A fragment in imitation of Lydgate's `Verses on the Kings of England'.

Examines an unpublished fragment of Middle English verse on King Harold, written in imitation of John Lydgate's `Verses on the Kings of England.' Inclusion of the fragment in the British Library Manuscript Cotton Julius B.xii; Highlights of the manuscript; Significance of the find for people's sense of Lydgate's repute during the later years of the 15th century.