Excerpt from The Romans of Partenay, or of Lusignen: Otherwise Known as the Tale of Melusine; Translated From the French of La Coudrette (About 1500 1520 A. D.) Tiie ms. From which the present poem has now for the first time been copied and edited, is one belonging to Trinity College, (jam bridge (where its class-mark is R. 3. And which is believed to be unique. It is written (on paper) in a clear but somewhat loose handwriting of the beginning Of the Sixteenth century, or possibly Of tlie latter part of the fifteenth. I am inclined to guess that it may appear to be of a somewhat later date than it really is, from the pos sibility Of its not having been written by a professional scribe that is to sav If we are to take literally the lines near the conclusion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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