Worse, adj. as a s. the worse, | Wyde, adj. wide, 1329.

Yenerus, adj. free, generous, | Yode, pret. of Go, went, walked,

Yle, s. an isle, an island, 101, Yre, s. rage, ire, 1338, 1424.

JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS.

The Publications for 1870 are:

40. English Gilds, their Statutes and Customs, 1389 A.D. Edited by the late Toulmin Smith, Esq., and Miss Lucy Toulmin Smith, with a Preliminary Essay, in 5 parts, on The History and Development of Gilds, and The Origin of Trades-Unions,' by Dr Lujo Brentano. 218.

41. William Lauder's Minor Poems. Edited by F. J. Furnivall, Esq. 38.

42. Bernardus De Cura Rei Famuliaris, with some Early Scottish Prophecies, &c. From a MS., KK. 1. 5, in the Cambridge University Library. Ed. by J. R. Lumby, M.A. 28.

43. Ratis Raving, and other Moral and Religious Pieces in Prose and Verse. Edited from the Camb. Univ. MS. KK. 1. 5, by J. R. Lumby, M.A. 3s.

The Publications for 1871 are:

44. The Alliterative Romance of Joseph of Arimathie, or The Holy Grail: a fragment from the Vernon MS.; with Wynkyn de Worde's and Pynson's (A.D. 1526 and 1520) Lives of Joseph; edited by the Rev. W. W: SKEAT, M.A. 58.

45. King Alfred's West-Saxon Version of Gregory's Pastoral Care, edited from 2 MSS., with an English translation, by HENRY SWEET, Esq., of Balliol College, Oxford. Part I. 10s. 46. Legends of the Holy Rood, Symbols of the Passion and Cross Poems, in Old English of the 11th, 14th, and 15th centuries. Edited from MSS. by the Rev. RICHARD MORRIS, LL.D. 10s. 47. Sir David Lyndesay's Works, Part V., containing his Minor Poems, edited by JAMES A. H. MURRAY, Esq., with a critical Essay by Prof. NICHOL of Glasgow. 3s.

48. The Times' Whistle, and other Poems, by R. C., 1616; ed. by J. M. CowPER, Esq. 68.

The Publications for 1872 are:

49. An Old English Miscellany, containing a Bestiary, Kentish Sermons, Proverbs of Alfred, and Religious Poems of the 13th cent., ed. from the MSS. by the Rev. R. MORRIS, LL.D. 10s. 50. King Alfred's West-Saxon Version of Gregory's Pastoral Care, edited from 2 MSS., with an English translation, by HENRY SWEET, Esq. Part II. 108.

51. The Life of St Juliana, 2 versions, with translations; edited from the MSS., A.D. 1230, by the Rev. T. O. COCKAYNE and Mr E. BROCK. 28.

52. Palladius on Husbondrie, englisht (ab. 1420 A.D.), edited from the unique MS. in Colchester Castle, by the Rev. BARTON LODGE, M.A. Part I. 10s.

The Publications for 1873 are:

53. Old-English Homilies, Series II., from the unique 13th-century MS. in Trin. Coll. Cambridge, with a photolithograph; three Hymns to the Virgin and God, from a unique 13th-century MS. at Oxford, a photolithograph of the music to two of them, and transcriptions of it in modern notation by Dr. RIMBAULT, and A. J. ELLIS, Esq., F.R.S.; the whole edited by the Rev. RICHARD MORRIS, LL.D. 88.

54. The Vision of Piers Plowman, Text C (completing the 3 versions of this great poem), with an Autotype; and two unique alliterative poems: RICHARD THE REDELES (by William, the author of the Vision); and THE CROWNED KING; edited by the Rev. W. W. SKEAT, M.A. 188. 55. Generydes, a Romance, edited from the unique MS., ab. 1440 A.D., in Trin. Coll. Cambridge, by W. ALDIS WRIGHT, Esq., M.A., Trin. Coll. Cambr. Part I. 3s.

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The Publications for 1867 are:

I. WILLIAM OF PALERNE; or, WILLIAM AND THE WERWOLF. Re-edited from the unique MS. in King's Coll., Cambridge, by the Rev. W. W. SKEAT, M.A. 138.

II. EARLY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION, with especial Reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, by A. J. ELLIS, F.R.S. Part I. 10s.

The Publications for 1868 are:

III. CAXTON'S BOOK OF CURTESYE, in Three Versions: 1, from the unique printed copy; 2, from the Oriel MS. 79; 3, from the Balliol MS. 354. Ed. by F. J. FURNIVALL, M.A. 5s. IV. HAVELOK THE DANE. Re-edited from the unique MS. by the Rev. W. W. SKEAT, M.A., with the sanction and aid of the original editor, Sir FREDERIC MADDEN. 10s.

