
Esmoreit is a Middle Dutch drama. It is one of the four abele spelen that are contained in the Hulthemse handschrift and consists of 1018 lines in rhyme The other abele spelen are: Gloriant, Lanseloet van Denemerken and Vanden Winter ende vanden Somer The play is named after the masculine leading character Esmoreit, crown-prince of the Kingdom of Sicily. It deals with the love between two people of different social class and is followed by the sotternie, the farce, Lippijn.