LAYS

OF

THE MINNESINGERS

AND

TROUBADOURS.

One of the last of Minnesingers, at Mentz.

See

p. 305.

Lender. Published by Ingman & 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.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

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

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1825.

By M. Edgar Taylors