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FACSIMILES OF 
 TWELVE MANUSCRIPTS 
 
FACSIMILES OF TWELVE EARLY 
 ENGLISH MANUSCRIPTS IN THE 
 LIBRARY OF TRINITY COLLEGE 
 
 CAMBRIDGE 
 
 PRINTED AT OXFORD AT THE 
 UNIVERSITY PRESS 19 13 
 
Av^Si•^\^ 
 
This small collection of facsimiles is intended for the use of such 
 students of the College as may wish to begin the study of earlier English 
 literature. The manuscript collections in the Library afford an admirable 
 opportunity of acquiring the familiarity with original texts without 
 which I do not believe that the study can be profitably pursued. The 
 hundred or so English manuscripts written before 1501 form a very 
 representative as well as important collection in which every period from 
 the eleventh century onward is fairly illustrated. For the convenience 
 of those who have no acquaintance with old handwritings I have here 
 selected twelve pages for reproduction and furnished these with 
 transliterations and notes. This will supply beginners with specimens 
 of certain typical hands of various dates, further examples of which 
 they will readily be able to find in the Library itself by help of the 
 chronological list of manuscripts printed at the end. 
 
 In giving the transcripts of the plates I have retained the contractions 
 in a more or less conventionalized form instead of expanding them in 
 italics as is the usual custom. My reason for this is that I have never 
 yet met with a text so treated in which the editor's practice was not 
 more or less inconsistent and therefore misleading, nor do I believe 
 that any strictly logical practice is possible. I have therefore preferred 
 to retain the contractions and discuss their significance in the notes to 
 the plates in which they first occur. This has the advantage of keeping 
 the transcript as near as possible to the original in appearance, and also 
 avoids the necessity of committing oneself in cases where it is doubtful 
 whether a contraction mark has significance or not. I have added an 
 index of contractions at the end. 
 
 W. W. Greg. 
 
 Trinity College Library, 
 May 1913. 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 I. B. 15. 34. Homilies. Cent. XI. 
 
 II. R. 5. 22 (in). Gregory's Pastoral Care. Cent. XI. 
 
 III. R. 17. I, Tripartitum Psalterium Eadwini. Cent. XII. 
 
 IV. B. I. 45 (i). Religious Miscellany. Cent. XIII. 
 V. B. 14. 39. Miscellaneous Poems, &c. Cent. XIII. 
 
 VI. R. 4. 26. Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle, &c. Cent. XIV. 
 
 VII. B. 15. 17. Piers Plowman, &c. Cent. XIV. 
 
 VIII. B. 14. 45. Reginald Pecock's Book of Faith. Cent. XV. 
 
 IX. B. 10. 12. Bonaventura on the Passion, &c. Cent. XV. 
 
 X. B. 4. 20 (i). Wycliffe's Sermons. Cent. XV. 
 
 XI. O. 10. 34. The Brute Chronicle. Cent. XV. 
 
 XII. R. 3. 3. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Cent. XV. 
 
 Index of Letters and Contractions. 
 Chronological Table of English Manuscripts. 
 
B. 15. 34. Homilies. Cent. XL 
 
 The beginning of a sermon on the Lord's Prayer, headed : Fer. ni. 
 De dominica oratione, fol. 68''. In a fine large hand of a typical Anglo- 
 Saxon character. All the old letters remain, but the tall f also appears 
 both medially and finally. The only contractions shown are the regular 
 Old English 7 for and, and the bar over a vowel indicating the omission 
 of an m or n. 
 
s 
 
 E HiELEND Chist. 
 
 syjj]?an he to J^Isum life com. 7 mann 
 wear]? geweaxen. Ipa. 'Sa he wses Jrittig 
 wintra eald on Jjaere menniscnesse 
 
 ]>a. began he wundra to wyrcenne. 5 
 
 7 geceas pa. twelf leorning cnihtas. 
 J»a Jje we apostolas hataj*. )?a waeron 
 mid him sefre sySSan 7 he hym tsehte 
 ealne }»one wisdom. J>e on halgum 
 
 bocum stent. 7 J>urh hy ealne cristen 10 
 
 dom astealde ; pa cwsedon hy to pa. 
 haelende. leof tsece us hu we magon 
 us gebiddan. J»a 7wyrde se haelend. 
 7 J>us cwae'S. gebiddaj? eow mid J»ysu 
 wordum. to minu faeder. 7 to eowru 15 
 
 faeder • gode selmihtigum. 
 pATER NR. QVI ES IN CELTS 
 
 D 
 
 V VRE F^DER. 
 
 J^e eart on heofenu seo J>in nama 
 
 10 bocuni] interlined by a corrector. 13 jwyrde] here 7 stands for the syllable and, not 
 
 the conjunction. 1 7 iVT?.] noster. 1 9 heo/emi] should be heo/enum : a bar over the « may 
 
 have disappeared. 
 
s 
 
 6HALE ND^- 
 
 ry 
 
 yAbmxi htyuntfftx wyyivcujnt. 
 f mBaf p<ixpdf: LcopiiTir cniniaf 
 
 cam^ ponr i?if'&am peonfuIruiTi 
 bcum pcnrqpujJi Ii); mliir cmilcn 
 
 uf- niiDJ>an. }?A;jwji^r y^lumnb- 
 ^0]tDutn.nm7inu pfO^-jOJtiTp/iu 
 
 parm jsTr qviis tkceits 
 
 -• — ^-^ ]f€txfVD onhwytnn jtopinndnu 
 
,3 
 
II 
 
 R. 5- 22 (in). Gregory's Pastoral Care. Cent. XL 
 
 Beginning of section 36 of Alfred's translation of Gregory, upper half 
 of fol. iia*". In a beautiful hand, perhaps of the beginning of the eleventh 
 century, though the grammatical forms are rather corrupt. Besides the 
 contractions already noted we find the bar used over final n to indicate 
 the omission of ne. Marks of vowel length are frequent. Tall f is used 
 initially and medially but not finally. The short s also occasionally 
 appears. 
 
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 0) 
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 -a 1.2 
 
 
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Ill 
 
 R. 17. I. Tripartitum Psalterium Eadwini. Cent. XII 
 
 Part of Psalm v, lower left-hand portion of fol. 10°^. Beautifully 
 written at Christ Church, Canterbury, by the scribe Eadwine, about 1150. 
 The facsimile shows the Hebraic and Roman versions, each with an 
 interlinear translation, the former in French the latter in English. Below 
 is an English note on a comet. The Galilean version with interlinear 
 commentary is further to the right. There are no contractions in the 
 English portion reproduced except 7. The tall f has entirely displaced 
 the tailed form, y, the latter being now used, indifferently with p, for r. 
 The French g makes its appearance in the note. There are various small 
 erasures and alterations of the text in the original, but as they are hard 
 to see in the facsimile they have been disregarded. The line written 
 immediately below the two columns of text, namely : Victori super haere- 
 ditatibus canticum Dauid, is the title of Ps. v in the Hebraic version. 
 The Latin note on the right runs : Vel mane quando incipiet aeternitas et 
 tunc plene uidebo quod non placet iniquus quia tunc non habitabit sed 
 tolletur impius ne uideat gloriam domini et tunc non permanebunt etsi 
 hie misericordiam eius habuerunt. Iniusti qui mala faciunt nam odisti 
 qui operantur non qui operati sunt. 
 
lO 
 
 tei; Sire 
 
 cor; Domine 
 
 par matiN 
 
 maNe 
 
 oiras ma 
 
 audies uocem 
 
 noiz. par matm 
 
 meam. mane 
 
 serai aparaillied a 
 
 preparabor ad 
 
 tei 6 si te eswar- 
 
 te. & contem- 
 
 derai ; kar 
 
 plabor. Quo- 
 Niam 
 
 nen es dens 
 
 non es deus 
 
 uoillanz felunie 
 
 uolens impieta- 
 
 tu. 6 ne habi 
 
 te tii. nee habi- 
 
 terat deiuste tei 
 
 tabit iuxta te 
 
 malignes ; NieN estert 
 
 malign^ ; Non sta- 
 ll felnn en le eswardemeS 
 
 bt iniq' T cspectu 
 
 drihten 
 
 niam ad te ora- 
 
 ic to ]>e gebidde 
 
 bo domine 
 
 on morgen. 7 ]ia geh^rst 
 
 mane : & exau- 
 
 stefhe mine. 
 
 dies uoce meS. 
 
