6. Rules for venesection, etc., with a figure. fol. 7. 7. A Table of Eclipses, calculated for the years 1462–1481. fol. 7. Beg. Fyrst it ys to know pt that the eyere ys deuyded. 9. For to know in what sygne and degre pe mone ys. fol. 11. 10. Syre Gawene and the Carle of Carelyle. fol. 12. Printed in the present volume, Append. No. I. There is no title to this romance in the MS. A leaf is out of place between ff. 14 and 15, which ought to be fol. 66. the 11. Here begynnythe a schorte tretice for a manne to knowe wyche tyme of yere hit is best to graffe or to plante treys, and also to make a tre to bere a maner frute of diuerys colourys and odowrys, w1 many othere thyngys. fol. 27. Beg. When the mone is in tauro, hit is good to plante treys of pepyns. 12. Some other receipts of the same nature, which may be part of the same treatise. fol. 32. 13. Here begynnythe the crafte of lymnynge of bokys, etc. fol. 33. Beg. To temper vermelone to wryte ther w1, grynde vermelone one a stone. At the end is added on a scroll the name of the scribe or compiler, “ H. Hattun.” 14. A Poem without title; in six-line stanzas. fol. 53. Beg. Louely lordynges, ladys lyke, Wyues and maydyns ryallyke. 15. The Tale of Ten Wives; an amusing but indelicate Poem, in stanzas of six lines. fol. 56. Beg. Leve, lystynes to me, Two wordys or thre. 16. Complaint of a Lover, in four-line stanzas. fol. 59b. Beg. Lord, how schalle I me complayne. 17. Moral Poem, in stanzas of four lines. fol. 61. Beg. As I went one my playing. 18. Vision of St. Philibert, or Disputation between the Body and the Soul; in stanzas of seven lines; translated from the Latin. fol. 63. Beg. The fadyr of pytte and most of myserycorde. 19. Moral Poem, in stanzas of five long lines and one short one. fol. 796. Beg. Erthe vppon erth is woundyrly wroзte. A much enlarged copy of the poem in the Lincoln MS. A. 1. 17. fol. 279. 20. Mourning of the Hare. fol. 81. Beg. Bi a forrest as I gane fare. A much better and fuller copy than that printed in Hartshorne's Metrical Tales, p. 165; from MS. More, Ff. v. 48. 21. The Knyžte his wyfe, in couplets. fol. 83. 23. Narracyone of sente Tantene. fol. 87. Beg. Saynt Antony also manny a tyme. 24. Poetical address to the Virgin; in four-line stanzas. fol. 87. 25. For pe molde pt ys fallone doune; a receipt in prose. fol. 89b. 26. Several more receipts of a similar description. fol. 90. 27. Her begynnethe pe lyfe of pe glorus uergyne seynt Katryne, pe wyche lyffe was wrytyne of Athanaysus, po gret doctor; in prose. fol. 91. Beg. In be grete cite of Alexandyr ther was a kynge. 28. A strange prosaical medley; in the form of an epistle. fol. 129. Beg. A, syre, A, 3e syr, and 3e, syr Johne. 29. Be trewe, and holde pt ze have hyzt; in stanzas of eight lines. fol. 130. 30. A similar poem, by the same author. fol. 130o. 31. Here bethe the Stacyons of Rome; in prose. fol. 132. At the end is written, "Explycyt tractus de indulgencia romana siue apostolica." 32. The good wyfe wold a pylgremage; in four-line stanzas. fol. 135. Beg. The good wyf wold a pylgremage Vnto pe holly londe. A similar poem to the present, intitled, "How the Goode Wif thaught hir Doughter," was edited by me from a MS. in the possession of C. W. Loscombe, Esq., of Pickwick House, Wilts, 8vo. 1838. A better and fuller copy than that printed by Ritson, in his Pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry, p. 35; but it omits all the lines after 1. 397, and concludes with twenty-one different lines instead. 34. A Poem without title; in stanzas of eight lines. fol. 150. Beg. As I stod in a ryalle haulle. 35. A ludicrous Poem; in couplets. fol. 152. Beg. Herkons to my tale pt I schalle here schow. At the conclusion we read "Explycyt trutallys." A similar strange composition is printed by Hartshorne, p. 145. 36. Epistle to a lady; in couplets. fol. 154. Beg. Honowre wtt alle mannere of heylle. 