virelays

This great soldier was a man of many accomplishments, an ardent musician as well as a poet; and his leisure was passed chiefly in composing ballads, rondeaux, and virelays.

The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan

His numerous poems, ballads, rondels, lays, and virelays are full of valuable information concerning the political and moral history of his time.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Sat I not with him in the garden of St. Vaast, his head in my lap, while he sang me virelays of the south?

The Path of the King John Buchan 1907

He took much delight in minstrelsy, and at his midnight supper songs and virelays were chanted to him.

The Red True Story Book Andrew Lang 1900

I received your letter and packet of lays and virelays, and heartily wish they may fall in bad ground, and produce a hundred thousand fold, as I doubt is necessary.

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Horace Walpole 1757

a knight of Picardy, well versed in the liberal arts, was the author of a number of lays, virelays, [1663] and ballads.

The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884