hers in return, was expressed, in the language of the Troubadours, by a
single word, by the word _domnei_, a derivation of _domna_, which may
be regarded as an alteration of the Latin _domina_, lady, mistress."

--C. C. FAURIEL,
_History of Provencal Poetry_.


CONTENTS

CHAPTER

A PREFACE

CRITICAL COMMENT

THE ARGUMENT


PART ONE--PERION

I HOW PERION WAS UNMASKED

II HOW THE VICOMTE WAS VERY GAY

III HOW MELICENT WOOED

IV HOW THE BISHOP AIDED PERION

V HOW MELICENT WEDDED