EETS # |
Title |
Date, approx. |
Author or Editor |
OS 1 |
Early English Alliterative Poems: Pearl, Cleanness, Patience; Cotton Nero A.
x. |
14th |
Gawain poet |
OS 2 |
Arthur, from Liber Rubeus Bathoniae ms. [matter of Arthur] |
1428 |
|
OS 3 |
Office and Dewtie of Kyngis, by William Lauder (Duty of Kings) |
1556 |
Lauder |
OS 4 |
Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight, Cotton Nero A. x. |
1360 c. |
Gawain poet |
OS 5 |
Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue, by Alexander Hume |
|
Hume |
OS 6 |
Lancelot of the Laik, a Scottish Metrical Romance (lovely) |
1490 - 1500 |
ed. Skeat |
OS 7 |
Genesis and Exodus, Corpus Christi College ms. |
1250 |
anon. |
OS 8 |
Morte Arthur, from Thornton ms. at Lincoln Cath. [matter of Arthur] |
14th - 15th |
|
OS 9 |
Speght’s edition of Chaucer |
|
ed. Thynne |
OS 10 |
Merlin, Part 1 (theory, no text) see OS 112 for the text |
1450- 1460 |
|
OS 11 |
Monarche, Books 1 and 2, (David Lindesay’s Works, Part 1) from Scotland |
1566 |
Lyndesay |
OS 12 |
The Wright’s Chaste Wife, MS Lambeth 306,
(see also OS 84) two versions, plus the “Women” song,
|
1462 |
Adam of Cobsam |
OS 13 |
Seinte Marherete, life of the saint in various versions |
1200, 1350, 1460 |
ed. Cockayne |
OS 14 |
King Horn, Floriz and Blauncheflur, and The Assumption of Our Lady |
13th? |
ed. McKnight |
OS 15 |
Political, Religious and Love Poems by Lydgate, Ros, Baradoun, Huchen &
Metham |
1448 etc. |
various; ed. Furnival |
OS 16 |
Book of Quinte Essence,
Sloane ms. 73 (how to make alcohol and other alchemical nonsense) |
1460- 1470 |
Hermes Trismegistus |
OS 17 |
Piers Plowman (Parallel Extracts from 45 mss.) |
1362 ? |
William Langland, ed. Skeat |
OS 18 |
Hali Meidenhad (Holy Maidenhead) MS. Bodley 34 and BM Cotton Titus D.
18 |
1200? |
ed. Furnival |
OS 19 |
Monarche, Books 3 & 4, Political Poems (David Lindesay’s Works, Part
2) |
1500’s |
Lyndesay |
OS 20 |
English Prose Treatises, by Richard Rolle de Hampole |
|
Rolle |
OS 21 |
Merlin, Part 2 (theory, no text), [matter of Arthur] |
1450- 1460 |
|
OS 22 |
Romans (Romance) of Partenay or of Lusignen, or the Tale of Melusine,
Trinity College Camb. R.3.17 |
1500, before |
|
OS 23 |
Ayenbit of Inwyt, Vol. 1, Text, (“Again-bite of In-wit,” the Prick of
Conscience), transl. from French Le Somme le Roi, Arundel Ms. 57, see OS
278 |
1340 |
Michel, Dan |
OS 24 |
Hymns to the Virgin and Christ, The Parliament of Devils, etc. |
|
|
OS 25 |
Stacions of Rome (list of churches), Pilgrim’s Sea-voyage (a poem), Clene
Maydenhod (for nuns) |
1370 |
|
OS 26 |
Religious Pieces in Prose and Verse, Thornton Ms. |
1373 |
|
OS 27 |
Levins’ Manipulus Vocabulorum, a rhyming dictionary |
1570 |
Levins, Peter |
OS 28 |
Vision of Piers the Ploughman, by William Langland, Part 1 (Part 2 is OS 38) |
1362 |
Langland; ed. Skeat |
OS 29 |
Homilies in Old English (1220-30), Series 1, Part 1 |
1220- 1230 |
|
OS 30 |
Pierce the Ploughman’s Crede and poem God Spede the Plough, 1500
AD |
1394 |
ed. Skeat |
ES 1 |
William of Palerne (Palermo) or William and the Werwolf, transl. from
French; also frag. of a Romance of Alexander |
1350 |
ed. Skeat |
ES 2 |
Early English Pronunciation, Part 1 (see also ES 7, ES 14, ES 23) |
1871 |
Ellis |
OS 31 |
Myrc’s Instructions for Parish Priests, in verse, transl. from Latin, Cotton
MS Claud. A. ii |
1450 |
Mirk, John |
OS 32 |
Early English Meals and Manners, with 4 different texts, and pictures, includes
Boar’s Head Carols, “The Babees Book”, etc., (orig. pub. 1868) |
1500’s? |
|
OS 33 |
Book of the Knight of La Tour-Landry, his advice to his daughters |
1371, 1484 |
Geoffrey de la Tour-Landry |
OS 34 |
Homilies in Old English (before 1300), Series 1, Part 2. O.E. orig. with
Engl transl. |
1200- 1300 |
anon. |
OS 35 |
Historie and Testament of Squyer Meldrum, (David Lindesay’s Works, Pt.
