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The Preiching of the Swallow, is the eighth poem in the accepted text of Robert Henryson's Middle Scots cycle, The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian written around the 1480s. Often seen as the most beautiful of the poems in the cycle,^[1] it is a very rich expansion of material ultimately derived from Aesop. It is the second of two poems in the cycle which feature the narrator as protagonist in the taill.

References

^ Murtaugh, Daniel M. (1972). "Henryson's Animals". Texas Studies in Literature and Language. 14 (3): 406. JSTOR 40754216.

Preceded byThe Taill of the Lyoun and the Mous The Morall Fabillis by Robert Henryson Succeeded byThe Taill of the Wolf that gat the Nek-hering throw the wrinkis of the Foxe that begylit the Cadgear

Robert Henryson

The Morall Fabillis

The Taill of the Cok and the Jasp
The Taill of the Uponlandis Mous and the Burges Mous
The Taill of Schir Chanticleir and the Foxe
The Confessioun of the Tod
The Parliament of the fourfuttit Beistis haldin be the Lyoun
The Taill of the Scheip and the Doig
The Taill of the Lyoun and the Mous
The Preiching of the Swallow
The Taill of the Foxe, the Wolf and the Cadgear
The Fox, the Wolf and the Husbandman
The Taill of the Wolf and the Wedder
The Taill of the Wolf and the Lamb
The Tale of the Paddock and the Mouse

Other works

The Testament of Cresseid
Orpheus and Erudices
Robene and Makyne
The Annuciation
Sum Practysis of Medecyne
Ane Prayer for the Pest
The Garment of Gud Ladeis
The Bludy Serk
The Thre Deid-Pollis
Against Hasty Credence
The Abbay Walk
The Praise of Age
The Ressoning Betwix Aige and Yowth
The Ressoning Betwix Deth and Man

v t e Aesop
Aesop's Fables	The Ant and the Grasshopper The Ass and his Masters The Ass and the Pig The Ass Carrying an Image The Ass in the Lion's Skin The Astrologer who Fell into a Well The Bear and the Travelers The Belly and the Members The Bird-catcher and the Blackbird The Bird in Borrowed Feathers The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Cat and the Mice The Cock and the Jewel The Cock, the Dog and the Fox The Crow and the Pitcher The Crow and the Snake The Deer without a Heart The Dog and Its Reflection The Dog and the Wolf The Dove and the Ant The Farmer and the Stork The Farmer and the Viper The Fir and the Bramble The Fisherman and the Little Fish The Fowler and the Snake The Fox and the Crow The Fox and the Grapes The Fox and the Lion The Fox and the Mask The Fox and the Sick Lion The Fox and the Stork The Fox and the Weasel The Fox and the Woodman The Frog and the Ox The Frogs Who Desired a King The Goat and the Vine The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs The Honest Woodcutter The Horse and the Donkey The Horse that Lost its Liberty The Lion and the Mouse The Lion, the Bear and the Fox The Man with Two Mistresses The Mischievous Dog The Miser and his Gold The Moon and her Mother The Mountain in Labour The Mouse and the Oyster The North Wind and the Sun The Oak and the Reed The Old Man and Death The Old Woman and the Doctor The Rose and the Amaranth The Satyr and the Traveller The Sick Kite The Snake and the Crab The Snake in the Thorn Bush The Tortoise and the Hare Town Mouse and Country Mouse The Travellers and the Plane Tree The Trees and the Bramble The Two Pots The Walnut Tree Washing the Ethiopian White The Weasel and Aphrodite The Wolf and the Crane The Wolf and the Lamb The Woodcutter and the Trees The Young Man and the Swallow
Apocryphal	An ass eating thistles The Bear and the Gardener Belling the Cat (also known as The Mice in Council) The Blind Man and the Lame The Boy and the Filberts Chanticleer and the Fox The Dog in the Manger The drowned woman and her husband The Elm and the Vine The Fox and the Cat The Gourd and the Palm-tree The Hawk and the Nightingale The miller, his son and the donkey The Monkey and the Cat The Priest and the Wolf The Scorpion and the Frog The Shepherd and the Lion
Related	Jataka tales Panchatantra Perry Index The labyrinth of Versailles Lion's share Out of the frying pan into the fire Still waters run deep The milkmaid and her pail Wolf in sheep's clothing Aesop's Fables (album)
Screen adaptations	Aesop's Film Fables The Grasshopper and the Ants
Print adaptations	Ysopet The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian "The Cock and the Jasp" "The Taill of how this forsaid Tod maid his Confessioun to Freir Wolf Waitskaith" "The Taill of Schir Chanticleir and the Foxe" "The Taill of the Uponlandis Mous and the Burges Mous" La Fontaine's Fables
Translators	Demetrius of Phalerum Phaedrus Babrius Avianus Dositheus Magister Alexander Neckam Adémar de Chabannes Odo of Cheriton John Lydgate Kawanabe Kyōsai Laurentius Abstemius Roger L'Estrange Gabriele Faerno Hieronymus Osius Marie de France Robert Henryson Jean de La Fontaine Ivan Krylov Nicolas Trigault Robert Thom Zhou Zuoren