Scrope seems to have mistaken its meaning, connecting it with “terre.”
Abtalin, the philosopher, maxim of, 36 Acis, son of Faunus, 65 Actæon (Anteon, Antheon), 76 Adonis (Dadonius), 72 Adrastus, King of Argos, 54 Æolus (Eolus), god of winds, 89 Aglauros (Aglaros), daughter of Cecrops, 31 Ajax (Thelamen Ayaux, Thelomonailles, Ayaux), 73, 91, 107 Alcyone (Alchion), wife of Ceyx, 89 Alexander, King of Macedon, 85, 103 Ambrose, St., 4; quoted, 22, 23, 90 Amphiaraus (Amphoras), 54 Andrew, St., article of, in the Creed, 41 Andromache (Andromatha), wife of Hector, 100, 103 Andromeda, 15, 16 Antenor (Anthenor), 108, 109 Apocalypse (Pocalipse, Pocalipce), the, quoted, 73, 111 Apollo (Appollo), 20. _See also_ Phœbus Apulia (Puille), 75 Arachne (Yragnes), 71 Argus, the hundred-eyed, 44 Aristotle (Aristotiles, Aristotile, Aristotill), 4; Assaron, the philosopher, maxim of, 90 Atalanta (Athalenta), 81 Athamas, King, 29 Atropos (Acropose, Accropos), 47, 48 Augustine (Austyn, Tawstyn), St., 4; Augustus Cæsar, 113 Babylon (Babylonie, Babilonie), 52, 101 Bacchus (Bachus), 34 Bartholomew (Bartylmew), St., article of, in the Creed, 44 Bede, quoted, 33 Bellerophon (Belorophon, Berolophon), 48 Berry, John, Duke of (Jon, Duke of Barry), 3 Boethius (Boys), quoted, 84 Cadmus (Cadimus), 42 Calabria (Calebre), 75 Calchas (Calcas), 92, 96 Cardinal Virtues, 2, 7 Cassandra, daughter of Priam, 46 Cassian, John, quoted, 64 Cecrops (Cycropos), King of Athens, 31 Cephalus (Sephalus), 86 Cerberus (Serebrus, Cereberus, Cerebrus), 11, 41, 79 Ceres, 11, 38 Ceyx (Ceys), 89 Charon (Acaron), 79 Cidonie (Sidon?), 35 Circe (Circes, Cyrces), 111 Commandments, the Ten, 49 Corinis, the nymph, 56 Corinthians, St. Paul’s Epistles to the, quoted, 27, 87, 96, 108, 113 Correction, Book of, by St. Augustine, 16 Creed, Articles of the, 37 Cressida (Cresseide), 95 Crow, 56 Cupid, 65, 95 Cyrus (Cirus), King of Persia, 63 Dadonius. _See_ Adonis Daphne (Damee), 99 Democritus (Demecritus), maxim of, 10 Diogenes (Dyogeneys), maxims of, 23, 40 Diomed (Dyomed), 96 Discord, goddess of, 66 Echo (Eccho, Echo), 98 Ephesians, St. Paul’s Epistle to the, quoted, 23, 31, 97 Esdras, book of, quoted, 21 Eurydice (Euredice, Euredice), 78 Fastolf, Sir John, 1, note Femene (_sc._ Amazonia), kingdom of, 63 Fortune, the goddess, 84 Galatea (Galatee), the nymph, 65 Galatea (Galathee), Hector’s horse, 7 Ganymedes, 57 Geber, astronomer, 17 Gorgon, 59, 60 Gregory (Gregorie, Grigori, Grigory), St., 4; 104, 112 Hebrews, Epistle to the, quoted, 25, 26 Hecuba (Ecuba, Hecuba), 24, 106 Helen (Helaine, Elen, etc.), 75, 83, 87, 91 Helenus (Helene ), son of Priam, 87 Hermaphroditus (Hermofrodicus), 93 Hermes (Armes, Harmes, Hermes), the philosopher, 4; Herse (Herce), daughter of Cecrops, 31 Hesione, daughter of Laomedon, 91 Hippocrates (Ypocras), maxim of, 35 Homer (Omer), 4; maxims of, 51, 100 Ilium (Ylyon), 110 Innocent III., Pope, quoted, 105 Ino (Yno), wife of Athamas, 29, 112 Io (Yo), daughter of Inacus, 43 Isaiah (Ysaie, Ysaye), quoted, 52, 85, 94 Isis (Ysis), 39 James, St., the Greater, article of, in the Creed, 39; epistle of, 79 James, St., the Less, article of, in the Creed, 46 Jason, 58, 64 Jerome (Jerom), St., 4; Jesus Christ, shown by the Sibyl to