Verse romance · c. 1250

Floris and Blauncheflur

Middle English text of the Trentham manuscript, ed. J. Lumby (1866), re-ed. G. H. McKnight (1901)

by Anonymous

A Middle English romance of two children, the Christian Blauncheflur and the king's son Floris, who are raised together and then parted when his father sells her to merchants; Floris sets out for Babylon and wins her back from the Emir's tower.

Contents · 4 parts

• Lines 1–272about 270 lines
• Lines 273–544about 270 lines
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