The prophecies attributed to Thomas of Erceldoune are all but impossible to study in isolation. Their borders with the broader English prophetic tradition are extremely porous, and there exist a significant number of texts whose relationships, influences, and interdependencies have not yet been fully worked out. Examples multiply, but The Prophisies of Rymour, Beid, and Marlyng, Als Y Yod on ay Monnday and the Whole Prophesie of Scotland, England, and Somepart of France stand out as particularly linked texts. Each begins with a first-person narrator traveling along a road and meeting a strange man, of whom the narrator asks tidings. It is clear that something of the otherworld adheres to the stranger since he brings to the narrator (and the reader) news and visions of the future. All of these texts have been understudied and poorly edited; none has benefitted from a formal critical edition since the end of the nineteenth century, and Als Y Yod has never been properly edited at all. Unsurprising, then, that a critical feature of one of these works has passed without comment: namely, a precise mechanism for the transference of prophetic ability from the stranger to the narrator and its connection to broader Scottish tradition.

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苏格兰预言的脚注

几乎无法单独研究归因于埃尔塞杜恩的托马斯的预言。它们与更广泛的英语预言传统的界限极为疏松，并且存在大量尚未完全弄清它们之间的关系，影响和相互依存关系的文本。例子很多，但星期一，周一，《 Rymour，Beid和Marlyng的预言》，《 Als Y Yod》和《苏格兰，英国和法国某地的整个先知》作为特别链接的文本脱颖而出。每个人都以第一人称叙述者在路上行驶并遇到一个陌生人为开头，叙述者向其询问消息。显然，陌生人会遇到另一个世界，因为他向叙述者（和读者）带来了关于未来的新闻和愿景。所有这些文本都没有得到充分的研究和编辑。自19世纪末以来，没有人从正式的批评版中受益，而且Als Y Yod从未得到过适当的编辑。因此，毫不奇怪的是，其中一部作品的关键特征已经通过而没有发表评论：即，一种精确的机制，将先知能力从陌生人转移到叙述者，并将其与更广泛的苏格兰传统联系起来。