Excerpt from Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances: To Which Is Prefixed an Historical Introduction of the Rise and Progress of Romantic Composition in France and England View of the Changes which took place in the Romance or French Lan. Page, in consequence of the first Danish invasions. - lts Preservation and Improvement by the same People after their Establishment in Nor mandy. - Their first Attempts at Composition. - Their Style improved by the Clergy - Remarks on their Minstrels. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.