Choix des poésies
originales
des Troubadours.
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Geystes of Skoggan. Ptd by Colwell, T. , 1565-6 (probably a reprint of an
earlier edition). Rptd by Williams, F. , 1626. A chapman's edition
appeared c. 1680; another reprint by Caulfield, 1796. Re-ed. by Hazlitt,
W. C. , Jest-books, 2nd series, 1864.
Howleglass. Ptd by Copland, W. and twice rptd, all n. d. Re-ed. by
Delapierre, 0. , Aventures de Tiel Ulenspiegel, Brussels, 1840. Re-ed.
by Mackenzie, K. , Marvellous adventures and rare conceits of Tyll
Owlglass, 1860, and by Ouvry, F. , Howleglass, 1867.
Vide Het leven van den jongen Ulenspiegel, Amst. , 1819, and Brie,
F. W. , Eulenspiegel in England, 1903.
Parson of Kalenborowe, The Story of the. Antwerp: Doesborch, J. , s. d.
(Fragment in Douce Coll. Bodl. )
Freer Rushe. Registered to Allde, J. , 1568-9. Rptd by Allde, Ed. ,1620 (earliest
surviving ed. ), 1626; by Allde, Eliz. , 1629; by Jane Bell, 1659. Reprint
of 1620 ed. , 1810. Re-ed. in Thoms's Early Prose Romances, 1828, and
Morley's Early Prose Romances (Carisbrooke Lib. IV), 1889.
Vide Beloe's Anecdotes, 1814, vol. 1, pp. 253 ff. ; Hazlitt, W. C. , National
Tales and Legends, 1892, pp. 134 ff.
History of the Life and Death of Will Summers. Earliest known ed. in 1676,
but probably a reprint, as Summers was jester to Henry VIII and subject
of a comedy by Nashe, T. (Summers Last Will and Testament) in 1600.
(For origin and development of 'ana,' which are principally an off-shoot of
classicism and have little or no connection with these story books, vide Wolf,
or Wolfius, J. C. , Preface to Casauboniana, 1710. ]
Sack-Full of News, The. Registered, 1557. Rptd 1582, 1587, 1673. Re-ed.
by Halliwell, J. O. , 1861; Hazlitt, W. C. , Jest-books, 2nd series, 1864.
Merie Tales of the Mad Men of Gotam, gathered together by A. B. of Phisike
Doctoar (supposed, without other evidence, to be Andrew Boorde).
Colwell, T. , n. d. Rptd by Alsop, R. and Fawcet, T. , 1630. Re-ed. by Halli-
well, J. O. , 1840, and by Hazlitt, W. C. , Jest-books, 2nd series, 1864.
Authorities :
Chandler, F. W. The Literature of Roguery (in Types of English Liters-
ture). 1907. Vol. 1. Chap. II. (Subject discussed from the point of view
of the picaresque novel. )
Doran, J. Hist. of Court Fools. 1858.
Douce, F. Illustr. of Shakspr. (Di on Clowns and Fools). 1807.
(Both indirectly illustrate the jest-books by emphasising the popularity
of fools' jests and tricks. )
Hazlitt, W. C. Preface to Jests New and old. 1887.
Studies in Jocular literature. 1890.
(Both treat of the evolution of the jest. )
Herford, C. H. Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Sixteenth
Century. Cambridge, 1886. Pt II, chap. v. (Traces the reappearance of
the legends of Markolf, Parson of Kalenberg, Eulenspiegel and Friar
Rush. )
Wright, T. Hist. of Caricature and Grotesque. 1865. Chap. XIV. (Treats
of personal element in jest-books. )
Books of Riddles.
Booke of Merry Riddles. Earliest 'known ed. (almost certainly a reprint) by
Allde, Ed. , 1600. Reprints 1617, 1629, 1631, 1660, 1672. The ed. of 1629
is re-ed. in J. 0. Halliwell's Literature of the xvith and xviith centuries
illustrated, 1851, 1866 and, separately, in 1866.
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Delectable Demaundes and pleasant Questions, with their several answers in
Matters of Love. 1566. (Trans. from Alain Chartier. )
Demaūdes Joyous, The. Printed by W. de Worde, 1511. Rptd in J. Timb's
Literary World, 1839, and sometimes attached to Hartshorne's Anc.
Metrical Tales, 1829.