 On mergen ic ]>e etstande 
 
 Mane astabo tibi 
 
 7 ic gesyo. fortJaen 
 
 & uidebo '. qm 
 
 ])U eart god 
 
 non deus uo- 
 
 na willende 
 
 leNs 
 
 nnrihtwi^nesse 
 
 iniquitatem 
 
 Ne 
 
 td es. Non ha- 
 
 eardse]) neah ]>e 
 
 bitabit iuxta 
 
 awirged. 
 
 te malignus f 
 
 ne fnrJiwimiBeJ) 
 
 neq; pmane- 
 
 imsoSfestsen 
 
 bunt iniusti 
 
 §Vf mane q*ndo in- 
 cfpiet ^t'nita^ 7 tc 
 plene uidebo quod 
 n placet iniquus. 
 quia tc ii habitabit. 
 s; toilet" impi^. ne. u 
 .g. d. 7 tc n pmanebf , 
 & si hie miscdia ei' 
 habuerunt. Ini'ti 
 qui mala faciunt. 
 na odisti q* opant"- 
 fi qui opati sunt. 
 
 10 
 
 15 it Victori sup hereditatib' canticfi dd. 
 
 Heb|i- 
 
 Rom* 
 
 Be cometa ]jam steorran 
 Dyllicne leoman haefiS 
 cometa se steorra 7 on 
 englics hine man nemS 
 se feaxeda steorra he hine 
 aetjrwrS seldan ymbe 
 fela wintra 7 j7onne 
 for fortacne- 
 
 13 J>ur^wunmJ>] hr J>urAwum'ae^. 
 
 20 englics] for englisc. 
 
Ill 
 
 coi^Dormnc 
 
 7. 
 mai 
 
 nmm adit/pra 
 
 kilrtcn 
 
 -1C 
 
 cams trm 
 
 audies uocon 
 
 It ro^r 5^. 
 
 bodomiTie 
 
 on m«J3joi • ,7 y^Jfligi^^ 
 
 mane'cJptau 
 
 nicam . mane dicfuoce/ mea . 
 pTTpambQi ad (Xy^o aftabonbi 
 m, c^conrori cf'uidebo . q m 
 
 plaboi.Qjio 
 
 nai 
 
 -nam 
 
 lion deuf uo 
 
 IS 
 
 to-^ — 
 
 nonef dcus 
 
 UOI 
 
 uoiIImxt. fdumc 
 
 vu 
 
 ifimpicra 
 rfni.Tiecbabi 
 tabic uprcare 
 
 imquimttm 
 tues.;g[onba 
 
 ^ mationus: 
 
 ^ 
 
 If 
 
 
 qicfpeftu bunr/miui 
 
 * vlroancqndoin 
 
 plcti(ruicleboc|uob 
 npUrcrmiquus. 
 quiatc n habtmlrtr . 
 ftXoUcfimpP.tieiflpI 
 .^. d-T XI tipmancbr. 
 <<^fiWtmfcctiac? 
 Habucmrrr.ltiTVi 
 quinuUfeciunr. ^ 
 na odif^qqpatif. 
 
 nqmopaafunr. 
 
IV 
 
 B. I. 45 (i). Religious Miscellany. Cent. XI 11. 
 
 The end of an English sermon, followed by the Commandments in 
 verse, and a Latin note, fol. 42^ The sermon is in a good though rather 
 current hand ; the verses in the same ink, and possibly the same hand, 
 but more formally written ; the Latin in a different hand and ink. The 
 writing is no longer of the Anglo-Saxon but of the continental type. 
 The only English letter that survives is p. Contractions are frequent. 
 The Old English 7 is replaced by an & of Latin origin (cf. PI. Ill, 1. 6 on 
 the left). The bar over a vowel for omitted n or m becomes very 
 common. Once m seems to stand for men: 1. 19 pmaundemt, where 
 however the curl is rather a general sign of contraction and might be 
 better rendered int. A curl after t or d stands for er, as in 1. 6 saut' = 
 psalter, 1. 19 mest', 1. 27 mod'. Indeed the same curl may appear with 
 the same value after most letters, and is particularly common after ^, 
 though it is not so found in the present plate. After /, however, it stands 
 for re, as in 1. 3 p'chur, 1. 12 p'ching' {per being represented by p, as in the 
 Latin in 1. 33 pibit). In 1. 12 p'ching' the curl after the ^ seems to indicate, 
 if anything, a final e. It also indicates e when it occurs after r (see 1. 7 
 audier', and 1. 25 Mar'). The same curl also appears for er after h in 1. 23 
 h'te, but usually her is represented by h, as in 11. i, 5, 6, &c. hte, and 1. 5 
 he. So a stands for der in 1. 22 igaded. In 1. 6 f)ph = prophet, p is the 
 usual Latin contraction for pro (as in 1. 11 pmittgtia), while h is here only a 
 general sign of contraction (like ffi in 1. 19), and would have no meaning 
 apart from the peculiar combination in which it occurs. Another special 
 combination is .dd. for David in 1. 6 (cf. PI. Ill, 1. 15). Remaining 
 r-combinations are : superscript i for ri, as in 1. 3 d'e, and superscript a for 
 ra, as in 1. 4 g^ce. Finally we have the Latin symbol p (here rather 
 resembling 9) for con or com, as in 1. 19 pmaundemt (and in 1. 10 
 pminScia), and likewise ^ (also sometimes written 9) for us, erroneously 
 used for 5 in 1. 23 u^. 
 
