This e-text is based on the 1869(second) edition of the Alliterative Poems. A few apparentmisprints were checked against the 1864 edition, but the texts as awhole were not closely compared.
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Full Contents
Preface
The Pearl (separatefile)
Cleanness (separatefile)
Patience (separatefile)
Glossarial Index (separatefile)
Sidenotes
Details of Text and Layout
EDITED FROM
THE UNIQUE MANUSCRIPT
BRITISH MUSEUM MS. COTTON
NERO A. x
BY
RICHARD MORRIS
Published for
THE EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY
by the
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO
FIRST PUBLISHED 1864
SECOND EDITION 1869
REPRINTED (1869 VERSION) 1965
Original Series, No. 1
ORIGINALLY PRINTED BY STEPHEN AUSTIN, HERTFORD
AND NOW REPRINTED LITHOGRAPHICALLY IN GREAT BRITAIN
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD
BY VIVIAN RIDLER, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY
Contents
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Items in italics do not have headings in the body text.
| Preface | v | |
| Introduction to ThePearl | [xi] | |
| Introduction toCleanness | [xiii] | |