3) |
1594? |
Lyndesay |
ES 3 |
Caxton’s Book of Curtesye, three texts |
1477-8 |
Caxton & others; ed. Furnivall |
ES 4 |
Havelok the Dane, a Lay; Ms. Laud misc. 108 |
1280 |
ed. Skeat |
ES 5 |
Consolation of Philosophy, by Boethius, transl. of Chaucer, Latin orig. |
14th |
Chaucer transl.; ed. Morris |
ES 6 |
Chevalare Assigne (Knight of the Swan), a romance, BM Ms. Cotton Caligula
A.2; French original, earliest known 1190 |
1460 |
ed. Gibbs |
OS 36 |
Merlin, Part 3, On Arthurian Localities |
|
|
OS 37 |
Ane Satyre of the thrie Estaits, (David Lindesay’s Works, Part 4) |
1602 |
Lindesay |
OS 38 |
Vision of Piers the Ploughman, Part 2 (Part 1 was OS 28) |
1362-80 |
William Langland; ed. Skeat |
OS 39 |
Gest Historiale of the Destruction of Troy, Part 1, transl. from Guido de
Colonna’s 1287 version. OS 56 is Part 2 |
14th |
ed. Panton and Donaldson |
ES 7 |
Early English Pronunciation, Part 2, (see ES 2) |
1871 |
Ellis |
ES 8 |
A Book of Precedence (many different texts on manners, social), plus Italian
Courtesy Books (Part 2?), called Queen Elizabeth’s Achademy |
16th |
Humphrey Gilbert |
ES 9 |
Fraternitye of Vacabondes, by Awdeley; A Caveat, by Thomas Harman;
Conny-catching, with illustrations and other tracts (on thievery) |
16th |
various; ed. by Furnivall |
OS 40 |
English Gilds, statutes and customs, Latin is transl.; English is left as
is |
14th- 15th |
|
OS 41 |
Minor Poems of William Lauder |
|
Lauder |
OS 42 |
Minor Poems of William Lauder, Bernardus De Cura Rei Famuliaris, Early
Scottish Prophecies |
|
Lauder |
OS 43 |
Minor Poems of William Lauder, Ratis Raving, and other Moral and Religious
Pieces |
|
Lauder |
ES 10 |
Introduction of Knowledge, by Andrew Borde; Dyetary of Helth, by Andrew
Boorde; In Defence of the Berde [Beard], by Barnes |
1547 |
Boorde, Barnes, etc. |
ES 11 |
Bruce, Part 1 (war between Scotland and England 1286-1332), also ES 21, 29,
55 |
1375 |
Barbour; ed. Skeat |
OS 44 |
Joseph of Arimathea, or the Romance of the Seint Graal, or Holy Grail, in
the Vernon MS. with many variant versions. |
1500’s |
ed. Skeat |
OS 45 |
Gregory’s Pastoral Care, West Saxon Version with English transl., Part
1 |
|
Alfred; ed. Sweet |
OS 46 |
Legends of the Holy Rood, Symbols, etc. |
|
|
OS 47 |
Minor Poems, mostly political, (David Lindesay’s Works, Part 5) |
1537+ |
Lyndesay |
OS 48 |
Time’s Whistle and other Poems by R.C., satires against atheists, etc. |
1616 |
R.C. is unknown |
ES 12 |
England in Henry VIII’s time, a dialogue, Part 2 (Part 1 is ES 32) |
1538 |
Starkey |
ES 13 |
A Supplicacyon of the Beggars, tracts for the Reformation at the time of
Henry VIII |
1528 |
Simon Fish |
ES 14 |
Early English Pronunciation, Part 3, see ES 2 |
1871 |
Ellis |
OS 49 |
Old English Misc. with a Bestiary, Kentish Sermons, Proverbs of Alfred,
Religious Poems of the 13th cent., includes Shires and Hundreds of England |
13th? |
|
OS 50 |
Gregory’s Pastoral Care, West Saxon Version with English transl., Part 2,
(with OS 45) |
|
Gregory; transl. Alfred |
OS 51 |
The Liflade of St. Juliana, two versions, [an ugly martyr’s tale] |
1230 |
ed. Cokayne |
OS 52 |
Palladius On Husbondrie (Husbandry), Part 1 (Part 2 is OS 72), from a 4th
century Latin original |
1420 |
Palladius; anon. transl. |
ES 15 |
Selected Works of Robert Crowley, with Thirty-one Epigrams, and other
essays |
1550 |
Crowley, Robert |
ES 16 |
Treatise on the Astrolabe by Geoffrey Chaucer, (from 16 mss.), with plates
drawn by Skeat |
1400 |
Chaucer; ed. Skeat |
ES 17 |
Complaynt of Scotlande, Part 1, with four additional tracts appended,
[political] |
1549 |
|
OS 53 |
Homilies in Old English, Series 2, (actually Middle English), Trinity
College Cambridge, ms B.14.52, with three hymns to Virgin with music |
14th |
ed. Morris |
OS 54 |
Vision of Piers the Ploughman, Part 3; also Richard the Redeless, 1399; and
Crowned King, a later imitation of 1415 |
1362-93 |
William Langland; ed. Skeat |
OS 55 |
Generydes, a Romance, Part 1, Trinity College Lib., Cambridge O.5.2, (Part 2
is OS 70) |
15th |
anon. |
ES 18 |
Complaynt of Scotlande, Part 2, (Part 1 is ES 17) |
1549 |
|
ES 19 |
Myroure of Oure Ladye, Offices of a nunnery of St. Bridget of Sweden |
15th- 16th |
|
OS 56 |
Gest Historiale of the Destruction of Troy, Part 2; Part 1 is OS 39 |
14th |