harde hte of man and of woma J>at lat in godis word at te to ere & 
 
 vt at te to]>ir • sumbrin & slepin wan me it spekT • no suetnesse ]7er me 
 
 findin • nout sauouret he J>at te p'chur spekit but drie com! and d'e 
 
 gon mid outi wetnesse of godis g»ce • Iwis itt is to dredi liste sum 
 
 suart sinne of wikke liflade haue ablend he hte eien • Agein suil- 5 
 
 ke me wid stonene hte speked seint .M. dodis pph • & seid i J»e saut'- 
 
 Hodie si uoce do' audier' • noli obtf- cor- v- I hake iou and bidde 
 
 iou o godis name he seit— )>at gif me preche iou godis word 
 
 J7at no ma ne make his hte hard tare ageines • Ibi no= • Qm illoij 
 
 obdurata sut corda • qui ad u'ba xpi de penis pminacia ul elco^. leti" 10 
 
 pmittetia a rigore malicie no flectutur wiche be harde hertis Si- 
 
 kirliche ]>o ]?at heri in holi p'ching' >e schendchipe & te peine of helle 
 
 )7at te forlorene scule soffrin • & on oj^ir halfe ]>e mir]je & te ioie of 
 
 heueriche blisse J^at godis chosene frend scuUe hauen aftir J^is wre- 
 
 chede werld ; and for al >is liue in here flescis lustis & 1 here stikin 15 
 
 de sinnis • ne for godis kalling ne for his manacing hS ne schriue 
 
 ne god dredin • no vnne^is so weilauuey at te scharpe detj^iscippe 
 
 § )»eise belami be harde hertis • J^eise be nout of godis meine for he 
 
 ne do nouth godis pmaundemt • J>eise mest' me haug forlorg god 
 
 te suete*- He mouuS sein ]>e laste word of ure sauue • At te ston 20 
 
 casting i hi forles • for suich hard hte me hi forlest Biseche we ]>S.ne 
 
 hi i wos name we bS here igaded • )»at he for his godhed reue us tis 
 
 harde h'te • & giue u^ suet & loueliche h'te his word for to her! to his 
 
 worchipe & us to note & to gode of lif and of saule • And tat it so be 
 
 sei ich of us par charite a pr nost' and an aue Mar'- -x- p'cep* — 25 
 
 Ne haue ]>ou no god botin on - Idel oth ne suere ]>o\x non 
 
 30 
 
 Halidai ]7ane schalt tou iemen - Fadir & mod' J>ou salt quemen 
 Ne reue ]7ou no man his lif • Ne haue ]?ou bot tin owene wif • 
 Be nei]7ir ]>&{ ne ]7efis fere - Ne fals witnesse )?at tu ne here • 
 pi neiebores housis ierne fou nout - Ne wif ne maidi ne his aut • 
 C Notandu de elemosin* • anbrosius • qui pietatg sequitur • 
 Si lubricu carnis paciatur • vapulabit quide set non 
 pibit • leronimus • no memini me vidisse mala mor 
 te morituru qui liberalem ante duxerit vitam • 
 
 4 io] t badly formed. 6 dodis\ error for godis. 7 Hodie si uocem domini audiere 
 
 (^for audieris ?') noli obdurare cor vestrum. 9 &c. Ibi nota. Quum illorum obdurata sunt 
 
 corda qui ad uerba christi de poenis comminancia uel electorum letitia promittentia a rigore malicie 
 non flectuntur. 14 heueriche^ error for heueriche. 25 pf nost''\ pater noster. aue Mar''\ 
 
 strictly, aue Mare, i. e. aue Marie, aue Maria, -x- p'cep"'] decem precepta. 3 1 &c. Notandum 
 
 de elemosina. Anbrosius (sic). Qui pietatem sequitur si lubricum carnis paciatur vapulabit quidem 
 set (=sed) non peribit. leronimus. Non memini me vidisse mala morte moriturum qui liberalem 
 ante duxerit vitam. 
 
IV 
 
 ^te iS^iS ■SreS^-'^''' '^'H^^ '**^'1'**"<^' "l"* f^^''^?'^ ^*^^ 
 ;|X£ vw-vt^ooino man. VirXtf .3Xct?aue ^oxv T«rrxm oWctut ^f> 
 
 
V 
 
 B. 14. 39. Miscellaneous Poems, &c. Cent. XIII. 
 
 The ballad of Judas, fol. 34^ This is in the best of the hands that 
 wrote the English poems of this collection. The speUing throughout is 
 peculiar, perhaps pointing to an Anglo-Norman scribe : characteristic is 
 the persistent substitution of si for the Old English ht. The letters J? and 
 y are only distinguished by the latter being dotted. No new contractions 
 appear, but note di, written rather like at, for and. 
 
Hit wes upon a scere]7orsday fat vre louerd aros • 
 
 ful milde were J»e wordes he spec to iudas • 
 ludas ]70u most to iurselem oure mete for to bugge • 
 
 ]7ritti platen of selu' pou here up o )»i rugge • 
 pou comest fer i Ipe brode stret fer i ]7e brode strete • g 
 
 sQme of J?ine cunesmen J>er J>ou meist imete • 
 Imette wid is soster J^e swikele wimon • 
 
 iudas ]70u were wrfe me stende ]>e wid ston • • ii • 
 
 for fe false prophete J?at tou bileuest upon • 
 Be stille leue soster yin herte ]>e to breke • lo 
 
 wiste min louerd c'st ful wel he wolde be wreke • 
 Iudas go J70u on ]>e roc heie up on ]>e ston • 
 
 lei ym heued i my barm slep ]7ou J>e anon • 
 Sone so iudas of slepe was awake • 
 
 ]7ritti platen of selu' from hym weren itake • ,5 
 
 He drou hym selue bi ]>e top J?at al it lauede ablode • 
 
 ]>e iewes out of iurselem awenden he were wode • 
 Foret hym com ]>e riche ieu J^at heiste pilatus • 
 
 wolte sulle Jji louerd ]?at heite iesus • 
 I nul suUe my louerd for nones cunes eiste • 20 
 
 bote hit be for J^e Jritti platen ■ )>at he me bitaiste • 
 Wolte sulle J^i lord c'st • for enes ciines golde • 
 
 nay bote hit be for ]>e platen • J^at he habben wolde • 
 In him com ur lord [c'st •] gon as is postles seten at mete • 
 
 wou sitte ye postles • at wi nule ye ete • ii • 25 
 
 ic am iboust at isold[ ] • to day for oure mete • 
 Vp stod him iudas lord am i )»at • 
 
 i nas neu' o J>e stude ]>er me ]>e euel spec • 
 Vp him stod peter at spec wid al is miste • 
 
 J^au pilatus him come wid ten hudred cnistes • ii • 30 
 
 yet ic wolde louerd for )>i loue fiste • 
 Stille fou be peter • wel i J>e icnowe • 
 
 )70U wolt fursake me ]>rieu • ar ]>c coc him crowe • 
 
 8 wr/>e] for zvur/>e. .iij no doubt indicating that the line should be repeated as the first of 
 
 the next couplet. 20 eisieji. e. ae/iie, goods. 24 c'sf-] erased. 26 tsold] a letter, 
 
 possibly e, has been erased at the end. 27 The line is imperfect : Skeat suggests the addition 
 
 ot/rei. 30 cms/es] we should perhaps read cmsie as a collective. 5^ in'eu] perhaps 
 
 intended fox pr ten. ^ r a f iv t 
 
V 
 
 'c^W mtiit W-cif v<?W^ti^l»elpff a> t^'it- I 
 
 lubdf votj moil- CD tiiHHt^n <surc inrcr to ro biigge . i 
 
 ' vnraiiTamiof <c^uvotlbfreu4)ovttrugg«►- 
 lotl compfl- fn- n'C iKOiT nvc fei- i>»e bio^ ftrctp - 
 
 J (time of vitit nnicfiu( ti )'rr voti tnnlh t tiicct . 
 
 " I tiicrrr \Vi» tf fottcr vc fWiIiCU* Wmioou » 
 
 foj yc fdlfC :p*cqjT)Ctc ycic U> u bilcticft" tip Oil . 
 Sc thHcIcue fofhrr )nul;crcc ve ro Ivcbc^. 
 
