Political Poems and Songs Relating to English History, Composed during the Period from the Accession of Edward III to that of Richard III 2 Volume Set

Volume 1: Introduction; 1. The vows of the heron; 2. Epigram on the assumption of the arms of France; 3. An invective against France; 4. On the Battle of Nevile's Cross; 5. On the Battle of Nevile's Cross; 6. On Crécy and Nevile's Cross; 7. On the truce of 1347; 8. 'Songs on King Edward's Wars' by Laurence Minot; 9. The dispute between the Englishman and the Frenchman; 10. On Prince Edward's expedition into Spain; 11. Prince Edward's expedition into Spain, and the 'Battle of Najara' by Walter of Peterborough; 12. John of Bridlington; 13. On the death of Edward III (English); 14. On the death of Edward III (Latin); 15. On the rebellion of Jack Straw; 16. On the slaughter of Archbishop Sudbury; 17. Against the Lollards; 18. On the earthquake of 1382; 19. On the Council of London; 20. Song against the friars; 21. On the Minorite Friars; 22. On the times, 1388; 23. Distich on the year 1391; 24. On the pestilene (1391); 25. The reconciliation of Richard II with the City of London by Richard de Maidstone; 26. On the truce between England and France, 1394 by Eustache Deschamps; 27. The complaint of the ploughman; 28. On the corruptions of the Age, 1396–7 by John Gower; 29. On the vices of the different orders of society by John Gower; 30. On King Richard II by John Gower; 31. On King Richard's ministers; 32. On the expected arrival of the Duke of Lancaster; 33. On the deposition of Richard II; 34. Gower's Tripartite Chronicle; 35. Memorial verses on the reigns of Edward III and Richard II. Volume 2: Introduction; 1. Complimentary verses on King Henry IV by John Gower; 2. Address of John Gower to Henry IV; 3. Jack Upland; 4. The reply of Friar Daw Topias, with Jack Upland's rejoinder; 5. On the execution of Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York; 6. On the death of Henry IV by Thomas of Elmham; 7. On the Battle of Azincourt; 8. Epigram on the Battle of Azincourt; 9. The Frenchman to the Englishman; 10. On the Lollards; 11. On the death of Henry V; 12. Epigram on the assumption of the arms of France; 13. On the English title to the Crown of France; 14. To King Henry VI on his coronation; 15. On the coronation of Henry VI; 16. On the Duke of Burgundy; 17. Philippe of Burgundy and James of Scotland; 18. On the Siege of Calais; 19. The libel of English policy; 20. Lament of the Duchess of Gloucester; 21. On the prospect of peace; 22. On the truce of 1444; 23. On the popular discontent at the disasters in France; 24. On the arrest of the Duke of Suffolk; 25. On Bishop Boothe; 26. A warning to King Henry; 27. Verses against the Duke of Suffolk; 28. On the death of the Duke of Suffolk; 29. On the corruptions of the times; 30. On the corruptions of the times; 31. Against the Lollards; 32. To the King; 33. A political prophecy; 34. Against the friars; 35. On the corruption of public manners; 36. Epigrams on the public extravagance; 37. On the times; 38. On the times; 39. On the procession to St Paul's of the reconciled parties; 40. Epitaph for Richard Duke of York; 41. On the civil wars; 42. A political retrospect; 43. On the recovery of the throne by Edward IV; 44. On England's commercial policy; Glossary and index of medieval Latin words; Glossary and index of obsolete English words; Index.