Melusine. Part I

Title

Melusine. Part I

Author

Jean, d'Arras, 14th century

Editor

Donald, Alexander Karley

Publication

Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus Reprint

1981

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Contents

• [A Chronicle of Melusine in olde Englishe. compyled by Ihon of Arras, and dedicated to the Duke of Berry and Auuergne, and translated (as yt shoulde seeme) out of Frenche into Englishe.]
• Cap. I. How Melusyne & her two sustirs shewid them to Raymondyn at the fontayne of Soyf or thurst /.
• Cap. II. How the Erle of Poytiers prayde the Erle of Forests for to comme to the Feste that he made of hys sone. /
• Cap. III. How a forester camme to denounce to the Erle Emery how there was within the Forest of Coulombyers the moost meruayllous wildbore that euer was sen byfore./
• Cap. IV. How the Erle went to the chace and Raymondyn with hym.
• Cap. V. How Raymondyn slew the Erle of Poyters, his vncle.
• Cap. VI. How Raymondyn camme to the Fontayne of soyf, wher he founde Melusyne, and two other ladyes with her.
• Cap. VII. How Raymondin, by the counseyl of the lady, went to Poytiers.
• Cap. VIII. How the Erle Emery was brought vnto Poytiers deed within a Lyttere.
• Cap. IX. How Raymondyn retourned toward hys lady, and sawe a Chapell whiche neuer he had seen before./
• Cap. X. How Raymondyn, after that the barons had doon theire homage vnto the yong̘ Erle / demanded of the Erle a yefte, the whiche he graunted to hym./
• Cap. XI. How Raymondyn founde a man that bare the skynne or hyde of a hert / and how he bought it /
• Cap. XII. How they that were ordonned camme and delyuered to Raymondyn his yefte. /
• Cap. XIII. How Raymondyn toke his leue of the Erle of Poitiers & retourned toward his lady./
• Cap. XIV. How the Erle of Poytiers camme to the weddyng of Raymondyn, acompayned of alle the Barons in hys land.
• Cap. XV. How Raymondyn and Melusyne were wedded togider. /
• Cap. XVI. How they were worshipfully serued at dyner. /
• Cap. XVII. How after dyner the Knightes & Squyers Jousted.
• Cap. XVIII. How the bysshop halowed the bed wheron Raymondyn and Melusyne laye.
• Cap. XIX. How the Erle of Poytiers and the Erle of Forests / the barons and ladyes, toke theyre leue of Raymondyn and of Melusyne. /
• Cap. XX. How Vryan & Guyon toke leue of bothe theyre fader & moder, and of the help that they had of þem.
• Cap. XXI. How Uryan & Guyon tooke leue of theire moder Melusyne and entred theire ship. /
• Cap. XXII. How the Sawdan was slayn byfore Famagoce.
• Cap. XXIII. How Vryan & Guyon came byfore the kinge, he beying in his bed syke.
• Cap. XXIV. How Vryan espoused Ermyne, doughter vnto the kinge of Cypre.
• Cap. XXV. How Anthony & Regnald dyscomfyted the kynge of Anssay tofore lucembourgh / and how he was take.
• Cap. XXVI. How the kyng of Anssay was lede byfore the pucelle Crystyne.
• Cap. XXVII. How the kinge of Anssay called to hym al the barons of Lucembourgh to Counseylle.
• Cap. XXVIII. How Anthony espoused Crystyne, Duchesse of Lucembourgh. /
• Cap. XXIX. How the kyng̘, of behayne sent a messager toward the king̘ of Anssay his brother. /
• Cap. XXX. How the duc Anthony toke hys leue of the Duchesse Crystyne, and went toward praghe with hys oost.
• Cap. XXXI. How the kinge of Craco dide do take the body of kynge Federyke that he had slayn and commanded it to be brent.
• Cap. XXXII. How the king̘ of Craco was slayn in bataylle.
• Cap. XXXIII. How the kynge Zelodius & the other saracyns were brent and bruyled̛.
• Cap. XXXIV. How the two brethern were at buryeng and obsequye of kynge Federyk of behayne.
• Cap. XXXV. How Regnauld espoused Eglantyne, daughter to the kynge of Behayne. /
• Cap. XXXVI. How the knightes & esquyers jousted after dyner.
• Cap. XXXVII. Here aftir foloweth how Raymondin by the admounesting of hys brother beheld Melusyne hys wyf within the bathe, wherfor he toke hys brother the Erle of Forest in grete indignacion.
• Cap. XXXVIII. How geffray slough Guedon, the geaunt, in garande.
• Cap. XXXIX. How Froymond, brother to Geffray, was professed monke at Mayllezes, by consentement of hys fader & moder.
• Cap. XL. How the two messangers of Raymondin cam in garande toward geffray.
• Cap. XLI. How Geffray with the grete toeth fyred thabbey of Mayllezes, & brent bothe thabbot & al the monkes there.
• Cap. XLII. How Melusyne felle in a swoune, for this that Raymondyn, her lord, wyted her.
• Cap. XLIII. It is shewed herafter, how Melusyne came to her self ayen, and spake to Raymondyn.
• Cap. XLIV. How Raymondyn & Melusyne felle bothe in a swoune.
• Cap. XLV. How Melusyne made her testament. /
• Cap. XLVI. How Melusyne in fourme of a Serpent flough out at a wyndowe.
• Cap. XLVII. How Raymondyn dide do brenne his sone called Horryble.
• Cap. XLVIII. How Melusyne came euery nyght to vysyte her two children.
• Cap. XLIX. How geffray with the grete toeth rane ayenst the geaunt & ouerthrew hym with hys spere. /
• Cap. L. How the geaunt fled & Geffray folowed hym.
• Cap. LI. How Geffray went & entred into the Hoƚƚ for to fyght with the geaunt./
• Cap. LII. How Geffray fonde the sepulture of the king of Albany, his granfader Helynas, within the mountayn.
• Cap. LIII. How geffray delyuered the prysonners that the geaunt kept in pryson.
• Cap. LIV. How the prysonners led the geaunt deed vpon a Charyott.
• Cap. LV. How Geffray was the deth of the Erle of Forestz hys vncle.
• Cap. LVI. How Geffray went to Lusynen toward hys fader and prayed hym of mercy.
• Cap. LVII. How Raymondyn came toward the pope of Romme and confessed hys synnes to hym.
• Cap. LVIII. How Geffray went to Romme & confessed hys synnes tofore the Pope.
• Cap. LIX. How Geffray reedyffyed the monastery of Maylleses.
• Cap. LX. How the king of Armanye watched the sperhauk.
• Cap. LXI. How the kyng wold haue rauysshed by force the lady, but she vanysshed away.
• Cap. LXII. How the king was bete & ouerthrawen and knew not of whom.