Huchowne; ed. Panton & Donaldson |
OS 57 |
Cursor Mundi, Part 1, [see OS 59, 62, 66, 68, 99, 101] |
14th |
anon. |
OS 58 |
Blickling Homilies, Part 1; Anglo-Saxon for various saints, see OS 63, OS 73 |
979 |
|
ES 20 |
History of the Holy Grail, Part 1 of 5, by Henry Lovelich, with ES 24, 28,
30, 95, [matter of Arthur] |
1450 |
Lovelich |
ES 21 |
Bruce, Part 2 (see ES 11) |
1375 |
Barbour |
ES 22 |
Complaynt of Roderyck Mors, by Henry Brinklow and the Lamentacyon of a
Christen Agaynst the Cytye of London by Roderigo Mors |
1542 |
Brinklow & Mors; ed. Cowper |
ES 23 |
Early English Pronunciation, Part 4, (see ES 2, 7, 14) |
modern |
Ellis |
OS 59 |
Cursor Mundi, Part 2 (see OS 57) |
14th |
|
OS 60 |
Meditacyuns of the Soper of our Lorde, [meditations of the Supper of our
Lord] |
1315- 1330 |
Bonaventura |
OS 61 |
Romance and the Prophecies of Thomas of Ercledoune, early metrical romances
and later ballads of Thomas the Rhymer |
15th |
|
ES 24 |
History of the Holy Grail, Part 2 of 5, see ES 20 [matter of
Arthur] |
1450 |
Lovelich |
ES 25 |
Guy of Warwick, 15th cent. version, Part 1, transl. from French,
with ES 26, a romance |
15th |
ed. Zupitza |
OS 62 |
Cursor Mundi, Part 3, (see OS 57) |
14th |
|
OS 63 |
Blickling Homilies, Part 2, (see OS 58) |
979 |
|
OS 64 |
Emblemes and Epigrams, by Francis Thynne |
1600 |
Thynne |
OS 65 |
Be Domes Daege, (Bede’s De Die Judicii, Day of Judgment) |
|
Bede |
ES 26 |
Guy of Warwick, 15th cent. version, Part 2, see ES 25 |
15th |
|
ES 27 |
English Works of John Fisher, Part 1 |
1521 |
Fisher |
OS 66 |
Cursor Mundi, Part 4 (see OS 57) |
14th |
|
OS 67 |
Piers Plowman, Part 5, glossary with a few notes |
|
ed. Skeat |
ES 28 |
History of the Holy Grail, Part 3 of 5, [matter of Arthur] |
1450 |
Lovelich |
ES 29 |
Bruce, Part 3 (see ES 11) |
1375 |
Barbour; ed. Skeat |
OS 68 |
Cursor Mundi, Part 5 (see OS 57) |
14th |
|
OS 69 |
Adam Davy’s Five Dreams about Edward II, and four other texts, two about King
Solomon |
14th |
Davy |
OS 70 |
Generydes, a Romance, Part 2; (Part 1 is OS 55) |
|
|
ES 30 |
History of the Holy Grail, Part 4 of 5, see ES 20, [matter of
Arthur] |
1450 |
Lovelich |
ES 31 |
Alliterative Romance of Alexander and Dindimus (dialogue with morals) |
1340- 1370 |
|
ES 32 |
Starkey’s England in Henry VIII’s time, Part 1, Starkey’s Life and Letters
(Part 2 is ES 12) |
1538 |
Starkey |
OS 71 |
Lay Folks’ Mass-Book, four texts |
|
|
OS 72 |
Palladius On Husbondrie, Part 2, (Part 1 is OS 52) |
1420 |
Palladius; anon. transl. |
ES 33 |
Gesta Romanorum, orig. in Latin, a collection of tales with morals tacked
on |
12th |
|
ES 34 |
Sir Ferumbas, a romance about Roland, [Charlemagne Romances: 1] |
1380 |
|
OS 73 |
Blickling Homilies, Part 3, see OS 58 |
979 |
|
OS 74 |
English Works of Wyclif, general rants, anti-pope |
1384 |
Wyclif, John |
ES 35 |
Sege of Melayne [Siege of Milan]; Duke Roland and Sir Otuell; fragment of Song
of Roland, [Charlemagne Romances: 2] |
1430-40 |
|
ES 36 |
Lyf of Charles the Grete, Part 1, [Charlemagne Romances: 3] |
1485 |
Caxton |
OS 75 |
Catholicon Anglicum, an English-Latin Wordbook, tons of old herb lore. Catholicon Anglicum
|
1483 |
|
OS 76 |
Ælfric’s Metrical Lives of Saints, de Temporibus, Part 1 (also OS 82, 94); a
“Third Series” |
|
Ælfric |
ES 37 |
Lyf of Charles the Grete, Part 2, (see ES 36), [Charlemagne Romances:
4] |
1485 |
Caxton |
ES 38 |
The Sowdone of Babylone, [Sultan of Babylon, a romance, Charlemagne Romances:
5] |
15th |
anon. |
OS 77 |
Beowulf, holograph on facing pages (see also No. 245) |
|
ed. Zupitza |
OS 78 |
Fifty Earliest English Wills |
1387- 1454 |
|
ES 39 |
Rauf Coilyear; Roland and Vernagu; Otuel, etc., three romances, [Charlemagne
Romances: 6] |
1475, 1500 |
|
ES 40 |
Huon of Burdeux, Part 1, in 4 parts, a romance from a French 13th
original, [Charlemagne Romances: 7] |
1534 |
Berners, transl. |
OS 79 |
Orosius’ History Against the Pagans, ancient history until 417 CE, in Old
Engl. with Latin original, transl. of King Alfred |
9th |
Alfred, transl.; ed. Sweet |
OS 79b |
Epinal Glossary, facsimile |
|
|
ES 41 |
Huon of Burdeux [Bordeaux], Part 2, see ES 40, [Charlemagne Romances: 8] |
1534 |
|
ES 42 |
Guy of Warwick, Part 1 (ends on p. 224), Auchinleck MS and Caius Ms. (also
ES 49, 59) |
1327 |
ed. Zupitza |