Mery demandes and answere (sic) thereunto, The. Rogers, O. , 1564-5. Pro-
bably the same as the Budget of Demands mentioned in Captain Cox's
library (1575). See Collier, J. P. , Extracts from Stationers' Registers
(1848), vol. I, p. 94.
Riddles of Heraclitus and Democritus. Hatfield, A. , for Norton, J. , 1598.
[The Demaūdes Joyous and the Booke of Riddles are classed with
the Ship of Fooles or the C. Mery Talys, and other excellent writers both
witty and pleasaunt' in the 2nd ed. of The English Courtier and the Countrey-
Gentleman, 1586. ]
For the large number of jest-books and story-books of the 17th century to
be considered in vol. iv, vide Hazlitt, W. C. , Shakespeare Jest-books, 3rd series,
1864; Hazlitt, W. C. Handbook to Early English Literature, 1867, p. 300.
SOURCES OF JEST-BOOKS.
(1) Fabliaux.
Aussy, P. J. B. Le Grand d. Fabliaux et Contes du xirº et xiir Siècles. 3rd
ed. 1829. (Selected and translated into English by Way, G. L. , 1815. )
Barbazan, E. Fabliaux et Contes. 1808.
Deslongchamps, L. Essai sur les Fables Indiennes, et sur leur introduction
en Europe. 1838.
Jubinal, A. Nouveau recueil de Contes. . . des XIII, XIV°, xvSiècles. 1839.
Montaiglon, de, et Rothschild, J. de. Poésies françoises des xv et xviº
Siècles. 1855-78.
Paris, Gaston. La Poésie du Moyen Age. 2° série. 1906.
Raynouard, M.
Choix des poésies originales des Troubadours. 1816-21.
Robert, A. -C. -M. Fables inédites des XII°, XIII, XIV° siècles (with parallel
references for history and development of the tales). 1825.
Wright, T. Introduction to the seven sages. Percy Soc. LXIV. 1846.
(2) Exempla.
Jacques de Vitry (ordained priest, 1210), Exempla ; Etienne de Besançon
(b. c. 1250), Alphabetun narrationum; Fabularum anecdotorumque collectio
ad usum alphabeticum digesta; Robert Holcot (d. 1349), Liber de morali-
zationibus; Gesta Romanorum (end of 13th or beginning of 14th cent. )
Subsequent to invention of printing: Speculum Exemplorum; Johan
Gritsch, Sermones; Paratus de tempore et de sanctis (middle of 15th cent. );
Herolt's Promptuarium (16th cent. ).
Vide Lecoy de la Marche, L'Esprit de nos aieux, 1889; Wright, T. , Coll.
of Latin Stories for Percy Soc. , No. xxvIII, 1842; Madden, Sir F. , Introduc-
tion and notes to Old English Versions of Gesta Romanorum, 1838; Oesterley,
H. , Gesta Romanorum, 1872; Crane, T. F. , The Exempla of Jacques de
Vitry, Folk-Lore Soc. , 1890, especially the introduction
(3) Latin and Italian Facetiae and Stories.
Poggii Facetiae, 1470; Mensa Philosophica, 1480 (the 4th part contains
jests, anecdotes, repartees, etc. , some of which reappear in later jest-books,
designed to represent the type of conversation most appropriate for students
in hours of relaxation at table), The Schoolemaster or Teacher of Table
Phylosophie, 1576(7), is practically a translation; Dyalogus Salomonis et
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Marcolfi (sine alla nota: end of 15th century ? ); Bebelius, H. , Libri facetiaR.
iucüdissimi; atque fabule admodum ridēdae, 1502; the collections of Piovano
Arlotto, 1520; Lucinius, 1529; T. Gastius Brisacensis, 1543 and 1548;
Guicciardini, 1565; Brusonius, 1560; Poncino dalla Torre, 1581; L. Dominichi,
1548; 0. Melandrus, 1597; Nicodemus Frischlinus, 1600; Facetiae Facetiarum,
hoc est joco-seriorum fasciculus, 1615 (treats such subjects as virginity and
drunkenness). Vide also Facezie e motti dei secoli xve e xvi (edited by
P. G. ), 1874; Facetiae Latinae, Sammlung humoristischer Aufsätze aus
der lateinischen Literatur des 16 und 17 Jahrhunderts, 1881. [Akin to the
development of facetiae are the collections of novels by Sachetti, Boccaccio,
Bandello, Anthio, Firenzuola, Malespini, Antoine de la Sale, Giovanni
(Il Pecoroné, 1554), La Reine de Navarre, Painter, etc. ]
Vide Burckhart, J. Die Cultur der Renaissance. irer Absch. cap. iv: Der
moderne Spott und Witz. Basel, 1860.
