Excerpt from Early English Poetry, Ballads, Vol. 11: And Popular Literature of the Middle Ages The propriety of ascribing this poem to the pen of Nicholas de Guildford, appears also to be doubtful. John de Guildford is said to have been mentioned in a lost leaf of the Jesus College ms. To have been the author of a religious poem in that volume, and he has been supposed to be the brother, or a near relation, of Nicholas de Guildford, and the author of the other poems in the same volume. This however is not a necessary consequence; and the way in which Nicholas de Guildford is mentioned in our poem, leads rather strongly to the presumption that he was the author. He is represented as residing at Portesham in Dorsetshire, and appears to have been smarting under the disappointment of some ambitious views. 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.