OS 80 |
Life of St. Katherine, Latin 11th, Middle English 13th, (Greek 886 CE) |
13th |
|
OS 81 |
Piers Plowman, glossary |
|
|
ES 43 |
Huon of Burdeux, Part 3, see ES 40, [Charlemagne Romances: 9] |
1534 |
|
ES 44 |
Foure Sonnes of Aymon, Part 1, [Charlemagne Romances: 10] |
1490 |
Caxton, ed. Richardson |
OS 82 |
Ælfric’s Metrical Lives of Saints, de Temporibus, Part 2, MS. Cott. Jul. E
Vii (see OS 76) |
|
Ælfric; ed. Skeat |
OS 83 |
Oldest English Texts, charters, runic inscriptions, fragment of a
martyrology, glosses |
7th and later |
ed. Sweet |
ES 45 |
Foure Sonnes of Aymon, Part 2, [Charlemagne Romances: 11] |
1490 |
Caxton |
ES 46 |
Sir Beves of Hamtoun, Part 1, (with ES 48, 65) |
1327 etc. |
|
OS 84 |
The Wright’s Chaste Wife, with additional analogues |
|
|
OS 85 |
Three Kings of Cologne, English from Latin orig. |
15th |
John of Hildesheim |
OS 86 |
Women Saints of our Countrie in England or Lives of Women Saints, in
prose |
1610- 1615 |
ed. Horstman |
ES 47 |
Wars of Alexander, in Middle English, a metrical romance, from a Latin original,
Historia de Preliis, Ms. Ashmole 44 |
1450 |
ed. Skeat |
ES 48 |
Sir Beves of Hamtoun, Part 2 (with ES 46, 65) |
1327, etc. |
|
OS 87 |
Early South-English Legendary, Laud MS. 108 (see also OS 235) Lives of
Saints, Celtic, Anglo-Saxon |
13th & later |
|
OS 88 |
Life of St. Werburghe, by Henry Bradshaw |
1521 |
Bradshaw |
ES 49 |
Guy of Warwick, Part 2, begins p. 226; Auchinleck MS and Caius Ms. |
1327 |
|
ES 50 |
Huon of Burdeux, Part 4, see ES 40, [Charlemagne Romances: 12] |
1534 |
|
ES 51 |
Torrent of Portyngale (Portugal), a romance |
15th |
|
OS 89 |
Vices and Virtues, Part 1, text and transl. up to p. 151, Anglo-Saxon (see
OS 159) |
1200 |
ed. Holthausen |
OS 90 |
Rule of St. Benet (Benedict), in Anglo-Saxon and Latin (516 CE) with
interlinear glosses |
1020- 1030 |
anon. |
OS 91 |
Two Fifteenth Century Cookery-Books, in Middle English, glossary |
15th |
ed. Austin |
ES 52 |
William Bullein’s Dialogue against the Feuer Pestilence, Part 1 |
1548 |
Bullein |
ES 53 |
Anatomie of the Body of Man |
1548 |
Vicary |
ES 54 |
Curial made by Alain Charretier (orig. French 1400’s) advice to
courtiers |
1484 |
Charretier, Caxton |
OS 92 |
Canterbury Psalter, Part 2, text and notes; Trin. Camb. MS.; Latin with AS
gloss |
|
Eadwine |
OS 93 |
Liber Scintillarum; Latin orig. from early 8th; OE gloss from 11th |
11th |
Defensor |
ES 55 |
Bruce, Part 4, (see ES 11), also How the Good Wife Taught her Daughter, and
The Dietary (advice) |
1487 |
Barbour |
ES 56 |
Early English Pronunciation, Part 5 |
modern |
Ellis |
OS 94 |
Ælfric’s Metrical Lives of Saints, de Temporibus, Part 3 (see OS 76,
82) |
|
Ælfric |
OS 95 |
Bede’s Ecclesiastical History (period of 60 BCE to 731 CE), in Old English,
Part 1, Sect. 1, Bede wrote the Latin orig.; King Alfred translated it into Old
English |
11th |
Bede; King Alfred |
ES 57 |
Eneydos of Caxton, version of the Aeneid, English from a French orig., Liure
des Eneydos of 1483 |
1490 |
Caxton; ed. by Culley |
ES 58 |
Blanchardyn and Eglantine, a romance; with a long section on English
Syntax |
1489 & 1595 |
Caxton |
OS 96 |
Bede’s Ecclesiastical History, in Old English, Part 1, Sect 2 (see OS
95) |
11th |
Bede; King Alfred |
OS 97 |
Earliest English Prose Psalter, Part 1; BM Add. ms. 17,376, and Trinity
Coll. Dublin ms., was ms. H.32, now A.4.4 |
14th |
ed. Bülbring |
ES 59 |
Guy of Warwick, Part 3, Auchinleck MS and Caius Ms. |
1327 |
|
ES 60 |
Temple of Glas by Lydgate, dialogue between Venus and Lovers |
1400 c. |
Lydgate |
OS 98 |
Minor Poems of the Vernon MS, Part 1, all Christian, many hymns to oure lady,
(see OS 117) |
|
ed. Horstman |
OS 99 |
Cursor Mundi, Part 6, Preface, Notes and Glossary, (see OS 57) |
14th |
|
ES 61 XXXXX |
Hoccleve’s Minor Poems, Part 1, ballads to kings, stories from Gesta
Romanorum, hymns to BVM; Phillippe ms. 8151 and Durham ms. III.9 (ES 73 is part
2) |
early 14th |
Hoccleve |
ES 62 |
Chester Plays, Part 1 (13 from Bible stories), (ES 115 is part 2) |
1591 + |
ed. by Deimling |
OS 100 |
Life of St. Katherine of Alexandria, fd. 11/25; Bodley ms. Rawlinson, Poetry
118 and ms. Arundel 396, etc. |
before 1464 |
Capgrave |
OS 101 |
Cursor Mundi, Part 7, (see OS 57) |
14th |
|
ES 63 |
