History of English Literature Volume 1 (of 3)

Note 130 — BOOK I.—THE SOURCE (continued 2)

Henri Van Laun translation

Sir John Maundeville's "Voyage and Travaile," ed. Halliwell, 1866, XII., p. 139. It is confessed that the original on which Wace depended for his ancient "History of England" is the Latin compilation of Geoffrey of Monmouth.

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