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The seuin seages : translatit out of prois in Scottis meter be Iohne Rolland in Dalkeith, with ane moralitie efter euerie doctouris tale, and siclike efter the emprice tale, togidder with ane louing and laude to euerie doctour efter his awin tale, & ane exclamation and outcrying vpon the empreouris wife efter hir fals contrusit tale, imprentit at Edinburgh be Iohne Ros, for Henrie Charteris. M.D.LXXVIII ... / edited, with introduction, notes, and glossary, by Geo. F. Black, PH. D.

Rolland, John.; Black, George Fraser, 1866-1948.
1932
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Title
The seuin seages : translatit out of prois in Scottis meter be Iohne Rolland in Dalkeith, with ane moralitie efter euerie doctouris tale, and siclike efter the emprice tale, togidder with ane louing and laude to euerie doctour efter his awin tale, & ane exclamation and outcrying vpon the empreouris wife efter hir fals contrusit tale, imprentit at Edinburgh be Iohne Ros, for Henrie Charteris. M.D.LXXVIII ... / edited, with introduction, notes, and glossary, by Geo. F. Black, PH. D.
Uniform title
Seven sages of Rome. English. 1932.
Created/published
Edinburgh ; London : Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood, 1932.
Description
xxxi, 400 p. : incl. facsim. front. ; 23 cm
Associated name
Rolland, John.
Black, George Fraser, 1866-1948.
Series statement
Scottish Text Society, Third series, 3
Note
With facsimile of original t.-p.

Rolland's version is apparently based on Copland's reprint of the prose translation of Wynkyn de Worde. cf. Introd.

Present text is from the edition issued by the Bannatyne club in 1837, compared with a photostat of the only known copy of the original, now in the Huntington library.
Series
Scot. Text S. ; ser. 3, 3.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.

Call number
PR2139 .S55 1932