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Introduction: "A rolle he had reading, / A bourde written therein he ffound" 1. Feasts and Surveillance in King Edward and the Shepherd: "Wode has erys; fylde has si?t" 2. The Carnivalesque and Insurrection in John the Reeve: "I will cracke thy crowne!" 3. Hybridity and Transformation: Rauf Coil?ear, A Gest of Robin Hood, King Edward and the Hermit and The King and the Barker 4. Containment in the Early Modern Ballads: The King at the Keyhole Conclusion Appendix One: Early Analogues in Other Cultures, Chronicles, and Romance Appendix Two: The King and Commoner Tradition on the Stage: "Mingling Kinges and Clownes" Appendix Three: Select King and Commoner Publication History