 Wiftr tiiiti Toiut2> cit fill Wei ])? \Vc7tY he Wrefcc. 
 jiiOdf gT» vOTi ou vc 1-of l)ctc tqj oti ye ftati. 
 ^ fci r"i hnied J tn;V &d Jtu {{€41 ^ou yC anon • 
 pSoiip fo Uidnf of (Tevip Waf aVX^afce. 
 I ;»ncti pl.ia?ti of fdtj €1*0111 l»f»in Vk^ci-cu railic. 
 
 ^ Vf icW-ef otirof mrfrfetn aWentni TjeVMY? >>['0?t. 
 
 W'ofe- fiilTp )'tIoufi-d V'"""^^*^ trfuf . 
 j niJ fun? nj> loucrd fe «i5tu?f alncf flirt . 
 
 %Sla! (ultc )»tla!6 cth fo: Cnef mncf golnr ♦ 
 
 my boo? I^ir 5? foi >>c pldrrti.^'dr l)Cl;dU)Cti ^•ottf . 
 jti littii com iw Xoiti gotiaf tf 4J0iHcf fcom ar meet . 
 
 Won fine vcjjjolHef . ar Wt lUtTc re cw . 11 ' 
 
 tcatij ibouft-^ ifofe^ • TO oai' foi oitre tiicrc* 
 V|j tob ]|tm lubdf lovb dui i^»ar . 
 
 ttidf tieii oj>c fht&f vet- utc v<* ciic{ tpcc . 
 \'fj 7/iiu ibai> 4ietrr df {pec Wmd al if tut lie . 
 
 VdU pthzuf l}nn come Wta reiiljubicij* aitjlrf - n - \ 
 
 - ycr if ^VoI^e Toitcr5 foi jnToue ftCtc » 
 ^ailc voit be |)cc^ V^cl i)ie tcnotfre. 
 1 1 V**" ^V'olr fur (d£c uie j'rtMi- ar ;>e coc l^wn ciy^fC^. I 
 
VI 
 
 R. 4. 26. Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle, &c. Cent. XIV. 
 
 The death of Ethelred the Unready, 1016, from Robert of Gloucester's 
 metrical chronicle, 11. 6102-35, fol- 106*. In a good book hand. This 
 plate affords the first instance we have had of the Middle English 3, the 
 descendant of the Anglo-Saxon 3 which had been displaced by the 
 French g (cf PI. III). There are no new contractions except^' for ^«/. 
 The superior position of a final 5, as in 1. 21 (marg.) aeldredu', is not 
 uncommon (cf PI. Ill, 1. 2 on the right, ft'nita') and does not indicate a 
 contraction. The letters p and y are again distinguished by the dot 
 alone. The mark after ^^ in 1. 33 is probably accidental. 
 
Tpo king knout hit vnder3at 1 he was fol of rage 
 he wende anon to sandwich f & men )?er in ostage 
 )?at were his fader bitake f for heije men of ]>e londe 
 he nom & let ham smite off boj^e fet & honde 
 
 Nou hadde hei3e men of the lond i itake y bifore 5 
 
 his fader ostage god ynou '. & eke dup o]> yswore 
 Mid him to holde treuliche '. & breke J^o hare o]> 
 yfore ]>e king knout mid ha '. was so wod wro]> 
 & for wra]?e let bilymyje '. hare ostages ]7at were 
 
 Se]7j»e he wende to westsex '. & vaste robbede J»ere i© 
 
 & dude 1 dorsete & wilteschire '. & T som'sete gret wo 
 & king Aeldred lay syk '. 1 pe toun of corsha fo 
 In ]>e west ende of wilteschire f for he was feble & old 
 & mid care & sorewe ou'come '. ase me ha)? itold 
 
 Fram corsham to londone S he of scapede vnne]>e jg 
 
 vor to wityje him fram his fon '. ]7at hi ne broute hi to dej^e 
 ]7er he hold hi in ]>e toun '. mid muche sorewe & sore 
 pat of al engelond '. he nadde o fot more 
 ]>e 3ates he made faste f & wuste hi wijjinne 
 
 his fon asailede J^ane toun i wijjoute mid hare ginne 20 
 
 § Mortuus ^^ y^ j^g^g j^jjjg aeldred : ase in alle stryue 
 
 In o seint gregorijes day '. wende out of his lyue 
 
 Ase 1 J^e jer of grace '. o ]>o\isend & sixtej^e 
 
 Febleliche he lyuede his \y{'. & deisde T feble de)?e 
 
 In such sorewe he was king '. seuene & J>ritti jer 25 
 
 he was ibured at londone '. at seinte poules & li)? ])er 
 
 & for wreche of his broker de]? '. al such sorewe hi com 
 
 )?at lute ioije hadde on his lyff of his kinedom 
 
 Edmud yrenesyde '. J>at was king aeldredes sone 
 So god knyt was of bodije '. ]>At wor]? I3ge T mone 30 
 
 So god T no lond me nuste '. & at J^e biginninge 
 After his fader deJ^eJ me ches him to kinge 
 J>e heije me of J^e lond i J>at false ne lu]>'e nere 
 Ac manije huld mid kig knout f ]>* t^itours & false were 
 
VI 
 
 isc \Vc«^ .wum TO CiaOVkJtrf) .*<* mcti vci- m »)(b^ 
 
 iK niytn jt let t^mu fuiuc of ." l»i>^'C to- % i^(m^ 
 r^ou V>a30c^ l)^^e mcii of yc loiu).' traM y biAnc^ 
 ha' fi^Y ofta^ gPi^ fnoij :^ cV i>itp oy jyfx^oic 
 v\)id l)im to tv)lA* t«"Oitif()c :^ Inclw yo t^ti-c o^' 
 ■y fiwc Av Vmg- Unottr miOlp .* Xm' d} "iVoi) AVivi- 
 i=t fttt Wai'C Icr lulviuV;* .* Vk ort-a^v^ ynr "Ojci^ 
 
 1 ^iiti: r».VifcTV ilbihvfchji'C .">i (bmCctv 0t<r\t>o 
 \ V>mtf^ Acl^JC^> "Uv tvliC I y< tumi of coxfl^a ^v 
 
 »-^u v< \VciV ciiO^* of IViltefdiuv : anV X(?af &Mc ^ old 
 :t mid cii-c/t iiUclVc cnicmuc : oie tu« t)a|' ttotO 
 ^-Jin cwfl)ani ti>touA«t« :l)Cc>f(tipct!t xnm*)'* 
 \»oi tp t^rrv^t \)xm ft'Oiu "bif fim t\:tc tjuK tiottt^l)! w dJ\'c 
 >fCx- t)c l>uldl)i til y< toim: mid miicb^ O^ilbc.fi f^zc 
 yar of 4l cii^'lotK) .* V oad*^: .> ft>r mo;c 
 V< vtHfCtyf tiu): falk •' i '^urtc 1)1 liViyunic^ 
 Su' fi>n afJilciV yauc anui .' VtiyOimr inu^ IviK ^jtnnc 
 
 p ^u o vcitrr ipx^ui^ii oav * ViJCiuV t'lrr t»r hif Iv "C 
 
 \;dfc T yc ^cr cf ^mcc .-'o voiuVnd i VHtq*^ 
 
 ^ hu <nd) roiott«o V'^Vaf Umjr.''"fcitcue ^ ynm w 
 ^ 1 l>c Tiltaf ilniivd or lonAmc .* at- fcnmr |>otil«? i Uy ^>«i' 
 1^^ e»i t^Kdtc of bif Mycr d:y: ,\\ fud> iljicVfecljT a>m 
 rliKC loiK IvidOt onl)if t);rf : of l7if liuied>m 
 
 I iitiud vi-cncl^'d: : v^*-''^ "^^g" J^l^wOcC Cotic 
 (^jlSo gro^linvr WaCof K»d^< .'yjt \Voiy \c^ Tuwtw 
 Jo gVi* \no |«Mj4^ mc ini<k^:i Of yc ^lff^nnll1it\^ 
 J2lftcv l)tf fad^*OL*vc ♦* luc thcf l^i'm tp Itui^ 
 
 ^ -^ b <^ */ _^-. .-f 
 
 r '' 
 
 VcT>o^<mSc of Y«'''l»'*>d«*V.tr f^i^** Jtcluyc nCiM 
 
VII 
 B. 15. 17, Piers Plowman, &c. Cent. XIV. 
 