(4) Popular German Jest-books.
Der Pfarrer von Kalenberg. A verse composition on this subject found with
Philipp Franckfürter's name. Though Philipp composed at the end of
the 14th cent. , the poem probably belongs to the end of the 15th cent. ,
and is first mentioned by Brant, Murner and Bebel. A Strassburg ed.
before 1519 exists.
Johannes Pauli, Schimpf und Ernst, 1522 (drawn partly from Gesta
Romanorum and partly from the preaching of Geiler von Kaisersberg);
Wickram, G. , Rollwagenbüchlein, 1555; Frey, T. , Gartengesellschaft, 1556;
Montanus, M. , Wegkürzer, 1557; Lindener, M. , Katzipori, 1558; Lindener,
M. , Rastbüchlein, 1558; Schumann, V. , Nachtbüchlein; Kirchoff, H. W. ,
Wendunmuth, 1565.
Till Eulenspiegel. Stories attached to the name of a Kneitlingen peasant
existed in the 15th cent. First appearance in book form, in verse and
then in prose, probably took place in Low German and was translated into
High German, c. 1500. Original compiler and translator are both un-
Johānes Grieninger printed Ein kurtzweilig lesen von Dyl
Eulenspiegel, and rptd it 1519. Other editions followed throughout the
century, and the book was frequently printed in other countries.
Reprints: Narrenbuch, herausgegeben durch Friedrich Heinrich von der
Hagen, 1811; Hub, J. , Die komische und humoristische Literatur der
deutschen Prosaisten des xviten Jahrhunderts, 1856; Schwänke des
xvi Jahrhunderts edited by Goedeke, K. , in Deutsche Dichter des Sech-
zehnten Jahrhunderts, 1879; Die Gesch. des Pfarrer vom Kalenberg,
edited by Dollmayer in Neudrücke deutscher Litteraturwerke xvi und
XVII Jhdts, 1906; Thomas Murners Ulenspiegel, Herausgegeben von
Laffenberg, J. M. , 1854; Grundriss zur Gesch. der deutschen Dichtung
aus den Quellen, by Goedeke, K. , 1834, vol. 1, pp. 343-47.
known.
BROADSIDES AND STREET BALLADS.
The full bibliography will be given in vol. iv. Several types of broadside are
noticed in this chapter under other headings (e. g. Dances of Death,
Satires on Women, tracts on Society, Broadside Monstrosities, contro
versies on Witchcraft). It might also be noticed that literary contro-
versies and 'flytings' were already a feature of the popular press;
e. g. The flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy; The flyting between Thomas
Smith and William Gray, 1540 (Fugitive Tracts, ed. Hazlitt, W. O. , 1875).
The controversy following A Balade on Thomas Cromwell, July 1540
(vide Lemon, R. , Catalogue of Broadsides in possession of the Soc. of
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Antiq. 1866); Flyting betwixt Montgomerie and Polwart (see works of
Alex. Montgomerie, ed. Cranstoun, J. , Edinb. , 1887, and Brotanek, R. ,.
Das Leben und die Dichtungen Alex. Montgomeries, Vienna, 1896).
Early street ballads will also be found in Ritson's Ancient Songs and Ballads,
revised by Hazlitt, W. C. , 1877, Class III and Class IV; Black Letter
Ballads and Broadsides (1559-97) by Lilly, J. , 1867; Songs, Carols and
Miscellaneous Poems from Richard Hill's Commonplace Books (E. E. T. S. );
Ballads from MSS ed. by Furnivall, F. J. (Ballad Soc. 1868-77); Satirical
Songs and Poems on Costume, Fairholt, F. W. , Percy Soc. Lxxx, 1849;
Festive Songs, Sandys, W. , Percy Soc. LXXVII, 1848; Songs of London
Prentices and Trades, Mackay, C. , Percy Soc. VII, 1841; Coll. of Old
Books anterior to the reign of Charles I, Collier, J. P. , Percy Soc. 1, 1840;
Songs and Ballads, Wright, T. , 1860; Turnament of Totenham and the
Feest, etc. , Wright, T. , 1836; Popular Music of the Olden Time, Chappell,
W. , 1855-9; The Old Book Collector's Miscellany, Hindley, C. , 1871,
vol. I, A bundle of old ballads.