Augustus, 113 Job, book of, quoted, 28 Joel, book of, quoted, 68 John (Jon), St., article of, in the Creed, 38; Epistles of, quoted, 82, 107; Gospel of, quoted, 95 John Cassian (Jon Cassian), quoted, 64 John Chrysostom, St., quoted, 87 John II., King of France, 3 John, Duke of Berry, 3 Jude, St., article of, in the Creed, 47 Laomedon (Leomedon, Leomodon), King of Troy, 51, 68, 73 Latona (Lathonna), 33 Legaron (Leginon, H.), the philosopher, maxim of, 81 Leo, St., pope, quoted, 62 Lot (Lothe), wife of, 86 Lucifer, 79 Luke, St., Gospel of, quoted, 24, 85 Magdare, the philosopher, maxim of, 97 Mary, St., the Virgin, shown by the Sibyl to Augustus, 113 Matthew (Matheu), St., article of, in the Creed, 45; Matthias (Mathi), St., article of, in the Creed, 48 Medea (Medee), 58, 64 Memnon (Maymon), King, 49 Midas (Mydas, Mygdas), 40 Minos (Mynos), 13, 14 Morpheus, 88 Myrmidones (Mirmedewes), 75 Narcissus (Narcisus, Arcisus), 27, 98 Neptunus, 47 Nicholas, astronomer, 17 Nimrod (Nambroth), 102 Ninus (Minos), 101 Origen (Orygenes, Orygene), quoted, 26, 28 Orpheus, 74, 78 Othea, goddess of prudence, 5, 7, 10, 13, 17, etc.
Ovid (Ouyde), 4 Pan, 40 Paris (Paaris, Paarys, etc.), 75, 85, 87; judgment of, 67, 82 Patroclus, 96 Pegasus, 5, 15, 16 Peirithous (Pirotheus, Protheus), 11, 41 Peleus (Pellus), 66 Pelleus, 58 Pentheseleia (Pantasselle), Queen of the Amazons, 26 Perceval. _See_ Perseus Perseus (Percyvale, Percyualle), 15, 59, 60 Peter (Petir), St., article of, in the Creed, 37; Philip, St., article of, in the Creed, 41 Philippians, St. Paul’s Epistle to the, quoted, 35 Phœbe (Phebe), 21, 33 Pisan, Christine de (Dame Cristine), 3 Plato, 4; Pluto, 11, 41, 79 Pollibetes, 105 Polyphemus, 32, 65 Polyxena (Polexena, Polixenne), daughter of Priam, 106 Priam (Priant, Priaunt, etc.), King of Troy, 22, 51, 90, 92, 103, 108 Proserpine (Proserpyng), 11, 41 Prudence, goddess of. _See_ Othea Ptolemy (Ptholome, Tholome), the philosopher, 4; maxim of, 110 Pygmalion (Pimalion, Pymalion), 35 Pyramus, 52 Pyrrhus (Pirus, Pyrus), son of Achilles, 45, 80 Pythagoras (Pictagoras, Pitagoras, etc.), maxims of, 17, 41, 46, 48, 67, 83 Rabyon, the philosopher, maxim of, 50 Raven, 56 Romans, St. Paul’s Epistle to the, quoted, 67 St. Victor, Hugh de, quoted, 56, 114 Saturn, 19, 55 Scrope, Stephen, 2, note Sedechias, the philosopher, maxim of, 72 Semele (Semelle), 69 Sibyl (Sebille), the, 113 Simon, St., article of, in the Creed, 46 Singularity of Clerks, book of, 8, 75, 102 Socrates, 4; Solon (Salamon, Soleyne, Solyn), 4; Tawstyn, St. _See_ Augustine, St.
Temperance, goddess of, 9, 10 Theseus, 11, 41 Thessalonians, St. Paul’s Epistle to the, quoted, 101 Thessille, the philosopher, maxim of, 82 Thetis, 66, 80 Thisbe (Tysbe, Thesbe), 52, 53 Thomas, St., article of, in the Creed, 42 Thune (Tyre?), 110 Timothy, St. Paul’s Epistle to, quoted, 93, 106 Titus, St. Paul’s Epistle to, quoted, 70 Tomyris (Thamaris), Queen of the Amazons, 63 Trojan horse, 109 Troylus, son of Priam, 90, 95, 106 Tyre? (Thune), 110 Virgil (Vyrgyl), 4 Vulcan (Vlnecan), 61 Wisdom, book of, quoted, 59, 66, 72, 91 Ypocras. _See_ Hippocrates Zaqualquin, the philosopher, maxim of, 98 PRINTED BY J. B. NICHOLS AND SONS, ORCHARD STREET, VICTORIA STREET, S.W.