De Imitatione Christi, Christian self-abasement, transl. into Engl. by various
authors |
1441, etc. |
Thomas á Kempis |
ES 64 |
Godeffrey of Boloyne [Bouillon] or the Seige and Conqeste of Jerusalem; more
or less a history of 1st crusade, 1096-1100 |
1481 |
Caxton |
OS 102 |
Science of Cirurugie, Part 1; all sorts of medical problems and poss. cures,
eek! Ashmole ms. 1396 and BM Add. Ms. 12,056 |
c. 1400 |
Lanfranc |
OS 103 |
Legend of the Cross |
|
|
ES 65 |
Sir Beves of Hamtoun, Part 3 (with ES 46, 48) |
1327, etc. |
|
ES 66 |
Secrees of Philosoffres, (Governance of Kings and Princes) transl. by
Lydgate and finished by Burgh, a poetical transl. of Secreta Secretorum, which
was attributed to Aristotle but probably Syriac Christian 8-9th |
1450 transl. |
Lydgate, Burgh, transl.; ed. by Steele |
OS 104 |
Exeter Book, Part 1, Old English poems, (Part 2 is OS 194) |
|
|
OS 105 |
Prymer or Lay Folks’ Prayer Book, Part 1 is the text; Hours of BVM, Psalms,
Litany, etc.; Camb. Univ. MS. Dd. 11, 82 (see OS 109) |
1420- 1430 c. |
ed. Littlehales |
ES 67 |
Three Kings’ Sons, a prose romance, Part 1; Engl. from French, David Aubert
poss. author; Harl. ms. 326 |
1500 c. |
Aubert; ed. Furnivall |
ES 68 |
Melusine, the prose romance, Part 1; by Jean D’Arras, 1382-1394 French;
Engl. transl. 1500 |
1500 |
ed. Donald |
OS 106 |
The Fire of Love & Mending of Life, (Christian) transl. by Richard Rolle |
1435 |
Rolle |
OS 107 |
English Conquest of Ireland, Part 1, period of 1166-1185; transl. from
Expugnatio Hibernica of Giraldus Cambrensis, 13th cent. |
1425 and 1440 |
ed. Furnivall |
ES 69 |
Assembly of the Gods by Lydgate; Christian sermon but lists many Gods; Trin.
Coll. Camb. R.3.19 |
1420 |
Lydgate; ed. Triggs |
ES 70 |
Digby Mysteries (4 Plays, some with 2 parts), Christian with humour, incl. note
on Chester dragon |
1480-90 |
ed. Furnivall |
OS 108 |
Child Marriages and Divorces, Troth plights, Chester Depositions (court
cases) |
1600 |
ed. Furnivall |
OS 109 |
Prymer or Lay Folks’ Prayer Book, Part 2 (notes on the text), (see OS
105) |
1420-30 c. |
ed. Littlehales |
ES 71 |
Towneley Plays (32 plays, Creation to hanging of Judas), poss. by Black
Austins, composed c. 1388, ms. of 1450 |
1388 |
Guildsmen; ed. England |
ES 72 |
Hoccleve’s Regement of Princes, lecture to kings, Harleian ms. 4866; and 14
Christian poems; Egerton ms. 615 |
1411-12 |
Hoccleve; ed. Furnivall |
ES 73 |
Hoccleve’s Minor Poems, Part 2, (Christian except poems to Lady Money),
Ashburnham Add. MS 133 (ES 61 is Part 1) |
15th ? |
Hoccleve, ed. Gollancz |
OS 110 |
Bede’s Ecclesiastical History, in Old English, Part 2, sect. I, variant
readings |
|
Bede |
OS 111 |
Bede’s Ecclesiastical History, in Old English, Part 2, sect II, variant
readings |
|
Bede |
ES 74 |
Secreta Secretorum, (Advice to Kings), 3 prose versions (see preface to ES
66 for info) |
1400, 1422, 1498 |
ed. Steele |
ES 75 |
Speculum Gy de Warewyke (Mirror to Guy of Warwick, Christian advice); anon.,
inspired by Alcuin; Harleian ms. 525 |
1327- 1400 |
anon., ed. Morrill |
OS 112 |
Merlin, Part 4, the actual text, [matter of Arthur] |
|
|
OS 113 |
Queen Elizabeth’s Englishings (translations) of Boethius (Latin), Plutarch
(Greek) and Horace (Latin) |
1593- 1598 |
Elizabeth R; ed. Pemberton |
ES 76 |
George Ashby’s Poems (reflections on prison; advice to prince;
aphorisms) |
1463, 1470 |
Ashby; ed. Bateson |
ES 77 |
Pilgrimage of the Life of Man, Part 1, by Guillaume De Gilleville, French
orig.; Christian allegory, (with ES 83, 92 = 731 pages) |
1426 |
Lydgate, transl.; ed. Furnivall and Locock |
ES 78 |
Life and Death of Mary Magdalene; Harl. ms. 6211 and Rawl. 41 in Bodley |
1620 |
Thomas Robinson; ed. Sommer |
OS 114 |
Ælfric’s Metrical Lives of Saints, de Temporibus, part 4, Cott. ms. Julius
E. vii. (Vol. 1, p. 1-223; Vol. 2 p. 225-474 in this volume.) (See also OS 76,
82, 94; the last part is in OS 260) |
996-7 |
Ælfric; ed. Skeat |
OS 115 |
Jacob’s Well, Part 1 (Christian rant about tithing, etc.) |
1440 |
ed. Brandeis |
OS 116 |
Martyrology in Old English, text from 900 CE, mss. from 10th and 11th |
10th & 11th |
ed. Herzfeld |
ES 79 |
Dialogues in English and French (travelers’ phrases), by William Caxton,
orig. French & Flemish of 1378 |
1483 |
Caxton; ed. Bradley |
ES 80 |
