The Rose of Rouen would northern lords over-run the south, but more, that "they would then live in it and take what they needed including wives and daughters." This is the fate, says the poem, that Edward of York saved England from. Like other political poetry of the period, it is careful to identify its protagonists by their cognizances rather than naming them: Edward, of course, is a white rose, his father Richard of York, Duke of York, is a falcon and fetterlock, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick a ragged staff, his uncle William Neville, Lord Fauconberg a fish hook, and John Mowbray, Duke
The Romaunt of the Rose The Romaunt of the Rose The Romaunt of the Rose ("the Romaunt") is a partial translation into Middle English of the French allegorical poem, "le Roman de la Rose" ("le Roman"). Originally believed to be the work of Chaucer, "the Romaunt" inspired controversy among 19th-century scholars when parts of the text were found to differ in style from Chaucer's other works. Also the text was found to contain three distinct fragments of translation. Together, the fragments—A, B, and C--provide a translation of approximately one-third of "Le Roman". There is little doubt that Chaucer did translate "Le Roman de la Rose"