 Beginning of the first passus in the second recension or B-text, upper 
 portion of fol. 5*. Written in the last third of the fourteenth century, in 
 a clear book hand, which, however, verges toward the rounder or cur- 
 rent type, the more formal style being reserved for the Latin headings 
 and quotations. The only new contraction is inf for with. The J? and y 
 are clearly distinguished in shape, but the latter is sometimes dotted as 
 well. Note in 1. 10 maze : z and 3 commonly assume the same form, 
 though they are of course distinct letters. 
 
^ Tau'ners vntil hem • trewely tolden ]?e same 
 Whit wyn of Oseye • and reed wyn of Gascoigne 
 Of pe Ryn and of pe Rochel • pe roost to defie 
 
 w 
 
 Passus primus de visione 
 
 Hat J>is Mountaigne bymenej? • and J>e m'ke dale 
 And J>e feld ful of folk • I shal yow faire shewe 
 
 ^ A louely lady of leere • in lynnen ycloj^ed 
 Cam doun from a Castel • and called me faire 
 And seide sone slepestow • sestow f>is peple 
 
 How bisie pei ben • alle aboute pe maze lo 
 
 The mooste partie of }>is peple • ]?at passe]? on Jjis erj>e 
 Haue J»ei worship in }»is world • pel wilne no bettre 
 Of oof*' heuene J»an here • holde J»ei no tale 
 
 fl I was afered of hire face • ]?ei3 she fair weere 
 
 And seide m'cy madame • what is J>is to meene ig 
 
 fl The tour on pe toft quod she • trujje is p' Inne 
 And wolde f>* ye wrou3te • as his word teche}» 
 For he is fader of feij» • and formed yow alle 
 Bojje w* fel and w' face ■ and yaf yow fyue Wittes 
 For to worshipe hym p' wij? . while J»' ye ben here 20 
 
 And y fore he hi3te pe erj»e • to helpe yow echone 
 
VII 
 
 p 
 
 ii^ 
 
 y. |., 
 
 V h)mu p6 (JUUKJ 
 
 
 ^^vvj. 
 
 )J tpi— Ji-w< 1 .H*^, Lu t ■' 
 
 ^ 
 
 r^ 
 
 ^)dt ^le Ti)«jtntttii^ic IWicuij^ . ^9 /itf Site ^^A 
 '^t^ pc f^fe fur of f^d. 9 c^r^D^ faiK <5i>'c^c 
 
 >itcfc 
 
 stdin $onu fVm a ^I^cK^iS c^SnicfaiK 
 
 lull's »5;ii^ (>twt <J%»c/h)^ . (Jttffe^ |n0 pcpih 
 ymi<t p^ <^^f(^tp 111 |M* <i$&o?fe . i^ci ^^lAic no fetjc 
 
 P)< tmt^ dii i^c tT)(r xyxdS <5i)C« trnj^c i6 ^ ^muc 
 (^0]^c<s**-fi!r fttf^ SJ^^'facc* ^n^ ^df j^o^ fvni« ^tttc6 
 
VIII 
 
 B. 14. 45. Reginald Pecock's Book of Faith. Cent. XV. 
 
 Beginning of chapter ix of part i, fol. 65*. Written in a good plain 
 book hand about the third quarter of the fifteenth century. The manu- 
 script is the only one known but is not autograph. Guide letters are 
 written but the initials have not been filled in. The letters p and y are 
 distinguished in shape. The only new contraction is,^" hvpou. 
 
Ow forto pcede ferj>' in this same C°. ix". 
 
 mater y aske of }>ee which art of 
 pe now bifore spoku obstinat & vnobe- 
 dient noumbre • whej*' }>ou wolt bileeue 
 & folowe pi silf in maters which J>ou hast 5 
 
 to do/ And in like wise y aske of J^ilke sa- 
 me obstinat & vnobedient noumbre whe- 
 J7er J»ei wole bileeue & folowe hem silf 
 in manye maters which }?ei han to do/ 
 wel y wote f>ou wolte seie • 3he & J»at J?" 10 
 
 doist so in ful manye maters & ]jilke 
 multitude wole also seie • 3he & J^at J^ei 
 so doon ful oft & ful myche in ech day/ 
 Thane sij»en it is so J»at I ]>o maters J>" 
 maist faile • & in ]?o oJ>'e maters it is pos- 15 
 
 sible J»at je faile : & jitt ]?'yne )>ou wolt 
 ^ folowe J>i silf •''^ and for to so folowe je hol- 
 den noon incouenient • whi schulde je 
 J»ane be so tikil & so squaymose & holde 
 for an incouenient in mater of clergie 20 
 
 for to folowe }>e clergie which in clergie 
 be wiser f»a je be J)ou3 it were so J»at it 
 
 If & I }je oJ>'e mat's 3e wolen folowe 30U silf 
 
 I Capitulum nonum. 2 1 /or to/olowe] over erasure. 
 
VIII 
 
 f judm- y apcc of j»cc w^it^ ^'**" **f ' 
 
 y(uoi» DifbiC fj4)Kir o6(himt i^ Uuo8c 
 X»tc:it nomn0:c ♦ wHcp jion l^oft GiCcoic 
 i fbCoivc }n fiTf m murci'tf i»0»*^ pon Ha/f 
 nj> / *ltt^ »» Akc ujifc y fljlic oP ynffew fa 
 mc oBjhiuU^ i vnoOctuctit uoumfiic iB^c 
 per jieiiBOfc OilVaic t foCoiuc ^ctu fi^f 
 m maaiic nmttrs iu()id^ |»ci Qan tu to/ 
 mcf jiwott |)ou moftrfcic^fjc i yat y* 
 I»i|t (b ni fnC nuinyc mfttfta t yiftic 
 amfntiihf luofc nfro (cic« ^0^ ^ [••*** V^ 
 fo lt)on fuT o(r + fiir m^icftc m cm bftv / 
 ilTi^Httc ftjKti It 10 Co )»at ryo mattr^ y* 
 tiuiijV fuw. t m yo ojic matctd itte ^of 
 fiBCr yar ^c faifc: i ntt mmc yon mo(V 
 
 I foCome pi fi(y?aub foito fo fbromc ^c(5of 
 001 noon m roncmciit-. ibO» fcOnftjc ^c 
 pane Gc fb nhO^ t fo fqimymofc t Oof^ 4 
 
 fb: an uicoacniait m mrttcr of rfcnpc 1 
 
 foito ft>CowC pe tfcrgvc iBfitcf^ m cfcrgic 
 6ci»ijb*|»»r^c Bc^jioii^ It »v>CTc fo jnit it 
 