Two Nightingale Poems, by Dan John Lydgate, Christian allegory |
1446 |
Lydgate; ed. Glauning |
ES 80a |
Bruce; Selections from Barbour’s Bruce (Books I-X) (see ES 11) |
|
Barbour |
ES 81 |
English Works of John Gower, Part 1, Confessio Amantis, part 1 (see ES 82),
Bodley Fairfax ms. |
1393 |
Gower; ed. Macaulay |
OS 117 |
Minor Poems of the Vernon MS. Part 2, mostly Christian; Little Cato; Stations of
Rome etc., Of Women Cometh is Worldes Weal, see OS 98 |
|
|
OS 118 |
Lay Folks’ Catechism, in 2 parts, texts by Thoresby in Latin with transl. by
Taystek; and texts by Peckham and Wycliffe |
13th, 14th |
ed. Simmons |
OS 119 |
Handlyng Synne by Robert of Brunne, and its French original “Manuel de
Pecche,” Part 1, (see OS 123) |
1303 |
Robert of Brunne |
ES 82 |
English Works of John Gower, Part 2; Confessio Amantis part 2 and poem In
Praise of Peace (see ES 81) |
1393 |
Gower; ed. Macaulay |
ES 83 |
Pilgrimage of the Life of Man, Part 2, by Guillaume De Gilleville, (see ES
77) |
1426 |
Lydgate, transl.; ed. Furnivall |
ES 84 |
Reson and Sensuallyte, Vol. 1 (Reason and Sensuality, text); by Danne
Lydgate; Christian morality but with many Goddesses; Bodley Fairfax ms. 16 and BM Add
ms. 29,729 (EETS publ. 1901) |
1450 c. |
Lydgate; ed. Sieper |
OS 120 |
Rule of St. Benet (Benedict) in 3 versions, northern prose and verse, and
Caxton’s summary, see OS 90 |
15th |
Caxton; ed. Kock |
OS 121 |
Laud Ms Troy-Book, Part 1 up to line 10,876, a romance (retelling of Iliad);
Bodley ms. Laud misc. 595 (see OS 122) |
1400 |
ed. Wülfing |
ES 85 |
Poems by Alexander Scott, 2 poems to May, rest are love poems
(Scotland) |
1568 |
Scott; ed. Donald |
ES 86 |
Poems by William of Shoreham, Part 1, all Christian |
1320 |
William of Shoreham; ed. Konrath |
ES 87 |
Two Coventry Corpus Christi Plays (1. Nativity; 2. Presentation in Temple,
etc.; also speeches of King Arthur, etc.) |
1534? |
ed. Craig |
OS 122 |
Laud Ms Troy-Book, Part 2 is lines 10,877 to 18,664; no notes! see OS
121 |
1400 |
ed. Wülfing |
OS 123 |
Handlyng Synne and its French original, Part 2 (see OS 119) |
1303 |
Robert of Brunne |
ES 88 |
Le Morte Arthur, a romance in stanzas from French orig. of Lancelot, BM
Harley ms. 2252 |
14th |
ed. Bruce |
ES 89 |
Reason and Sensuality, Vol. 2, all notes (Vol. 1 is ES 84) |
1450 c. |
Lydgate; ed. Sieper |
ES 90 |
English Fragments from Latin Medieval Service-Books, 2 color plates and 9
pages of wedding, visiting the sick, etc. |
15th? |
ed. Littlehales |
OS 124 |
Twenty-Six Political and other Poems, Part 1, by an anon. abbot, Digby
Ms.102, and Douce 322 |
1400 c. |
anon; ed. Kail |
OS 125 |
Medieval Records of a London City Church, St. Mary-at-Hill, Part 1 (see OS
128) |
1420- 1559 |
ed. Littlehales |
OS 126 |
An Alphabet of Tales in northern English, Part 1 is to p. 260; transl from
Latin Alphabetum Narrationum, mostly saints tales, BM Add ms. 25,719 (OS
127) |
15th |
ed. Banks |
ES 91 |
Macro Plays: 1. Mankind (c. 1475), 2. Wisdom (c. 1460), 3. Castle of
Perseverance (c. 1425) raucous |
15th |
ed. Furnivall and Pollard |
ES 92 |
Pilgrimage of the Life of Man, Part 3, by Guillaume De Gilleville, French
orig.; Christian allegory, (with ES 77, 83 = 731 pages) |
1426 |
Lydgate, transl. |
ES 93 |
Romance of Merlin, Part 1, a Middle English metrical romance from French, Ms
80 at Corpus Christi College |
1450 c. |
Lovelich; ed. Kock |
OS 127 |
An Alphabet of Tales in northern English, Part 2, text p. 261-532 (see OS
126) |
15th |
ed. Banks |
OS 128 |
Medieval Records of a London City Church, St. Mary-at-Hill, Part 2 (OS 125
is Part 1) |
1420- 1559 |
ed. Littlehales |
OS 129 |
English Register of Godstow Nunnery, Part 1, Bodley Rawlinson ms. B 408 |
1450 c. |
ed. Clark |
ES 94 |
Respublica, a play, at the accession of Queen Mary, a political allegory,
Macro ms. 115 |
1553 |
ed. Magnus |
ES 95 |
History of the Holy Grail, Part 5 of 5, see ES 20 |
1450 |
Lovelich |
ES 96 |
Mirk’s Festial, a collection of Homilies in Middle English, part 1, text and
glossary; Bodl. ms. Gough, Eccl. Top 4, et al.; standard saints’ tales |
c. 1400 |
Mirk, John; ed. Erbe |
OS 130 |
English Register of Godstow Nunnery, Part 2, Bodley Rawlinson ms. B 408 (see
OS 129) |
1450 c. |
ed. Clark |
OS 131 |
Brut or the Chronicles of England (legendary up to 1479), Part 1, Ms. Rawl.
