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The Political Songs of England: From the Reign of John to That of Edward II
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The Political Songs of England: From the Reign of John to That of Edward II

by Thomas Wright, Thomas Wright. 408 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Thomas Wright, Thomas Wright

Publisher:

   Camden Society

Place of Publication:

  London  

Publication Year:

  1839
Subjects:   Political Ballads And Songs--England, Great Britain--History--Plantagenets, 1154-1399--Poetry
Table of contents
CONTENTS.
REIGN OF KING JOHN . PAGE
Song on the Siege of Thouars () 1
Sirvente on King John () 3
Song on the Bishops () 6
Song on the Times () 14
REIGN OF HENRY III.
The Taking of () 19
Song on the Corruptions of the Time () 27
Sirvente against King Henry () 36
Another Sirvente () 39
The Song of the Church () 42
Song against the Bishops () 44
Song on the Times () 46
Song upon the Tailors () 51
Song of the Welsh () 56
Song of the Barons () 59
Song of the Peace with () 63
Song against the King of Almaigne () 69
The Battle of Lewes () 72
Song upon the Divisions among the Barons () 121
Lament of () 125
REIGN OF EDWARD I.
Praise of the Young Edward () 128
Song on the Times () 133
The Order of Fair-Ease () 137
Song of the Husbandman () 149
Against the Pride of the Ladies () 153
Satire on the Consistory Courts () 155
Song on the Scottish Wars () 160
On the Deposition of Baliol () 180
Song against the King's Taxes () 182
Song on the Flemish Insurrection () 187
Song on the Times () 195
Song against the Scholastic Studies () 206
Song of "Nego" () 210
Song on the Execution of Sir () 212
Song on the Venality of the Judges () 224
The Outlaw's Song of Trailebaston () 231
Song against the Retinues of the Great People () 237
REIGN OF EDWARD II.
Lament on the Death of Edward I. () 241
Elegy on the Death of Edward I. () 246
Song on the Times () 251
On the King's Breaking his Confirmation of Magna Charta () 253
Two Songs on the Death of () , 258
The Battle of Bannockburn () 262
Office of St. Thomas of Lancaster () 268
APPENDIX .
Extracts from 's Chronicle ():--
1. Edward I.'s War with 273
2. The Trailebastons, and Execution of Wallace 318
Poem on the Evil Times of Edward II. () 323
NOTES 347
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