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Bibliography

All known and extant writings attributed to Robert Henryson are listed here. In addition, the scholar Matthew P McDiarmid identified from an index a lost poem by Henryson which began: On fut by Forth as I couth found (not listed below).

Long works
  • The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian (See below for list of individual fables in the cycle)
  • The Tale of Orpheus and Erudices his Quene
  • The Testament of Cresseid
Short works
  • Robene and Makyne
  • Sum Practysis of Medecyne
  • The Annuciation
  • Ane Prayer for the Pest
  • The Garment of Gud Ladeis
  • The Bludy Serk
  • The Thre Deid-Pollis
  • Against Hasty Credence
  • The Abbay Walk
  • The Praise of Age
  • The Ressoning Betwix Aige and Yowth
  • The Ressoning Betwix Deth and Man
Individual fables

Seven of the stories in Henryson's cycle are Aesopian fables derived from elegiac Romulus texts, while the other six (given in italics) are Reynardian in genre. The three titles given with bold numbers provide evidence for the integral unity of the overall structure.

  • 01 The Cock and the Jasp
  • 02 The Twa Mice
  • 03 The Cock and the Fox
  • 04 The Confession of the Tod
  • 05 The Trial of the Tod
  • 06 The Sheep and the Dog
  • 07 The Lion and the Mouse
  • 08 The Preaching of the Swallow
  • 09 The Fox the Wolf and the Cadger
  • 10 The Fox the Wolf and the Husbandman
  • 11 The Wolf and the Wether
  • 12 The Wolf and the Lamb
  • 13 The Paddock and the Mouse