B.171, Bodley (167 ms. in Latin, French, English) |
1377, some parts much older |
ed. Brie |
OS 132 |
Works of John Metham; treatises on Palmistry, Physiognomy, Days of the Moon;
and the Romance of Amoryus and Cleopes |
1448 c. |
Metham; ed. Craig |
ES 97 |
Lydgate’s Troy Book (= Iliad), Part 1 (Prologue, Book I, Book II),
transl. from Latin Historia Destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne
of 1287, various mss. |
1412-20 |
Lydgate; ed. by Bergen |
ES 98 |
Magnyfycence [Magnificence], by John Skelton, a dull moral play |
1520 c. |
Skelton; ed. Ramsey |
ES 99 |
Romance of Emáre, a Breton Lay in English |
c. 1400 |
ed. Rickert |
OS 133 |
English Register of Oseney Abbey, Part 1, text, giving origin and
properties, forged |
1460 |
ed. Clark |
OS 134 |
Coventry Leet Book, Part 1, or Mayor’s Register; legislative or city records
(also OS 135, 138 and 146) |
1420- 1555 |
ed. Harris |
ES 100 |
Harrowing of Hell (1250) and Gospel of Nicodemus (15th cent.) |
|
ed. Hulme |
ES 101 |
Songs and Carols of Richard Hill, from the Balliol Ms. 354, from various
sources |
|
Hill; ed. Dyboski |
OS 135 |
Coventry Leet Book, Part 2, (see OS 134) |
1420- 1555 |
ed. Harris |
OS 135b |
Piers Plowman, scholarly arguments on authorship |
modern |
|
OS 136 |
Brut or the Chronicles of England, Part 2, 1333-1479; summary of contents
for part 2 begins on p. ix |
1377+ contemp. |
ed. Brie |
ES 102 |
Promptorium Parvulorum, the first English-Latin dictionary by Galfridus
Anglicus |
1498 |
Galfridus; ed. Mayhew |
ES 103 |
Lydgate’s Troy Book, Part 2, (Book 3, starts on p. 395), see ES 97 |
1412-20 |
Lydgate; ed. Bergen |
OS 137 |
Twelfth Century Homilies, Part 1, Ms. Bodley 343, O.E. text and transl. (see
OS 302 for part 2?) |
12th |
ed. Belfour |
OS 138 |
Coventry Leet Book, Part 3, (see OS 134) |
1420- 1555 |
ed. Harris |
ES 104 |
Non-Cycle Mystery Plays: Play of the Sacrament and the Pride of Life, also
fragments. |
15th? |
ed. Waterhouse |
ES 105 |
Tale of Beryn, with the Pardoner and Tapster, long clever tale in style of
Chaucer |
14th |
ed. Furnivall |
OS 139 |
Treatises on Fistula in Ano [Anus] by John Arderne |
1376 |
Arderne; ed. Power |
OS 139b - f |
Piers Plowman Controversy, on authorship, several authors |
modern |
various scholars |
OS 140 |
Lives of St. Augustine, and of St. Gilbert Sempringham, and a sermon, some
transl. by John Capgrave, some orig. |
1422 c. |
Capgrave; ed. Munro |
ES 106 |
Lydgate’s Troy Book, Part 3 (Books IV and V, starts on p. 563), see ES
97 |
1412- 1420 |
Lydgate; ed. Bergen |
ES 107 |
Lydgate’s Minor Poems, Part 1, religious poems, saints calendar, etc. |
15th |
Lydgate; ed. MacCracken |
OS 141 |
Erthe upon Erthe, simple rhyme in multiple versions, morose |
14th |
ed. Murray |
OS 142 |
English Register of Godstow Nunnery, Part 3, notes on the texts, see OS
129 |
1450 c. |
ed. Clark |
OS 143 |
Prose Life of Alexander, with Dindimas, etc., no preface, Thornton ms. |
|
ed. Westlake |
ES 108 |
Siege of Thebes, Part 1; text, by Lydgate, written to fill out Chaucer |
1420 c. |
Lydgate |
ES 109 |
Partonope of Blois, a magical romance in prose, many versions, 12th French
orig. |
15th |
ed. Bodtker |
OS 144 |
English Register of Oseney Abbey, Part 2, notes and glossaries |
1460 |
ed. Clark |
OS 145 |
Northern Passion, Part 1, texts |
1300 c. |
ed. Foster |
ES 110 |
Caxton’s Mirror of the World |
|
Caxton |
ES 111 |
History of Jason by William Caxton, with woodcut of Medea |
1477 c. |
Caxton |
OS 146 |
Coventry Leet Book, Part 4, (see OS 134) |
1420- 1555 |
ed. Harris |
OS 147 |
Northern Passion, Part 2; notes, glossaries, and addtl. texts |
1300 c. |
ed. Foster |
ES 112 |
Romance of Merlin, Part 2, romantic nonsense by Henry Lovelich, Corpus Chr.
ms. 80 (OS 185 is Part 3) [matter of Arthur] |
1450 |
Lovelich; ed. Kock |
ES 113 |
Poems by Sir John Salusbury and by Robert Chester: Love’s Martyr, erotic
Elizabethan love poetry, flower poems |
16th |
Salusbury & Chester; intro. Brown |
OS 148 |
Curtesy Book and 2 Franciscan Rules: for the Tertiaries of St. Frances and
for the Sisters Minouresses (St. Clare) |
15th |
ed. Chambers and Seton |
OS 149 |
Lincoln Diocese Documents, mostly wills, leases, disciplinary acts, widows’
vows |
1450- 1544 |
ed. Clark |
OS 150 |
Rule of Chrodegang (bishop of Metz, 742-766); Capitula of Theodulf (bishop
of Orleans, 785-818); Epitome of Benedict of Aniane (750-821), monastic rules
with Latin and Old English texts for each |
11th transl. |
ed. Napier |
ES 114 |
Gild of St. Mary, Lichfield: ordinances, for alms, Tailors’ Gild, etc.