IX 
 
 B. lo. 12. Bonaventura on the Passion, &c. Cent. XV. 
 
 Part of the metrical Sermon of John Gaytryge which follows 
 Bonaventura's Passion, fol. 60''. Written with great care in a formal 
 book hand. The letters p and y are not distinguished, but the former is 
 only, the latter never, used initially. Contractions are frequent but 
 mostly usual. The final curl e for es, as in 1. 13 comandemente, has not 
 occurred before. New also is o" for our, 11. 5, 11, &c. ;'the superscript 
 letter, though not now recognizable, was originally a u (cf. in Latin, PI. 
 Ill, 11. 6, II on the right), thus bringing the contraction into line with the 
 other r-combinations (see PI. IV). Throughout p' and W are written as 
 though they were contractions, perhaps by analogy with ^" which, though 
 properly a contraction for _pou, is sometimes found alternating with ^u. 
 The contraction p also occurs for the first time in an English passage, 
 1. 9, ptye (cf. PI. IV). It is often difficult to tell whether this should be 
 rendered as per or par. The Latin per became par in French and the 
 symbol was adopted for the word as well as for the syllable. Thus it 
 reached English with a double value, an ambiguity which was facilitated 
 by the phonetic uncertainty of the vowel in such words as pari. Note 
 that w and u are used more or less indiscriminately, e. g. 1. 4 enqwestes, 
 1. 14 tua (cf 1. 24 twa). 
 
Bot if w* make asethe in y. J^at w' may. 
 To Jjai y w" hafe harmed wythhaldend J>air gudes. 
 And 1 case J>* w" hafe thurgh fals athes. 
 Als 1 assises or i any other enqwestes. 
 
 wytandely or wilfully gart o" euen c'sten. 5 
 
 lose )»air patrymonye or J>air herytage. 
 Or falsly dyssesed J>ai of lande or of lythe. 
 Or fals dyuorce made or any man dampned. 
 If al w^ do y w"= may vnto y ptye. 
 
 3it may w= no3t be assoled of oure fals athe. lo 
 
 Bot of o" byschope or of hi y has his power. 
 For swilk case es ryuely reserued til hi selfe. 
 J>ere ten comandementQ y I hafe now rekkende. 
 luce. x°. c°. And vmbelowked i tua wordes of y gospelle. 
 
 y tane y w* lofe god ouer al thynges. 15 
 
 y toJ>'e is y w'= lufe o" euen c'sten als w" do o" selfe. 
 For god aghe vs to lufe haly w* herte. 
 w' al o" witt & 0° myght & w' al o" thoght. 
 And w' worde & w' dede. 
 
 Oure euen c'sten als swa aghe vs to lufe. 20 
 
 vnto y ilk gude J>' w* lufe 0° seluen. 
 ]?at is y J»ai wele fare T body & in saule. 
 And come to y ilke blyse y w= thynke to. 
 wha sa dose JjIs twa fulfylles al y toj'er'. 
 |e thryde thynge of y sex J»' I fyrst touchede. 25 
 
 P' 
 
 1 4 luce. x°. c°.] Lucae decimo capitulo. And} read Are. 
 
IX 
 
 
 550 p0xp^W^0^ ^ftntu?D iS^^^aPcmb j>fittr^*s^ 
 ibt> xm(c }f^^ ^afC'i^ux$^fa& aHJtt* 
 life raffifcd oixea^}Q^ct emj^cftw/ 
 
 (!bfc pair |Bttymottj)C oi jjatr ^cr^nagt- 
 £tt1^wp jij)|TcfcO ]jflir of Cftttd? 01 of ^e. 
 »>5 fare tJtiuoKT mftit oi emp mnn tBxapnm. 
 
 ^ xnBp iS}(i\o;t^t a(fDC(ii of omcfa^ at^c. 
 'ijor of (rtjjfcflo^ 02 of t^fi^od Cjtof o^er* 
 ^ijV^iM oirc!(» r|m^ it^uSj nt^f^. 
 ))Crc tcu comanHaumtf |j^1 $d^ uoi^ rcft^Ir. 
 liur^rf iiud\mi^cr0t^(icdrtuaV^2tp$of)><!0o(4jrffir* 
 jitf mnc j^'^J ^ofcS^^ oner oTt^pu^ti^^ 
 p^topc \^p^^^ m^ (Team ^ttn a&'xb'^tD o>^ 
 
 ^V(ri&itr^ormpg^vi6^ftf o tfo$^^ 
 
 ^bi5iS^iSoitP-ti$^Wt. _ 
 
 £HmJ citcu qftru a£^ ^^9 fl0<J^ veto fi^. 
 
 vttto p^iift ^ir fi^i&^ titft cTp^Sixcn . 
 ))«- Id p^pm \Wirfarc T do&p v m fmiftr* 
 
 -&^a fa tofc trtd n6d fii%rfd*ftf p^'ttrpo-* 
 T?^<^t$r^ tggu^c of p^p^i^t^l-tom^ 
 
X 
 
 B. 4. 20 (i). Wycliffe's Sermons. Cent. XV. 
 
 Beginning of the sermon for the eleventh Sunday after Trinity, from 
 the Epistolae dominicales, no, xli, lower portion of fol. 9*. Written in 
 a good hand of the round or current type, probably in the earlier part of 
 the fifteenth century. A more formal hand is used for the Latin texts. 
 The letters p and y are not distinguished, except as a rule by position 
 (see PI. IX), yet in one case a y appears to have been dotted, 1. 20 
 dertheworly. Contractions are frequent but no new ones occur. Final 
 h is usually crossed, h, but there is nothing to show that the omission 
 even of an e is thereby implied. The final superior s appears, 1. 3 dedi», 
 1. 6 psone*", 1. 8 ]?u^ (see PI. VI). The word prat'se is written indifferently 
 p%e or p'ise, e.g. 11. 11, 18. Twice, 11. 21, 22, we find menn', i. e. mennus, 
 for men's, though elsewhere plurals and possessives end in is (cf PI. IV). 
 Note that in 1. 11 Eu^ngelye (cf. 11. 9, 13) the superscript a does not 
 indicate a contraction (ct. the Latin in PI. IV, 1. 31 elemosin^). In this 
 text we clearly have p standing for per in 1. 6 psone', 1. 25 psone, and 
 for par in 1. 8 deptith (cf 1. 9 partitll). It is perhaps questionable whether 
 in 11. 17, 22, 23 we should read resou(s) or reson(s). We elsewhere have 
 reson(s), 11. 10, 23, 25. The common termination oun was written oU, and 
 where there was a tendency to drop the u, ou came, since u and n were 
 not graphically distinguished, to be read on, and the custom arose of 
 placing a curl over an n, particularly a final n, in cases where it could 
 have no significance. Instances of doubtfully significant curls in the 
 present text are : 1. 3 frome, 1. 30 c6me, 1. 32 comyng, but there seems no 
 tendency to place it over n. 
 
