Verse romance · c. 1225

King Horn

Middle English text of Cambridge University Library MS Gg.4.27.2, ed. J. R. Lumby (1866), re-ed. G. H. McKnight (1901)

by Anonymous

The earliest surviving English verse romance: the exiled prince Horn, cast adrift as a boy after Saracens kill his father, wins the love of Rymenhild, proves himself in Ireland, and returns to reclaim his kingdom.

Contents · 6 parts

• Lines 1–280about 260 lines
• Lines 281–568about 270 lines
• Lines 569–848about 260 lines
• Lines 849–1132about 260 lines
• Lines 1133–1416about 270 lines
• Lines 1417–1648about 210 lines

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