The Book of the Duke of True Lovers

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The Book of the Duke of True Lovers
by Christine de Pizan, translated by Alice Kemp-Welch, Laurence Binyon and Eric Robert Dalrymple Maclagan

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3760562The Book of the Duke of True LoversAlice Kemp-Welch, Laurence Binyon and Eric Robert Dalrymple MaclaganChristine de Pizan

THE NEW MEDIEVAL
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UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME

THE CHATELAINE OF VERGI. Translated from the Old French by Alice Kemp-Welch, with an Introduction by Professor L. M. Brandin.
[A new and revised edition.

OF tHE TUMBLER OF OUR LADY. Now first translated, with Introduction and Notes, from the Middle-French by Alice Kemp-Welch.
With Title-page engraved on Wood by Miss B. C. Hunter.

IN PREPARATION

THE BOOK OF THE DIVINE CONSOLATION OF SAINT ANGELA DA FOLIGNO. Now translated from the Italian by Mary G. Steegmann. With an Introduction.

The title on the reverse of this page, engraved upon the wood, was designed by Miss Blanche C. Hunter, and embodies the only authentic portrait of Christine De Pisan, engaged in writing, from the MS. now in the Bibliothèque Royale, Brussels.

THE BOOK OF THE DUKE OF TRUE LOVERS: NOW FIRST TRANSLATED FROM THE MIDDLE FRENCH OF CHRISTINE DE PISAN: WITH AN INTRODUCTION: BY ALICE KEMP-WELCH. THE BALLADS RENDERED INTO THE ORIGINAL METRES BY LAURENCE BINYON & ERIC R. D. MACLAGAN

CHATTO AND WINDUS : PUBLISHERS
LONDON 1908

Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh

CONTENTS

TRANSLATOR'S NOTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		ix
THE BOOK OF THE DUKE OF TRUE LOVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		1

ILLUSTRATIONS

CI COMMENCE LE LIVRE DU DUC DES VRAYS AMANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		Frontispiece
ON A DAY, FOR MY DIVERSION … WE MOUNTED ON TO OUR HORSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		Facing p. 04
AND NOW IT IS TIME THAT I TELL OF HOW THE GRIEVOUS MALADY BEGAN … FOR LOVE'S SAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		Facing p.„ 08
MY COUSIN, WITHOUT LONG WAITING, FOUND HIS CHALLENGE TAKEN UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		Facing p.„ 29
AND AT THE END OF THE MONTH IT BEHOVED MY MISTRESS … TO QUIT THE CASTLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		Facing p.„ 42
COMMENT LAMANT SE COMPLAINT A SON COMPAIGNON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		Facing p.„ 48

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