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Alexander and Dindimus (Alexander Fragment B)

c. 1350
Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Alexander Fragment A

c. 1340
Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Alliterative Morte Arthure

c. 1400
Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Apollonius of Tyre

1376-81
Form: Four-line stanzas (quatrains)

Arthour and Merline

1250-1300
Form: Rhyming couplets

Arthur

Second half of the fourteenth century
Form: Rhyming couplets

Avowing of King Arthur

c. 1375-1425
Form: Sixteen-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Bevis of Hampton

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

Duke Roland and Sir Otuel of Spain

c. 1400
Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Eger and Grime

c. 1450
Form: Rhyming couplets

Emaré

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

Firumbras (Fillingham Firumbras)

Last quarter of the fourteenth century
Form: Rhyming couplets

Gamelyn

c. 1350-70
Form: Rhyming couplets

Gest Historiale of the Destruction of Troy

Second half of the fourteenth century
Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Guy and Colbrond

Fifteenth century?
Form: Six-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Havelok the Dane

End of the thirteenth century
Form: Rhyming couplets

Horn Childe & Maiden Rimnild

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

Ipomadon

Late fourteenth to mid-fifteenth century
Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

King Alisaunder

Early fourteenth century
Form: Rhyming couplets

King Arthur and King Cornwall

Late fifteenth century
Form: Four-line stanzas (quatrains), Six-line stanzas, Eight-line stanzas

King Horn

Last part of the thirteenth century
Form: Rhyming couplets

Knight of Curtesy and the Fair Lady of Faguell

Late fourteenth century
Form: Four-line stanzas (quatrains)

Lay le Freine

Early fourteenth century
Form: Rhyming couplets

Le Bone Florence of Rome

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

Lyfe of Ipomydon

Fifteenth century
Form: Rhyming couplets

Merlin

1420s
Form: Rhyming couplets

Octavian

c. 1350
Form: Six-line tail-rhyme stanzas, Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Otuel a Knight

before 1330
Form: Rhyming couplets

Partonope of Blois

c. 1420
Form: Rhyming couplets, Four-line stanzas (quatrains), Eight-line stanzas

Richard Coeur de Lion

c. 1300
Form: Rhyming couplets

Roland and Vernagu

before 1330
Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Seege or Batayle of Troye

1300-25
Form: Rhyming couplets

Siege of Jerusalem

Late fourteenth century
Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Sir Cleges

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

Sir Degrevant

Between 1385 and 1410
Form: Sixteen-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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

Sir Launfal

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

Sir Tryamour

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

Song of Roland

c. 1400
Form: Rhyming couplets

Squire of Low Degree (Undo Your Door)

?1520
Form: Rhyming couplets

Stanzaic Morte Arthur

c. 1350
Form: Eight-line stanzas

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

Turke and Sir Gawain

c. 1500
Form: Six-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Wars of Alexander (Alexander Fragment C)

c. 1450
Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

William of Palerne

c. 1350-61
Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse