This edition includes Edward Gallagher’s prose translations of The Lays of Marie de France ; a general introduction; a map; commentaries on the lays; two anonymous Breton lays - The Lay of Melion and The Lay of Tyolet; a glossary of proper names; a glossary of specialised terms; and an appendix of selected texts in the Old French, including Marie’s Prologue, Guigemar, Bisclavret, and Yonec.