37. Have my hert; in eight-line stanzas. fol. 154b. 38. Poem without title; in stanzas of four lines. fol. 153. 39. The Sege of Jerusalem; in prose. fol 157. Beg. Al men pt wylle here of be sege of Jerusaleme. At the end, "Her enddyth pe sege of Jerusaleme." 40. Terms of Venery, etc., taken from Juliana Barnes. fol. 184. 42. Extracts from Juliana Barnes' Treatise of Hawking. fol. 188b. 43. Prophecy of Merlin. fol. 192. Beg. When be cocke in pe northe hathe byld his neste. Printed among the Collection of Ancient Scottish Prophecies, pp. 6-9, reprinted for the Bannatyne Club from Waldegrave's edition, 1603. 44. Letter from Balteser, son of the King "of Sarsyn," to the Duke of "Borgeyne" [Burgundy]. fol. 193. Beg. Baltesere, be þe grace of Mahounde, sone of þe kynge of Sarsyn. 45. This byne pe presentacyons pt pe lordus of pe cetty of Vennes have present to oure fader pe pope geneste [agenste] pe Torke. fol. 194. 46. A Poem without title; in stanzas of twelve lines. fol. 195. A different poem with the same burthen, composed by Lydgate, is in MS. Harl. fol. 128b. and Dunbar also adopted the same refrain in his Lament for the Makkaris, vol. i. p. 211, ed. Laing, 8vo, 1834. This and the three following articles are written by a different hand. 47. Seven moral lines. fol. 198. Beg. Dysseyte disseyvethe. 48. Carol, or song. fol. 198. Beg. Mery hit ys in May mornyng. 49. Another. fol. 198b. Beg. The ster he schynythe bope nyзte and day. 50. Carol, or religious poem. fol. 200. Beg. Why, why, what ys pis, why hit ys. 51. A Christmas carol, in Latin and English. fol. 201. Beg. Christe qui lux est, etc. A baby ys borne, vs blys to brynge. 52. Carol. fol. 202. Beg. Hey, hey, hey, hey, þe borrys hede is armyd gay. Probably imperfect. It differs much from the Boars-head Carols printed by Ritson and Sandys. 53. Moral Poem, in the form of a dialogue. fol. 203. Beg. Be a forrest as I gane walke. At the end is the colophon, "Explycyt Marcy and Ryžttusnis." 54. The Marchand. fol. 207b. Beg. Lystons, lordyngus, I yow pray. It is imperfect, ending with 1. 214 of Ritson's edition in Pieces of Popular Poetry, p. 77. It contains many various readings from the printed text. V. MS. DOUCE. A small quarto volume, ff. 48, written on paper, in the year 1564, and illustrated with rude colored drawings. It contains transcripts of several Romances, apparently taken from editions earlier than Copland's. 1. Here begynneth the hystorye of the valyaunte knyght, Syr Isenbras. It contains several variations from Copland's edition, but is imperfect, ending with 1. 411. 2. Syr Degore. The MS. commences at l. 415 of Copland's edition, as reprinted by Utterson, and is very imperfect. At the end is written, "Here endeth the Tretyse of Syr Degore." In Heber's sale, Lot 556, was an unique copy of an edition by Wynkyn de Worde, from which perhaps this transcript was made. 3. Jeaste of Syr Gawayne. Printed in the present Volume, Append. No. II. It commences imperfectly, and at the end is drawn a device of a shield bearing three fleurs de lis, supported by two angels. Beneath are the initials E. B., which are probably those of the transcriber. See Notes, p. 348. 4. Syr Eglamoure. This is also imperfect. Dr. Bliss has in his possession some fragments of an edition earlier than that of Copland's, which perhaps may have served for the text of the present transcript. At the end of this MS. is a device of the letters IHS, and the date 1564, the period of its completion. VI. THE PERCY MS. Now in the possession of Ambrose Isted, Esq., of Ecton Hall, Northamptonshire. A minute account of the volume, with a list of the first fifty-nine articles in it, is given in Dr. Dibdin's Bibliographical Decameron, vol. iii. pp. 338-344. I had intended to have completed this list, when indulged with a sight of the volume in 1831, but I was unable to accomplish my wish. Four romance-poems are printed from it in the present Volume for the first time. |