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Footnote 2: Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 28,212, ff. 22b, 26.
Footnote 3: Footnote 4: _Ibid._, ii. p. 335 (_cf._ p. xxx. below, note 2). This copy was included in a “grete booke,” other articles of which now form Lansdowne MS. 285. Ebesham’s hand as they show it is not identical with that of the Longleat MS., though it bears a certain resemblance to it.
Footnote 5: Of the authorities used the best and most recent are E. Robineau, _Christine de Pisan, sa vie et ses œuvres_, St. Omer, 1882; F. Koch, _Leben und Werke der Christine de Pizan_, Goslar, 1885; M. Roy, _Œuvres poétiques de Christine de Pisan_, Soc. des Anciens Textes Français, i.–iii. 1886–1896. The most interesting details are derived from her own writings, many of which are still unprinted.
Footnote 6: See below, p. xxxvi.
Footnote 8: This date may be inferred from two statements by herself, one in “Le Chemin de long estude,” written in 1402, that she had then been widowed thirteen years (ed. R. Püschel, Berlin, 1887, p. 6), and the other in “La Vision” (Koch, p. 12) that she was twenty-five when her husband died, _sc._ in 1389.
Footnote 9: “Car comme renommée lors tesmoignast par toute crestienté la souffisance de mon pere naturel és sciences spéculatives comme supellatif astrologien, jusques en Ytalie en la cité de Boulongne la grace par ses messages l’envoya quérir” (“Livre des fais et bonnes meurs du sage roy Charles V.,” in Petitot’s _Collection des Mémoires_, v. p. 275).
Footnote 11: Thus in “La Vision” she writes “le me tolli en fleur de ieunece, comme en l’aage de xxxiiij. ans, et moy de xxv. demouray chargee de iii.
enfans petiz et de grant maisnage” (_cf._ p. xi. note 4).
Footnote 12: 148, “Rondeaux,” No. iii.
Footnote 13: John de Montacute or Montagu, who succeeded his father as second Baron Montacute in 1390, his mother as Baron Monthermer in 1395 (?), and his uncle as third Earl of Salisbury in 1397. One of the objects of his embassy in 1398 was to hinder the marriage of Henry of Lancaster with a daughter of the Duke of Berry. Christine speaks of him as “gracieux chevalier, aimant dictiez et luy mesme gracieux dicteur” (Boivin, “Vie de Chr. de Pisan,” in Kéralio’s _Collection des meilleurs ouvrages Footnote 14: Koch, p. 36.
Footnote 15: In a ballad praying the Duke of Orleans to take him into his service (Roy, i. p. 232) she speaks of his having been three years in England: Ja trois ans a que pour sa grant prouesse L’en amena le conte très louable De Salsbery, qui moru a destrece Ou mal païs d’Angleterre, ou muable Y sont la gent.
Elsewhere she says that Henry IV. “tres joyeusement prist mon enfant vers luy et tint chierement et en très bon estat” (Boivin, p. 119).
Footnote 16: All printed by Roy, vol. ii. 1891.
Footnote 17: An edition, “traduit de langue romanne en prose françoise par Jan Chaperon,” appeared at Paris in 1549. See also above, p. xi., note 4, Koch, p. 76, and Kéralio, ii. p. 297.
Footnote 18: For an analysis see Koch, p. 63.
Footnote 19: In this part of the work she plagiarizes largely from the so-called Travels of Sir John Mandeville (see article by P. Toynbee in Footnote 20: Printed in Petitot’s _Collection des Mémoires_, 1824, vols. v. vi. and elsewhere.
Footnote 21: Analysed by Koch, p. 73.
Footnote 22: As in the dedication of the “Épître d’Othéa” partly printed below, p.
xxxvi.
Footnote 23: The original of _The book of fayttes of armes and of Chyualrye_, printed by Caxton in 1489. He tells us in a note that it was given to him by Henry VII. on 23rd January, 1489, to translate and print, “to thende that euery gentylman born to armes and all manere men of werre captayns souldiours vytayllers and all other shold haue knowlege how they ought to behaue theym in the fayttes of warre and of bataylles.”
He adds that the translation was finished on the 8th July and printed on the 14th. A French edition appeared at Paris in 1488, and others in 1497, etc.
Footnote 24: An English translation by Bryan Anslay, entitled _The boke of the cyte of Ladyes_, was printed at London, 1521.
Footnote 25: For the dedication to the Dauphiness and the table of chapters see Thomassy, _Essai sur les écrits politiques de Christine de Pisan_, 1838, p. 185.