N. B. For comparison between the street-broadside and the folk lore ballad
see vol. II of the present work, chap. XVII.
POPULAR MORAL TRACTS BEARING ON SOCIAL QUESTIONS.
All wyckednes doth beginne to amende as doth sowre ale in sommer, A
ballett intituled. Alex. Lacy, 1568-9.
Covetousness, Ballett agaynst. Rogers, O. , 1560. Prob. a reprint of some ballad
of Henry VIII's or Mary's time, to judge by allusions to the priesthood.
Dice Play, A manifest detection of the most vyle and detestable use of.
Tottel, 1532. Re-ed. Halliwell, J. 0. , for Percy Soc. LXXXVII, 1850, who
ascribes the authorship to Gilbert Parker on the evidence of an entry in
an ancient, if not contemporary, handwriting.
Gallant, A Treatise of a. W. de Worde, n. d. Re-ed. by Halliwell, J. O. , 1860
and Hazlitt, W. C. , Early English Popular Poetry, vol. III, p. 147.
New Notborune Mayd upon the passion of Cryste. Skot, n. d. Re-ed. for
Percy Soc. , 1842. The tract, a parody on the Nut Brown Maid (vide
vol. II, p. 429) illustrates the practice of introducing religious instruction
under the auspices of a popular song. For another example of the pious
párody compare To pass the Place, Colwell, T. , 1561-2 or 1564-5.
Pryde and Abuse of Women now-a-dayes, A treatyse shewing and declaring
the, by Bansley, C. Printed by Raynalde, T. , 1540-50. Re-ed. (but not
issped) for Percy Soc. , 1841. Re-ed. by Hazlitt, W. C. , in E. E. P. P.
vol. iv, p. 227. (The puritan sentiment evident in this tract is more
pronounced in Gosson's Quippes for Upstart new fangled Gentlewomen,
1595; see vol. iv of the present work. )
Robin Conscience, The Booke in Meeter of. c. 1550.
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Geystes of Skoggan. Ptd by Colwell, T. , 1565-6 (probably a reprint of an
earlier edition). Rptd by Williams, F. , 1626. A chapman's edition
appeared c. 1680; another reprint by Caulfield, 1796. Re-ed. by Hazlitt,
W. C. , Jest-books, 2nd series, 1864.
Howleglass. Ptd by Copland, W. and twice rptd, all n. d. Re-ed. by
Delapierre, 0. , Aventures de Tiel Ulenspiegel, Brussels, 1840. Re-ed.
by Mackenzie, K. , Marvellous adventures and rare conceits of Tyll
Owlglass, 1860, and by Ouvry, F. , Howleglass, 1867.
Vide Het leven van den jongen Ulenspiegel, Amst. , 1819, and Brie,
F. W. , Eulenspiegel in England, 1903.
Parson of Kalenborowe, The Story of the. Antwerp: Doesborch, J. , s. d.
(Fragment in Douce Coll. Bodl. )
Freer Rushe. Registered to Allde, J. , 1568-9. Rptd by Allde, Ed. ,1620 (earliest
surviving ed. ), 1626; by Allde, Eliz. , 1629; by Jane Bell, 1659. Reprint
of 1620 ed. , 1810. Re-ed. in Thoms's Early Prose Romances, 1828, and
Morley's Early Prose Romances (Carisbrooke Lib. IV), 1889.
Vide Beloe's Anecdotes, 1814, vol. 1, pp. 253 ff. ; Hazlitt, W. C. , National
Tales and Legends, 1892, pp. 134 ff.
History of the Life and Death of Will Summers. Earliest known ed. in 1676,
but probably a reprint, as Summers was jester to Henry VIII and subject
of a comedy by Nashe, T. (Summers Last Will and Testament) in 1600.
(For origin and development of 'ana,' which are principally an off-shoot of
classicism and have little or no connection with these story books, vide Wolf,
or Wolfius, J. C. , Preface to Casauboniana, 1710. ]
Sack-Full of News, The. Registered, 1557. Rptd 1582, 1587, 1673. Re-ed.
by Halliwell, J. O. , 1861; Hazlitt, W. C. , Jest-books, 2nd series, 1864.
