LAYS

OF

THE MINNESINGERS

AND

TROUBADOURS.

One of the last of Minnesingers, at Mentz.

See p.305.

London. Published by Longman & May, 1825.

LAYS

OF

THE MINNESINGERS

OR

GERMAN TROUBADOURS

OF THE

TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES:

ILLUSTRATED BY SPECIMENS OF THE COTEMPORARY
LYRIC POETRY OF PROVENCE AND OTHER

PARTS OF EUROPE:

WITH HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL NOTICES, AND EN-
GRAVINGS FROM THE MS. OF THE MINNESINGERS

IN THE KING'S LIBRARY AT PARIS, AND

FROM OTHER SOURCES.

"There was once a gentle time,

When the world was in its prime,

When every day was holiday,

And every month was lovely May."-Croly.

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LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, BROWN AND GREEN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.