The careful account which Mr. E. B. Ham has devoted to my edition of the Bestiaire d’Amours [by Richard de Fournival] deserves some observations, in particular because of the questions of method which he has unwittingly raised. I will therefore put in notes secondary remarks which will allow me to rectify some of his assertions. The essential principles on which Mr. Ham's criticism is based seem to be two: his aversion to "needless complications" and his inclination to explain facts by the "play of chance." Let us see a little how these wise principles are applied. - [Author]

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