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romancia

romancia, ~ium [OF romance], romance, written narrative, story or historical account, a book in the Romance language, (in quot.) French. 1205 rex regine. ‥ mittas ‥ nobis statim ‥ ~ium de Historia Angl’ Cl I 29b; 1237 in firmaculis, hapsis, et clavis argenteis ad magnum librum ~is Pipe 81 r. 15; 1390 omnes libros meos tam statutorum regni Scocie quam ~ie (Test.) Bannatyne Misc. II 107; ille famosissimus sicarius Robertus Hode cum Litiljohn’ ‥ de quibus stolidum vulgus ‥ in comediis et in tragediis prurienter festum faciunt, et super ceteris ~iis mimos et bardanos cantitare delectantur Bower X 20; romans, romagium, romagia CathA.

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