Verse romance · c. 1400

Torrent of Portyngale

by Anonymous (Middle English)

A Middle English verse romance in tail-rhyme stanzas. Torrent, the son of a Portuguese earl, loves the king's daughter Desonell, is sent to fight giants and a dragon, and after many adventures is crowned emperor of Rome. Preserved in a single fifteenth-century manuscript.

Contents · 6 parts

• Part I: Stanzas 1–40about 450 lines
• Part II: Stanzas 41–78about 450 lines
• Part III: Stanzas 79–116about 450 lines
• Part IV: Stanzas 117–155about 450 lines
• Part V: Stanzas 156–195about 450 lines
• Part VI: Stanzas 196–232about 410 lines

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