See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• ROBERT HENRYSON (c. 1425—c. 1500)

HENRYSON (c. 1425—c. 1500)  , Scottish poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about 1425 . It has been surmised that he was connected with the See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• HENDERSON
• HENDERSON, ALEXANDER (1583-1646)
• HENDERSON, EBENEZER (1784-1858)
• HENDERSON, GEORGE FRANCIS ROBERT (1854-1903)
• HENDERSON, JOHN (1747-1785)

Henderson of Fordell, but of this there is no See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence . He is described, on the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title-See also:

• PAGE
• PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- )
• PAGE, WILLIAM (1811-1885)

page of the 1570 edition of his Fables, as " scholemaister of Dunfermeling," probably of the See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar-school of the See also:

• BENEDICTINE

Benedictine See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey there . There is no See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of his having studied at St See also:

• ANDREWS, JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797)
• ANDREWS, THOMAS (1813–1885)

Andrews, the only Scottish university at this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time; but in 1462 a " See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

Master See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• HENRYSON, ROBERT (c. 1425—c. 1500)

Henryson " is named among those incorporated in the recently founded university of See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow . It is therefore likely that his first studies were completed abroad, at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris or See also:

• LOUVAIN (Flem. Leuven)

Louvain . He would appear to have been in See also:

• LOWER

lower orders, if, in addition to being master of the grammar-school, he is the See also:

• NOTARY, or NOTARY PUBLIC

notary Robert Henryson who subscribes certain deeds in 1478 . As See also:

• DUNBAR, GEORGE (1774—1851)
• DUNBAR, PAUL LAURENCE (1872–1906)
• DUNBAR, WILLIAM (c. 1460-c. 1520)

Dunbar (q.v.) refers to him as deceased in his Lament for the Makaris, his See also:

• DEATH

death may be dated about 'Soo . Efforts have been made to draw up a See also:

• CHRONOLOGY (Gr. xpovo?oyfa, computation of time, xp6vos)

chronology of his poems; but every See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme of this See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, is, in a stronger sense than in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of Dunbar, See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere guess-See also:

• WORK

work . There are no See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical or See also:

• BIBLIOGRAPHICAL

bibliographical facts to See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

guide us, and the " See also:

• INTERNAL

internal evidence' is inconclusive . Henryson's longest, and in many respects his most See also:

• ORIGINAL

original and effective work, is his Moral/ Fabillis of Esope, a collection of thirteen fables, chiefly based on the versions of Anonyrnus, See also:

• LYDGATE, JOHN (c. 1370–c. 1451)

Lydgate and See also:

• CAXTON, WILLIAM (c. 1422-1491)

Caxton . The outstanding merit of the work is its freshness of treatment . The old themes are retold with such vivacity, such fresh See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

lights on human See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, and with so much See also:

• LOCAL

local " See also:

• ATMOSPHERE (Gr. fir µ6r, vapour; orkaipa, a sphere)

atmosphere," that they deserve the See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit of original productions .

They are certainly unrivalled in See also:

• ENGLISH

English fabulistic literature . The earliest available texts are the Charteris See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text printed by Lekpreuik in See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh in 1570 and the Harleian MS . No . 3865 in the Ititish Museum . In the Testament of Cresseid Henryson supplements See also:

• CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (? 1340-1400)

Chaucer's 'See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale of See also:

• TROILUS

Troilus with the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of the tragedy of Cresseid . Here again his See also:

• LITERARY

literary craftsmanship saves him from the disaster which must have overcome another poet in undertaking to continue the See also:

• PART

part of the story which Chaucer had intentionally See also:

• LEFT

left untold . The description of Cresseid's leprosy, of Tier See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting with Troilus, of his sorrow and charity, and of her death, give the poem a high See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in writings of this genre . The poem entitled See also:

• ORPHEUS

Orpheus and See also:

• EURYDICE (Evpuiixq)

Eurydice, which is See also:

• DRAWN

drawn fromBoethius, contains some See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good passages, especially the lyrical lament of Orpheus, with the refrains " Quhar See also:

• ART

art thow gane, my luf Erudices?" and ." My See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady quene and luf, Erudices." It is followed by a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long moralitas, in the manner of the Fables . Thirteen shorter poems have been ascribed to Henryson . Of these the See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral See also:

• DIALOGUE

dialogue Robene and Makyne," perhaps the best known of his work, is the most successful . Its See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model may perhaps be found in the pastourelles, but it stands safely on its own merits . Unlike most of the See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor poems it is See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent of Chaucerian tradition .

The other pieces See also:

• DEAL

deal with the conventional 15th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century topics, See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

Age: Death, Hasty See also:

• CREDENCE, or CREDENCE TABLE

Credence, Want of See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

Wise Men and the like . The verses entitled " Sum Practysis of Medecyne," in which some have failed to see See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry-son's See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, is an example of that boisterous alliterative See also:

• BURLESQUE (Ital. burlesco, from burla, a joke, fun, playful trick)

burlesque which is represented by a single specimen in the work of the greatest makers, Dunbar, See also:

• DOUGLAS
• DOUGLAS, GAVIN (1474?-1522)
• DOUGLAS, JOHN (1721—1807.)
• DOUGLAS, SIR CHARLES
• DOUGLAS, SIR HOWARD
• DOUGLAS, STEPHEN ARNOLD (18,3–1861)

Douglas and See also:

• LYNDSAY, SIR DAVID (c. 1490-c. 1555)

Lyndsay . For this See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason, if not for others, the difference of its manner is no See also:

• ARGUMENT

argument against its authenticity . The MS. authorities for the text are the Asloan, See also:

• BANNATYNE, GEORGE (1545—? 1608)

Bannatyne, See also:

• MAITLAND (MAITLAND OF LETHINGTON), WILLIAM
• MAITLAND, EAST
• MAITLAND, EDWARD (1824-1897)
• MAITLAND, FREDERIC WILLIAM (1850-1906)
• MAITLAND, SIR RICHARD (LORD LETHINGTON) (1496-r586)

Maitland See also:

• FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

Folio, Makculloch, See also:

• GRAY
• GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
• GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
• GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
• GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
• GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
• GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
• GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
• GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
• GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
• GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
• GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
• GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)

Gray and Riddell . Chepman and Myllar's Prints (1508) have preserved two of the minor poems and a fragment of Orpheus and Eurydice . The first See also:

• COMPLETE

complete edition was prepared by avid See also:

• LAING, ALEXANDER GORDON (1793–1826)
• LAING, DAVID (1793–1878)
• LAING, MALCOLM (1762-1818)
• LAING, SAMUEL (1810-1897)

Laing (1 vol., Edinburgh, 1865) . A more exhaustive edition in three volumes, containing all the texts, was undertaken by the Scottish Text Society (ed . G . See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith), the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume of the text (vol. ii. of the work) appearing in 1907 . For a See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of Henryson, see See also:

• IRVING, EDWARD (1792-1834)
• IRVING, SIR HENRY (1838-1905)
• IRVING, WASHINGTON (1783-18J9)

Irving's See also:

• HISTORY

History of Scottish See also:

• POETRY

Poetry, Henderson's See also:

• VERNACULAR (Lat. verna, dim. vernaculus, a slave horn in his master's house)

Vernacular Scottish Literature, Gregory Smith's Transition See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

Period, J . H . See also:

• MILLAR, ANDREW (1707-1768)

Millar's Literary History of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, and the second volume of the See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge History of English Literature (1908) .

(G . G .