Most I ryden by Rybbesdale
Text contains Most I ryden by Rybbesdale, and the start of In a fryht as Y con fare fremede
Written	late-13th or early-14th century
Language	Middle English

"Most I ryden by Rybbesdale" ('If I were to ride through Ribblesdale'), also titled "The Fair Maid of Ribblesdale", is an anonymous late-13th or early-14th century Middle English lyric poem.^[1] The text forms part of the collection known as the Harley Lyrics (MS. Harley 2253, f. 66v).^[1]

In this secular lyric the which the speaker lists and describes the various parts of his lady (excepting one) in a literary blason.^[1][2]

• In a fryht as Y con fare fremede
• A wayle whyt ase whalles bon
• Lenten ys come with love to toune
• In May hit murgeth when hit dawes
• Geoffrey of Vinsauf
• Gwerful Mechain

• Fein, Susanna Greer, ed. (2014). "Art. 34, Most I ryden by Rybbesdale: Introduction". The Complete Harley 2253 Manuscript. TEAMS Middle English Texts. Vol. 2 (online ed.). Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications.
• Millett, Bella, ed. (30 July 2003). "Mosti ryden by Rybbesdale: introduction". Wessex Parallel WebTexts.

• Glasscoe, Marion (1986). "The Fair Maid of Ribblesdale: Content and Context". Neuphilologische Mitteilungen. 87 (4): 555–57.
• Howell, Andrew J. (1980). "Reading the Harley Lyrics: A Master Poet and the Language of Conventions". English Literary History. 47 (4): 633. doi:10.2307/2872852.
• Miller, Robert P., ed. (1977). Chaucer: Sources and Backgrounds. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 66–8.