Footnote 26: Printed by Thomassy, p. 133.
Footnote 28: For an analysis of its contents, with extracts, see _ibid._, p. 150.
The Dauphin Louis was born in 1396 and died in 1415.
Footnote 29: See Thomassy, p. xlii.; Martin, _Histoire de France_, 4th ed. 1878, vi. p. 192. It is dated 31st July, 1429, a fortnight after the coronation of Charles VII. at Reims.
Footnote 30: “Je Christine, qui ay plouré xi. ans en l’abbaye close.” It was perhaps the abbey of Poissy, of which her daughter was already an inmate in 1400 (above, p. xiv.), and which may possibly be meant by “Passy” in the passage from the _Boke of Noblesse_ quoted in a note on p. xxxiii.
Footnote 31: See below, p. xxxv.
Footnote 32: Koch, p. 81. Louis was born 13th March, 1372.
Footnote 33: Robineau, p. 89, speaks as if it was addressed to Charles himself, but the words are “Dorliens duc Loys” (see below, p. xxxvi.).
Footnote 34: See pp. xxxiv., xxxvii.
Footnote 35: “Les enseignemens que je Cristine donne a Jehan de Castel mon filz” Footnote 36: See the comparative table in Roy, i. p. xxii.
Footnote 37: This was first pointed out by the Abbé Sallier, _Mémoires de Footnote 38: See articles by B. Hauréau in _Mémoires de l’Académie des Footnote 39: “escript en françois rimé”; Delisle, _Le Cabinet des MSS._, iii. p.
192.
Footnote 40: Footnote 41: Footnote 42: De Jong and De Goeje, _Catalogus codicum orientalium Bibl. Acad. Lugd.
Bat._, iii. p. 342; Brockelmann, _Geschichte der Arabischen Footnote 43: liber philosophorum moralium...quem transtulit de Greco in Latinum Mag. Johannes de Procida.” The Latin text is quoted in the notes here from Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 16,906, the French text from Royal MS. 19 B iv., both of the 15th century.
Footnote 44: P. Paris, _Les MSS. françois de la Bibl. du Roi_, v. p. 1.
Footnote 45: “Enprynted by me William Caxton at Westmestre the yere of our lord m.cccc.lxxvii.” A second edition appeared in 1480 (?), and a third, by W. de Worde, in 1528.
Footnote 46: Thus, the translator says in his preface, “And at the last [I] concluded in my self to translate it in to thenglyssh tong, wiche in my jugement was not before,” and Caxton adds in the colophon, “Certaynly I had seen none in englissh til that tyme.”
Footnote 47: No doubt there is some rhetorical exaggeration in the expression below); at any rate, there is no evidence that Fastolf served anywhere but in France, both north and south, and in Ireland.
Footnote 48: In the colophon to the other work he is styled son-in-law, but the meaning is the same.
Footnote 49: There is a good account of him in the _Dict. of National Biography_, vol. xviii. See also G. Poulett Scrope, _Hist. of Castle Combe_, 1852, ch. vii. p. 169. Besides other authorities given in the first-named work, some further particulars and corrections are supplied in Wylie’s _Hist. of England under Henry IV_., 1884–1898, and in Sir J. H.
Footnote 50: Wylie, iii. p. 168.
Footnote 54: Wylie, iv. p. 86.
Footnote 55: The warrant for his pay, 18th June, is in Rymer’s _Fœdera_, ed. 1740, iv. pt. ii. p. 130.
Footnote 56: According to the _Boke of Noblesse_ (see below, p. xliii.), p. 15, “the seyd erle made Ser John Fastolfe, chevaler, his lieutenaunt with m^lv^c soudeours.”
Footnote 57: Rymer, iv. pt. ii. p. 153. _Dict. Nat. Biogr._ has 1417–18.
Footnote 58: The _Boke of Noblesse_, after praising him for his care in provisioning his garrisons, goes on to say (p. 68), “and that policie was one of the grete causes that the regent of Fraunce and the lordes of the kyngys grete councelle lefft hym to hafe so many castells to kepe that he ledd yerly iii^c sperys and the bowes.” The value of his foresight in this respect is then illustrated by an anecdote of what happened when the Bastille was threatened with a siege in 1420.
Footnote 59: The _Dict. Nat. Biogr._ oddly calls the place Mons!
Footnote 60: Act iii. sc. 2, ll. 104–109; Act iv. sc. 1, ll. 9–47.
Footnote 61: France_, Rolls Series, ii. pt. ii. p. [549].
Footnote 62: Stevenson, pp. [433], [575].