Merie Tales of the Mad Men of Gotam, gathered together by A. B. of Phisike
Doctoar (supposed, without other evidence, to be Andrew Boorde).
Colwell, T. , n. d. Rptd by Alsop, R. and Fawcet, T. , 1630. Re-ed. by Halli-
well, J. O. , 1840, and by Hazlitt, W. C. , Jest-books, 2nd series, 1864.
Authorities :
Chandler, F. W. The Literature of Roguery (in Types of English Liters-
ture). 1907. Vol. 1. Chap. II. (Subject discussed from the point of view
of the picaresque novel. )
Doran, J. Hist. of Court Fools. 1858.
Douce, F. Illustr. of Shakspr. (Di on Clowns and Fools). 1807.
(Both indirectly illustrate the jest-books by emphasising the popularity
of fools' jests and tricks. )
Hazlitt, W. C. Preface to Jests New and old. 1887.
Studies in Jocular literature. 1890.
(Both treat of the evolution of the jest. )
Herford, C. H. Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Sixteenth
Century. Cambridge, 1886. Pt II, chap. v. (Traces the reappearance of
the legends of Markolf, Parson of Kalenberg, Eulenspiegel and Friar
Rush. )
Wright, T. Hist. of Caricature and Grotesque. 1865. Chap. XIV. (Treats
of personal element in jest-books. )
Books of Riddles.
Booke of Merry Riddles. Earliest 'known ed. (almost certainly a reprint) by
Allde, Ed. , 1600. Reprints 1617, 1629, 1631, 1660, 1672. The ed. of 1629
is re-ed. in J. 0. Halliwell's Literature of the xvith and xviith centuries
illustrated, 1851, 1866 and, separately, in 1866.
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489
Delectable Demaundes and pleasant Questions, with their several answers in
Matters of Love. 1566. (Trans. from Alain Chartier. )
Demaūdes Joyous, The. Printed by W. de Worde, 1511. Rptd in J. Timb's
Literary World, 1839, and sometimes attached to Hartshorne's Anc.
Metrical Tales, 1829.
Mery demandes and answere (sic) thereunto, The. Rogers, O. , 1564-5. Pro-
bably the same as the Budget of Demands mentioned in Captain Cox's
library (1575). See Collier, J. P. , Extracts from Stationers' Registers
(1848), vol. I, p. 94.
Riddles of Heraclitus and Democritus. Hatfield, A. , for Norton, J. , 1598.
[The Demaūdes Joyous and the Booke of Riddles are classed with
the Ship of Fooles or the C. Mery Talys, and other excellent writers both
witty and pleasaunt' in the 2nd ed. of The English Courtier and the Countrey-
Gentleman, 1586. ]
For the large number of jest-books and story-books of the 17th century to
be considered in vol. iv, vide Hazlitt, W. C. , Shakespeare Jest-books, 3rd series,
1864; Hazlitt, W. C. Handbook to Early English Literature, 1867, p. 300.
SOURCES OF JEST-BOOKS.
(1) Fabliaux.
Aussy, P. J. B. Le Grand d. Fabliaux et Contes du xirº et xiir Siècles. 3rd
ed. 1829. (Selected and translated into English by Way, G. L. , 1815. )
Barbazan, E. Fabliaux et Contes. 1808.
Deslongchamps, L. Essai sur les Fables Indiennes, et sur leur introduction
en Europe. 1838.
Jubinal, A. Nouveau recueil de Contes. . . des XIII, XIV°, xvSiècles. 1839.
Montaiglon, de, et Rothschild, J. de. Poésies françoises des xv et xviº
Siècles. 1855-78.
Paris, Gaston. La Poésie du Moyen Age. 2° série. 1906.
Raynouard, M.
Choix des poésies originales des Troubadours. 1816-21.
Robert, A. -C. -M. Fables inédites des XII°, XIII, XIV° siècles (with parallel
references for history and development of the tales). 1825.
Wright, T. Introduction to the seven sages. Percy Soc. LXIV. 1846.
(2) Exempla.
Jacques de Vitry (ordained priest, 1210), Exempla ; Etienne de Besançon
(b. c. 1250), Alphabetun narrationum; Fabularum anecdotorumque collectio
ad usum alphabeticum digesta; Robert Holcot (d. 1349), Liber de morali-
zationibus; Gesta Romanorum (end of 13th or beginning of 14th cent. )
Subsequent to invention of printing: Speculum Exemplorum; Johan
Gritsch, Sermones; Paratus de tempore et de sanctis (middle of 15th cent. );
Herolt's Promptuarium (16th cent. ).