V. CHAUCER'S BOETHIUS. Edited from the two best MSS. by R. MORRIS, Esq. 128. VI. CHEVELERE ASSIGNE. Re-edited from the unique MS. by H. H. GIBBS, Esq. 3s. The Publications for 1869 are:

VII. EARLY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION, with especial Reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, by A. J. ELLIS, F.R.S. Part II. 10s.

VIII. QUEENE ELIZABETHES ACHADEMY, A BOOK OF PRECEDENCE, &c. Edited
by F. J. FURNIVALL, Esq., with Essays on early Italian and German Books of Courtesy,
by W. M. ROSSETTI, Esq., and E. OSWALD, Esq. 138.
IX. AWDELEY'S FRATERNITYE OF VACABONDES, HARMAN'S CAVEAT, etc. Edited
by E. VILES, Esq., and F. J. FURNIVALL, Esq. 78. 6d.
The Publications for 1870 are:-

X. ANDREW BOORDE'S INTRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE, 1547, and DYETARY OF
HELTH, 1542; with BARNES IN THE DEFENCE OF THE BERDE, 1542-3. Edited,
with a Life of BOORDE, and an account of his Works, by F. J. FURNIVALL, M.A. 188.
XI. BARBOUR'S BRUCE, Part I. Edited from the MSS. and early printed editions, by the
Rev. W. W. SKEAT, M.A. 128.

The Publications for 1871 are:

XII. ENGLAND IN HENRY VIII.'S TIME: a Dialogue between Cardinal Pole and Lupset,
mainly on the Condition of England, written by THOMAS STARKEY, Chaplain to Henry VIII.
Ed. by J. M. CowPER, Esq. Pt II. 12s. (Pt I, Starkey's Life & Letters, is in preparation.)
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FURNIVALL, M.A.; with A SUPPLICATION TO OUR MOSTE SOUERAIGNE LÖRDE;
A SUPPLICATION OF THE POORE COMMONS; and THE DECAYE OF ENGLAND
BY THE GREAT MULTITUDE OF SHEEP, ed. by J. M. CowPER, Esq. Cs.
XIV. EARLY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION, with especial reference to Shakspere and Chau-
cer, by A. J. ELLIS, Esq., F.R.S. Part III. 10s.

The Publications for 1872 are:

XV. ROBERT CROWLEY'S THIRTY-ONE EPIGRAMS, VOYCE OF THE LAST TRUMPET, WAY TO WEALTH, &c., 1550-1 A.D., edited by J. M. COWPER, Esq. 12s.

XVI. CHAUCER'S TREATISE ON THE ASTROLABE. Edited from the MSS. by the Rev. W. W. SKEAT. M.A. 68.

XVII. THE COMPLAYNT OF SCOTLANDE, 1549 A.D., with an Appendix of four contemporary English Tracts (1542-48), edited by J. A. H. MURRAY, Esq. Part I. 10s.

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56. THE GEST HYSTORIALE OF THE DESTRUCTION OF TROY, translated from GUIDO DE COLONNA, in alliterative verse; edited from the unique MS. in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, by D. DONALDSON, Esq., and the late Rev. G. A. PANTON. Part II. 10s. 6d. 57. THE EARLY ENGLISH VERSION OF THE "CURSOR MUNDI"; in four Texts, from MS. Cotton, Vesp. A. iii, in the British Museum; Fairfax MS. 14 in the Bodleian; the Göttingen MS. theol. 107; MS. R. 3. 8 in Trinity College, Cambridge; edited by the Rev. R. MORRIS, LL.D. Part I, with 2 photolithographic facsimiles by Cooke & Fotheringham. 10s. 6d. THE LAY FOLK'S MASS-BOOK, four texts, edited from the MSS. by the Rev. T. F. SIMMONS, Canon of York. [In the Press. PALLADIUS ON HUSBONDRIE, englisht (ab. 1420 A.D.), edited from the unique MS. in Colchester Castle, by the Rev. BARTON LODGE, M.A. Part II. [In the Press. THE BLICKLING HOMILIES, edited from the Marquis of Lothian's Anglo-Saxon MS. of the 10th century, by the Rev. RICH. MORRIS, LL.D. With a photolithograph.) [In the Press. GENERYDES, a Romance, edited from the unique MS., ab. 1440 A.D., in Trin. Coll. Cambridge, by W. ALDIS WRIGHT, Esq., M.A., Trin. Coll. Cambr. Part II. [In the Press. THOMAS OF ERCILDOUN, his Rymes and Prophecies; edited from all the extant MSS. by JAMES A. H. MURRAY, Esq. [In the Press.

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The Publications for 1874 will probably be :

XX. LONELICH'S HISTORY OF THE HOLY GRAIL (ab. 1450 A.D.), translated from the French prose of Sires Robiers de Borron, re-edited from the unique MS. in Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge, by F. J. FURNIVALL, Esq., M.A. Part I. 10s.

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