Verse romance · early 16th century
The Knight of Curtesy
A poem of 500 lines in four-line stanzas, an English version of the story of the Chastelain de Couci and the lady of Fayel: the knight of Curtesy and the lady of Faguell love in chastity, her jealous husband sends him to fight at Rhodes, and after the knight is killed the husband serves his heart to her at table.
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