Vide Lecoy de la Marche, L'Esprit de nos aieux, 1889; Wright, T. , Coll.
of Latin Stories for Percy Soc. , No. xxvIII, 1842; Madden, Sir F. , Introduc-
tion and notes to Old English Versions of Gesta Romanorum, 1838; Oesterley,
H. , Gesta Romanorum, 1872; Crane, T. F. , The Exempla of Jacques de
Vitry, Folk-Lore Soc. , 1890, especially the introduction
(3) Latin and Italian Facetiae and Stories.
Poggii Facetiae, 1470; Mensa Philosophica, 1480 (the 4th part contains
jests, anecdotes, repartees, etc. , some of which reappear in later jest-books,
designed to represent the type of conversation most appropriate for students
in hours of relaxation at table), The Schoolemaster or Teacher of Table
Phylosophie, 1576(7), is practically a translation; Dyalogus Salomonis et
## p. 490 (#512) ############################################
490
Bibliography
Marcolfi (sine alla nota: end of 15th century ? ); Bebelius, H. , Libri facetiaR.
iucüdissimi; atque fabule admodum ridēdae, 1502; the collections of Piovano
Arlotto, 1520; Lucinius, 1529; T. Gastius Brisacensis, 1543 and 1548;
Guicciardini, 1565; Brusonius, 1560; Poncino dalla Torre, 1581; L. Dominichi,
1548; 0. Melandrus, 1597; Nicodemus Frischlinus, 1600; Facetiae Facetiarum,
hoc est joco-seriorum fasciculus, 1615 (treats such subjects as virginity and
drunkenness). Vide also Facezie e motti dei secoli xve e xvi (edited by
P. G. ), 1874; Facetiae Latinae, Sammlung humoristischer Aufsätze aus
der lateinischen Literatur des 16 und 17 Jahrhunderts, 1881. [Akin to the
development of facetiae are the collections of novels by Sachetti, Boccaccio,
Bandello, Anthio, Firenzuola, Malespini, Antoine de la Sale, Giovanni
(Il Pecoroné, 1554), La Reine de Navarre, Painter, etc. ]
Vide Burckhart, J. Die Cultur der Renaissance. irer Absch. cap. iv: Der
moderne Spott und Witz. Basel, 1860.
(4) Popular German Jest-books.
Der Pfarrer von Kalenberg. A verse composition on this subject found with
Philipp Franckfürter's name. Though Philipp composed at the end of
the 14th cent. , the poem probably belongs to the end of the 15th cent. ,
and is first mentioned by Brant, Murner and Bebel. A Strassburg ed.
before 1519 exists.
Johannes Pauli, Schimpf und Ernst, 1522 (drawn partly from Gesta
Romanorum and partly from the preaching of Geiler von Kaisersberg);
Wickram, G. , Rollwagenbüchlein, 1555; Frey, T. , Gartengesellschaft, 1556;
Montanus, M. , Wegkürzer, 1557; Lindener, M. , Katzipori, 1558; Lindener,
M. , Rastbüchlein, 1558; Schumann, V. , Nachtbüchlein; Kirchoff, H. W. ,
Wendunmuth, 1565.
Till Eulenspiegel. Stories attached to the name of a Kneitlingen peasant
existed in the 15th cent. First appearance in book form, in verse and
then in prose, probably took place in Low German and was translated into
High German, c. 1500. Original compiler and translator are both un-
Johānes Grieninger printed Ein kurtzweilig lesen von Dyl
Eulenspiegel, and rptd it 1519. Other editions followed throughout the
century, and the book was frequently printed in other countries.
Reprints: Narrenbuch, herausgegeben durch Friedrich Heinrich von der
Hagen, 1811; Hub, J. , Die komische und humoristische Literatur der
deutschen Prosaisten des xviten Jahrhunderts, 1856; Schwänke des
xvi Jahrhunderts edited by Goedeke, K. , in Deutsche Dichter des Sech-
zehnten Jahrhunderts, 1879; Die Gesch. des Pfarrer vom Kalenberg,
edited by Dollmayer in Neudrücke deutscher Litteraturwerke xvi und
XVII Jhdts, 1906; Thomas Murners Ulenspiegel, Herausgegeben von
Laffenberg, J. M. , 1854; Grundriss zur Gesch. der deutschen Dichtung
aus den Quellen, by Goedeke, K. , 1834, vol. 1, pp. 343-47.
known.