■a a ^ c jc 
 
 73 OJ 
 -•DO)*'*; 
 
 ^ 8 & i < 
 
 ^ I" u n 
 
 r5 ^ O *" T3 
 
 O "o O b ^ 
 
 .2 <u -• „ "O 
 
 — - "O c 
 
X 
 
 
XI 
 
 O. lo. 34. The Brute Chronicle. Cent. XV. 
 
 Beginning of chapter 51, lower portion of fol. 18*. Beautifully written 
 in a modification of the usual current hand adapted for more formal use. 
 The headings approach somewhat nearer to the common book hand. 
 The letter p has disappeared, though 3 remains. There are few contrac- 
 tions. In 1. I we have M* for mt'lle (or millia), thousand : in 1. 9 alt, the 
 cross to the // probably indicates a final e, the word being elsewhere 
 written either al or alle. The curl over a final n is not significant, 1. 22 
 adouii, religioufi (cf PI. X). A peculiarity is the frequent use of v for w. 
 
dryuen and tho xj. M* maidenes towardes Hundlande thoru^ tempeste and 
 
 arryuede in the hauene of the Citee of Coloigne. C The king of the lande 
 
 that men callede Gowan was tho in the citee and whenne he wiste the tidyng- 
 
 es that so menye faire maidenes were there arryuede he nome Elga his bro- 
 
 there and othere of his householde with him : and wente to the shippes to see 5 
 
 that faire companye : and whenne he sav hem so faire : he and his compa- 
 
 nye wolde haue hem ou'elayn and bynomen hire maydenhode. C ^ut 
 
 Vrsula that good mayde counceilede praiede warnede and taujt hem that 
 
 were hire felawes : that they shulde defende hem with aB here myghte : and 
 
 rather suffren deth : than suffren here body ben defouled. |[ So that alle 10 
 
 the maydenes bicome so stedefaste in god that they defendede hem thoru3 
 
 his grace so that noon of hem had pover to done hem eny shame wherfore 
 
 the king Gowan waxe so sore annoyede that he for wrath lete slee hem 
 
 eu'ychone anoon righte and so were alle the maydenes martrede for the 
 
 loue of god and liggeth at Coloigne. How king Gowan come for to destroie 15 
 
 this lande and hov a man of grete pover that men callede Gracian defendede the 
 
 Whenne al this was done! C lande. Capitulo. quinquagesimo p'mo. 
 king Gowan that was a sarasyne callede his brother Elga and seide 
 to him that he shulde gon to conquere the lande that alle the faire maide- 
 nes were born in. And he ordeynede tho a grete povere of Peihtes. of Den- 20 
 mark, of Orkeneye. and of Norweye and thei comen into this lande and brente 
 tounes and slough folc and cast adoun cherches and house of religioun. 
 and robbede the lande in lengeth and in brede. and putte to deth alle tho 
 that wolde nou3t forsake the righte bileue and cristendome. for as muche 
 as there was no souereyn in the lande that mijte hem helpe or defende. 25 
 C For the king Maximian hadde taken with him alle the worthi men 
 whenne he wente to conquere litel Britaigne. and in the same tyme as 
 ye here nov telle : was seynt Albon martrede thoruj the woode tyraunt 
 Dioclician : in the same place wher in is nov an Abbay made of seynt 
 Albon whiles that he was a paynyme. |[ But he conu'tede him towarde 30 
 god thoru3 the p'dicacioun of a grete clerc and a wise, that me callede Af- 
 
 27 as\ over erasure, other manuscripts read that. 
 
XI 
 
 !lrrjnic9t tn ^c^aiicnc of t(K ^c of sfo&ijjncgfec ^nig^cf ^ 4nSc 
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XII 
 
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 Beginning of the Physician's tale, 11. 1-20 and 42-63, upper portion 
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INDEX TO THE NOTES ON LETTERS AND 
 
 CONTRACTIONS. 
 
 a 
 
 = 
 
 am, an 
 
 I, IV. 
 
 a 
 
 = 
 
 ra 
 
 IV, X. 
 
 a 
 
 = 
 
 a 
 
 X. 
 
 7 
 
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 and 
 
 I, III, IV. 
 
 & 
 
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 and 
 
 IV. 
 
 at 
 
 = 
 
 ant (and) 
 
 V. 
 
 ? 
 
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 con, com 
 
 IV. 
 
 aa 
 
 = 
 
 David 
 
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 d' 
 
 = 
 
 der 
 
 IV. 
 
 d 
 
 = 
 
 der 
 
 IV. 
 
 e 
 
 = 
 
 em, en 
 
 I, IV. 
 
 e 
 
 = 
 
 es 
 
 IX. 
 
 f 
 
 = 
 
 er 
 
 IV. 
 
 e 
 
 = 
 
 e 
 
 IX. 
 
 g 
 
 
 
 III. 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 VI. 
 
 g 
 
 = 
 
 ge(?) 
 
 IV. 
 
 h' 
 
 = 
 
 her 
 
 IV. 
 
 h 
 
 = 
 
 her 
 
 IV. 
 
 h 
 
 = 
 
 het 
 
 IV. 
 
 ti 
 
 = 
 
 h 
 
 X. 
 
 i 
 
 = 
 
 im, in 
 
 I, IV. 
 
 i 
 
 = 
 
 ri 
 
 IV. 
 
 ff 
 
 = 
 
 He 
 
 XI. 
 
 B 
 
 = 
 
 11 
 
 XII. 
 
 M* 
 
 = 
 
 mille, millia 
 
 XI. 
 
 m 
 
 = 
 
 men 
 
 IV. 
 
 nit 
 
 = 
 
 ment 
 
 IV. 
 
 n 
 
 = 
 
 ne 
 
 II. 
 
 n 
 
 = 
 
 n 
 
 X, XI, XII. 
 
 o = 
 
 om, on 
 
 o = 
 
 o 
 
 o" = 
 
 our 
 
 p = 
 
 per, par 
 
 p = 
 
 pre 
 
 p = 
 
 i)hh = 
 
 pro 
 prophet 
 
 p 
 
 
 f 
 
 r = 
 
 re 
 
 s 
 
 
 f 
 
 
 r 
 
 
 s 
 
 s 
 
 t' = 
 
 ter 
 
 y = 
 
 V = 
 
 r = 
 
 >e 
 per 
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 Jpou 
 
 li = 
 
 um, un 
 
 u 
 
 ur 
 
 9 _ 
 
 us (s) 
 
 9 = 
 
 us (s) 
 
 V 
 
 
 w= = 
 
 we 
 
 w' = 
 
 with 
 
 y 
 
 
 y = 
 
 ym, yn 
 
 z 
 
 
 I, IV. 
 
 X. 
 
 IX. 
 
 IV, IX, X. 
 
 IV, X. 
 
 IV. 
 
 IV. 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
 II. 
 
 I, II, III. 
 
 III. 
 
 VI, X. 
 
 IV. 
 
 IV-X. 
 
 IX. 
 
 IV. 
 
 VI. 
 
 VIII, IX. 
 
 I, IV, X. 
 
 IX. 
 
 IV, X. 
 
 IV. 
 
 XI. 
 
 IX. 
 
 VII. 
 
 v-x. 
 
 I, IV. 
 
 VII. 
 
 VI, VII. 
 
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF EARLY ENGLISH 
 
 MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF 
 
 TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. 
 
 B. 15. 34- 
 R. 5. 22 (hi). 
 
 Cent. XI. 
 
 Twenty-six Homilies. 
 Gregory's Pastoral Care. 
 
 PLATE I. 
 PLATE II. 
 
 Cent. XI-XII. 
 
