Thomas of Erceldoune
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Doubtless the older story was not originally attached to Thomas of Erceldoune, who, as "Thomas Rymour of Ercildoune," is a historical character.
From The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' by Sidgwick, Compiled by Frank
The romance of Thomas of Erceldoune is a poem in three "fyttes" or sections, which is preserved wholly or in part in five manuscripts, of which the earliest may be dated about 1435.
From The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' by Sidgwick, Compiled by Frank
Thomas of Erceldoune, a personage less shadowy than some of those commemorated in this chapter, is known to have lived in the thirteenth century.
From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Hartland, Edwin Sidney
The Romance and Prophecies of Thomas of Erceldoune, printed from five manuscripts.
From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Hartland, Edwin Sidney
This leads us to the consideration of three English metrical Romances, which in all probability are derived from French sources, containing accounts of the visits to fairy-land made by Thomas of Erceldoune, Launfal, and Orfeo.
From The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' by Sidgwick, Compiled by Frank
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