French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France

The tales included in this little book of translations are derived mainly from the "Lays" of Marie de France. I do not profess them to be a complete collection of her stories in verse. The ascription varies. Poems which were included in her work but yesterday are withdrawn to-day, and new matter suggested by scholars to take the place of the old. I believe it to be, however, a far fuller version of Marie's "Lays" than has yet appeared, to my knowledge, in English. Marie's poems are concerned chiefly with love. To complete my book I have added two famous mediaeval stories on the same excellent theme. This, then, may be regarded as a volume of French romances, dealing, generally, with one aspect of mediaeval life. (Summary by Eugene Mason, from his preface to Lays of Marie de France)

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1 00 - Introduction 25:44
2 01 - I. Prologue by Way of Dedication 3:40
3 02 - II. The Lay of Gugemar 38:32
4 03 - III. The Lay of The Dolorous Knight 11:37
5 04 - IV. The Lay of Eliduc 56:08
6 05 - V. The Lay of The Nightengale 8:16
7 06 - VI. The Lay of Sir Launfal 32:44
8 07 - VII. The Lay of the Two Lovers 11:41
9 08 - VIII. The Lay of The Were-Wolf 15:40
10 09 - IX. The Lay of the Ash Tree 22:43
11 10 - X. The Lay of The Honeysuckle 5:46
12 11 - XI. The Lay of Equitan 14:24
13 12 - XII. The Lay of Milon 22:40
14 13 - XIII. The Lay of Yonec 26:20
15 14 - XIV. The Lay of The Thorn 22:22
16 15 - XV. The Lay of Graelent 23:58
17 16 - XVI. A Story of Beyond The Sea 1:04:36
18 17 - XVII. The Chatelaine of Vergi 42:34