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 specialized terms; and an appendix of selected texts in the Old French, including Marie"s Prologue, Guigemar, Bisclavret, and Yonec.