Ane Ballat of þe Cuming of Crist and of þe Annunciatioun of Our Ladye (John Bellenden)
24.The Excusation of the Prentar (Thomas Davidson)
25.Ane Suplication...in Contemptioun of Syde Taillis (David Lyndsay)
Textual and Explanatory Notes
Bibliography
Glossary
Index of Names and Places