BROADSIDES AND STREET BALLADS.
The full bibliography will be given in vol. iv. Several types of broadside are
noticed in this chapter under other headings (e. g. Dances of Death,
Satires on Women, tracts on Society, Broadside Monstrosities, contro
versies on Witchcraft). It might also be noticed that literary contro-
versies and 'flytings' were already a feature of the popular press;
e. g. The flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy; The flyting between Thomas
Smith and William Gray, 1540 (Fugitive Tracts, ed. Hazlitt, W. O. , 1875).
The controversy following A Balade on Thomas Cromwell, July 1540
(vide Lemon, R. , Catalogue of Broadsides in possession of the Soc. of
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Antiq. 1866); Flyting betwixt Montgomerie and Polwart (see works of
Alex. Montgomerie, ed. Cranstoun, J. , Edinb. , 1887, and Brotanek, R. ,.
Das Leben und die Dichtungen Alex. Montgomeries, Vienna, 1896).
Early street ballads will also be found in Ritson's Ancient Songs and Ballads,
revised by Hazlitt, W. C. , 1877, Class III and Class IV; Black Letter
Ballads and Broadsides (1559-97) by Lilly, J. , 1867; Songs, Carols and
Miscellaneous Poems from Richard Hill's Commonplace Books (E. E. T. S. );
Ballads from MSS ed. by Furnivall, F. J. (Ballad Soc. 1868-77); Satirical
Songs and Poems on Costume, Fairholt, F. W. , Percy Soc. Lxxx, 1849;
Festive Songs, Sandys, W. , Percy Soc. LXXVII, 1848; Songs of London
Prentices and Trades, Mackay, C. , Percy Soc. VII, 1841; Coll. of Old
Books anterior to the reign of Charles I, Collier, J. P. , Percy Soc. 1, 1840;
Songs and Ballads, Wright, T. , 1860; Turnament of Totenham and the
Feest, etc. , Wright, T. , 1836; Popular Music of the Olden Time, Chappell,
W. , 1855-9; The Old Book Collector's Miscellany, Hindley, C. , 1871,
vol. I, A bundle of old ballads.
N. B. For comparison between the street-broadside and the folk lore ballad
see vol. II of the present work, chap. XVII.
POPULAR MORAL TRACTS BEARING ON SOCIAL QUESTIONS.
All wyckednes doth beginne to amende as doth sowre ale in sommer, A
ballett intituled. Alex. Lacy, 1568-9.
Covetousness, Ballett agaynst. Rogers, O. , 1560. Prob. a reprint of some ballad
of Henry VIII's or Mary's time, to judge by allusions to the priesthood.
Dice Play, A manifest detection of the most vyle and detestable use of.
Tottel, 1532. Re-ed. Halliwell, J. 0. , for Percy Soc. LXXXVII, 1850, who
ascribes the authorship to Gilbert Parker on the evidence of an entry in
an ancient, if not contemporary, handwriting.
Gallant, A Treatise of a. W. de Worde, n. d. Re-ed. by Halliwell, J. O. , 1860
and Hazlitt, W. C. , Early English Popular Poetry, vol. III, p. 147.
New Notborune Mayd upon the passion of Cryste. Skot, n. d. Re-ed. for
Percy Soc. , 1842. The tract, a parody on the Nut Brown Maid (vide
vol. II, p. 429) illustrates the practice of introducing religious instruction
under the auspices of a popular song. For another example of the pious
párody compare To pass the Place, Colwell, T. , 1561-2 or 1564-5.
Pryde and Abuse of Women now-a-dayes, A treatyse shewing and declaring
the, by Bansley, C. Printed by Raynalde, T. , 1540-50. Re-ed. (but not
issped) for Percy Soc. , 1841. Re-ed. by Hazlitt, W. C. , in E. E. P. P.
vol. iv, p. 227. (The puritan sentiment evident in this tract is more
pronounced in Gosson's Quippes for Upstart new fangled Gentlewomen,
1595; see vol. iv of the present work. )
Robin Conscience, The Booke in Meeter of. c. 1550.
