THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH POETRY.

Of this Edition 500 Copies are printed on small paper,

and 50 on large.

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HISTORY OF

ENGLISH POETRY

FROM THE TWELFTH TO THE CLOSE

OF THE SIXTEENTH

CENTURY.

BY THOMAS WARTON, B. D.

FELLOW OF TRIN. COLL., OXFORD; F.S.A.; PROFESSOR OF

POETRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

WITH A PREFACE BY RICHARD PRICE, AND NOTES VARIORUM.

EDITED BY W. CAREW HAZLITT.

WITH NEW NOTES AND OTHER ADDITIONS BY SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H., F.R.S.;
THOMAS WRIGHT, M.A., F.S.A.; W. ALDIS WRIGHT, M.A.; REV.

WALTER W. SKEAT, M.A.; RICHARD MORRIS, LL.D;