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Alliterative Morte Arthure

c. 1400
Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Amoryus and Cleopes

1449
Form: Seven-line rhyme royal stanzas

Arthur

Second half of the fourteenth century
Form: Rhyming couplets

Bevis of Hampton

c. 1300
Form: Rhyming couplets, Six-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Capystranus

1456-1515
Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Emaré

Late fourteenth-century
Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Firumbras (Fillingham Firumbras)

Last quarter of the fourteenth century
Form: Rhyming couplets

Gest Historiale of the Destruction of Troy

Second half of the fourteenth century
Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Horn Childe & Maiden Rimnild

c. 1320
Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Merlin

1420s
Form: Rhyming couplets

Seege or Batayle of Troye

1300-25
Form: Rhyming couplets

Siege of Milan

Second half of the fourteenth century
Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Sir Amadace

Late fourteenth century
Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Sir Cleges

Late fourteenth century
Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Late fourteenth century
Form: Alliterative stanzas (bob and wheel)

Sir Landevale

First half of the fourteenth century [?]
Form: Rhyming couplets

Sultan of Babylon

Late fourteenth or early fifteenth century
Form: Four-line stanzas (quatrains), Eight-line stanzas

Titus and Vespasian

1375-1400
Form: Rhyming couplets