 R. 9. 17 (i). ./Elfric's Grammar, Cato's Disticha Moralia, &c. 
 
 R. 17. I. 
 
 B. 14. 52. 
 B. I. 45 (i). 
 
 B. 14. 39- 
 O. 2. 45. 
 
 R. 5- 22 W- 
 R. 4. 26. 
 
 R. 3- X4. 
 B. 15. 17. 
 B. 2. 8. 
 O. 5- 26. 
 
 Cent XII. 
 
 Eadwine's Psalter with English translation. plate hi. 
 
 Cent. XIII. 
 
 Poema Morale, or Moral Ode, and thirty-three Homilies. 
 Religious Miscellany including Homilies, &c. plate iv. 
 
 Poetical Miscellany. plate v. 
 
 Miscellany including English prayer and aphorisms. 
 
 Cent. XIV. 
 
 Bede's History containing the English passages. 
 
 Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle, &c. plate vi. 
 
 Piers Plowman. 
 
 Piers Plowman, &c. plate vii. 
 
 The Pentateuch in Wycliffe's translation. 
 
 Astrological collections. 
 
Cent. XIV-XV. 
 
 B. lo. 20. The New Testament in Wycliffe's translation. 
 
 O. 7. 26. The Gospels in Wycliffe's translation. 
 
 B. I. 38. Wycliffite Commentary on Matthew and John. 
 
 B. 14. 38. Wycliffe's Sermons on the Epistles, &c. 
 
 R. 3. 25. Legends of the Saints in verse. 
 
 R. 3. 23. William of Nassington's Speculum Vitae. 
 
 Cent. XV. 
 
 R. 3. 15 (11). Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. 
 
 R. 3. 3, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. plate xii. 
 
 R. 15. 18 (i). Chaucer's treatise on the Astrolabe. 
 
 R, 3. 2. Gower's Confessio Amantis. 
 
 R. 3. 22 (11). Occleve de Regimine Principum. 
 
 O. 5. 2 (11). Lydgate's Book of Troy and Destruction of Thebes. 
 
 R. 4. 20 (11). Lydgate's Destruction of Thebes. 
 
 R. 3. 22 (i). Lydgate's Life of the Virgin. 
 
 R. 3. 8. Cursor Mundi. 
 
 R. 3. 1 3. William of Nassington's Speculum Vitae. 
 
 O. 3. 40. Secreta Secretorum. 
 
 R. 3. 17. The Romance of Raymond of Poitiers. 
 
 O. 5. 2 (i). The Romance of Generydes. 
 
 O. 5. 6. Sidrac and Boctus, &c. 
 
 O. 9. I (i). Lives of Saints in prose. 
 
 R. 5. 43 (i). The Three Kings of Cologne. 
 
 R. 4. 20 (i). Mandeville's Travels. 
 
 O. 9. I (11). The Brute Chronicle. 
 
 R. 5. 43 (11). The Brute Chronicle. 
 
 O. 10. 34. The Brute Chronicle. plate xi. 
 
 R. 3. 19. Poetical miscellany. 
 
 R. 3. 20. Poetical miscellany. 
 
 O. 3. 58. A roll of carols. 
 
 R. 3. 21 (11). A collection of religious poems and treatises. 
 
 O. 9. 38. Miscellaneous collections including English poems. 
 
 O. 2. 53. Miscellaneous collections including English poems. 
 
 O. 2. 40. Miscellaneous collections including English verses and notes. 
 
B. II. 24 (11). Religious collections including English verses. 
 
 R. 14. 51. Three ballades on the fly-leaves. 
 
 B. 10. 7. The new Testament in Wycliffe's translation. 
 
 B. 2. 1 7. Wycliffe's Sermons on the Gospels. 
 
 B. 4. 20 (n). Wycliffe's Sermons on the Gospels. 
 
 B. 4. 20 (i). Wycliffe's Sermons on the Epistles. plate x. 
 
 B. 14. 50 (i). Headings and notes for sermons. 
 
 B. 5. 25. RoUe's commentary on the Psalms. 
 
 B. 15. 32. Bona Ventura's Meditationes Vitae Christi. 
 
 B. 15. 16. Bona Ventura's Meditationes Vitae Christi. 
 
 B. 2. 18 (i). Bonaventura's Meditationes Vitae Christi, &c. 
 
 B. 10. 12. RoUe's Privity of the Passion from Bonaventura, &c. plate ix. 
 
 B. 14. 53 (i). The Poor Caitiff. 
 
 O. 7. 47. Hilton's Scala Perfectionis, &c. 
 
 B. 15. 18. Hilton's Scala Perfectionis. 
 
 B. 14. 45. Pecock's Book of Faith. plate viii. 
 
 B. 14. 15. The Doctrine of the Heart. 
 
 O. I. 74 (i). The Councils of St. Isidore. 
 
 B. 7. 4 (hi). The Councils of St. Isidore, &c. 
 
 B. 14. 19 (iv). A treatise on the Seven Deadly Sins. 
 
 B. 14. 54. An exposition of the Creed and Commandments. 
 
 B. 14. 19 (ill). A religious manual. 
 
 O. I. 74 (11). A religious manual. 
 
 R. 3. 2 1 (i). A religious manual including the Craft of Dying. 
 
 B. 14. 50 (11). Lollard tracts. 
 
 O. 8. 26 (i). Two tracts by RoUe. 
 
 O. I. 29. Tracts by RoUe and others. 
 
 B. 1 5. 42. Tracts by RoUe and others. 
 
 B. 14. 19 (i). Religious tracts and poems. 
 
 B. 14. 53 (11). Four religious tracts. 
 
 O. 5. 4. Miscellaneous collections including a grammar in English, &c. 
 
 R. 15. 18 (ill). Johannes de Monte Regio's Ephemerides, &c. 
 
 R. 14. 44 (iv). Amoldus de Villa Nova's Epistola ad Papam. 
 
 O. 2. 16 (i), Amoldus de Villa Nova's Epistola, &c. 
 
 R. 14. 44 (i). Extracts from Amoldus' Epistola, &c. 
 
O. 5. 31. Ripley's Twelve Gates, &c. 
 
 R. 14. 37. The Book of Alchemy. 
 
 R. 14. 44 (hi). Alchemical collections. 
 
 R. 14. 45 (1). Alchemical collections. 
 
 R. 14. 45 (rv). Alchemical collections. 
 
 O. 2. 16 (in). Alchemical collections. 
 
 R. 14. 41 (vi). Lanfranc's Lesser Book of Surgery, &c. 
 
 O. 9. 37. Arderne de Fistula, &c. 
 
 O. 10. 21 (i). Daniel de Urinis, &c. 
 
 O. I. 13 (i). Daniel de Rosa Marini, &c. 
 
 R. 14. 52. Medical and astrological collections by Bacon and others. 
 
 R. 14. 51. A herbal in verse and other medical collections. 
 
 R. 14. 32 (11). A herbal in verse and other medical collections. 
 
 O. 2. 13 (ill). Extracts from a herbal in verse and other collections. 
 
 R. 14. 32 (i). An alphabetical herbal. 
 
 R. 14. 41 (v). A treatise on anatomy. 
 
 O. 8. 35. Medical collections. 
 
 R. 14. 39 (11). Medical collections. 
 
 R. 2. 64. Fragment of a Robin Hood play. 
 
 R. 2. 70. Fragment of a poem on Susanna. 
 
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