(guilds) |
1387- 1538 |
ed. Furnivall |
ES 115 |
Chester Plays, Part 2, starts on p. 241; each play by different group, e.g.
fishmongers (ES 62 is part 1) |
1591 c. |
ed. Matthews |
OS 151 |
Lanterne of Light, a Lollard tract, attrib. to Wyclif but later, Ms. Harley
2324 |
1409 c. |
anon.; ed. Swinburn |
OS 152 |
Homilies in Early English before Ælfric, Cotton Vesp. D. xiv |
12th |
ed. Warner |
ES 116 |
Pauline Epistles, Latin vulg. text with Engl. transl., MS Parker 32 at Corp.
Chr. Cambridge |
15th |
ed. Powell |
ES 117 |
Life of Fisher, MS. Harl. 6382, executed for treason by Henry VIII |
1535 c. |
ed. Bayne |
OS 153 |
Mandeville’s Travels, Part 1 - text, from French of Jean d’Outremeuse; BM
Cotton Titus c. xvi |
14th |
ed. Hamelius |
OS 154 |
Mandeville’s Travels, Part 2 - notes; see OS153 |
14th |
ed. Hamelius |
ES 118 |
Earliest Arithmetics in English “Crafte of Nombrynge” etc. some in Latin;
Egerton ms. 2622 |
15th |
ed. Steele |
ES 119 |
The Owl and Nightingale |
12th? |
ed. Gratton and Sykes |
OS 155 |
The Wheatley Ms., religious verse and prose, by Richard Maydenstoon, BM Add
ms. 39,574 |
15th |
Maydenstoon; ed. Day |
ES 120 |
Ludus Coventriae, or the Plaie [Plays] called Corpus Christi; 42 short
plays, Cotton Vesp. D. viii |
15th |
unknown; ed. Block |
OS 156 |
Donet, by Reginald Pecock, (see OS 164) |
|
Pecock |
ES 121 |
Fall of Princes, Part 1, Lydgate’s transl. of French intermediate from
Boccaccio’s De Casibus Virorum Illustrium c.1360; Ms Bodley 263B, mainly on
Roman emperors |
1431- 1439 |
Lydgate |
ES 122 |
Fall of Princes, Part 2 (see Part 1 which is ES 121) |
1431- 1439 |
Lydgate |
OS 157 |
Pepysian Gospel Harmony (of the Life of Christ), Ms. Pepys 2498 |
1400 c. |
ed. Goates |
OS 158 |
Meditation on the Life and Passion of Christ, BM Ms. Add. 11307 |
14th |
ed. D’Evelyn |
ES 123 |
Fall of Princes, Part 3 (see Part 1 which is ES 121) |
1431- 1439 |
Lydgate |
ES 124 |
Fall of Princes, Part 4 (see Part 1 which is ES 121) |
1431- 1439 |
Lydgate |
OS 159 |
Vices and Virtues, (Holi Maidenhead), Part 2, notes and glosses (see OS
89) |
1200 |
ed. Holthausen |
ES 125 |
Siege of Thebes, Part 2, only notes, no text (ES 108 is Part 1) |
1420 |
Lydgate; ed. Erdmann & Ekwall |
ES 126 |
Lydgate’s Troy Book, Part 4, by Lydgate, all notes and glossaries -
- - - - last volume in ES - - - - - - - - |
1412-20 |
Lydgate; ed. Bergen |
OS 160 |
Old English Heptateuch (Latin Vulgate and OE), and Aelfric’s Treatise on the
Old & New Testament, with a transl. by Wm. L’Isle, 1623; MS Cott. Claud. B.
IV |
11th |
Aelfric; ed. Crawford |
OS 161 |
Three Old English Prose Texts plus Latin orig.: Letter of Alexander; Great
Wonders of the East; and Life of St. Christopher, MS Cotton Vit. A. xv |
scribe of Beowulf |
ed. Rypins |
OS 162 |
Pearl, Cleanness, Patience and Sir Gawain, Facsimile of MS Cotton Nero A. x,
[matter of Arthur] |
14th? |
Gawain poet; ed. Gollancz |
OS 163 |
Book of the Foundation of St. Bartholmew’s Church in London, BM Cotton Vesp.
B.ix. (Latin, late 12th) |
14th |
ed. Moore |
OS 164 |
Folear to the Donet, (see OS 156) |
|
Pecock |
OS 165 |
Chinon of England, an Arthurian romance by Christopher Middleton; The
Assertion of King Arther, transl. by Robinson from Leland’s Assertion Arturii
[matter of Arthur] |
1597 |
Middleton & Robinson; ed. Mead |
OS 166 |
Stanzaic Life of Christ, MS. Harley 3909, relates to Christian festivals |
14th |
ed. Foster |
OS 167 |
Dialogue inter Militern et Clericum, and a Sermon by FitzRalph transl. by
John Trevisa; also Bygynnyng of the World |
1387 c. |
Trevisa, transl.; ed. Perry |
OS 168 |
Book of the Ordre of Chyualry by William Caxton from French Le Livre de
Chevalerie by Ramón Lull |
1483-5 |
Caxton & Loutfut; ed. Byles |
OS 169 |
Southern Passion; Pepysian Ms. 2344 at Magdalene Coll. Camb. |
1300 c. |
ed. Brown |
OS 170 |
The Consolation of Philosophy, by Boethius; transl by Walton; Lincoln
Cathedral MS A.4.11 |
15th |
Walton transl.; ed. Science |
OS 171 |
Reule of Christen Religion |
|
Pecock |
OS 172 |
Seege or Batayle of Troye, metrical romance in various versions, one poss.
by minstrel Jamys |
15th |
ed. Barnicle |
OS 173 |
Pastime of Pleasure by Stephen Hawes, an allegory of the Seven Arts |
1509 |
Hawes, ed. Mead |
OS 174 |
Life of St. Anne, stanzaic version |
14th |
ed. Parker |
OS 175 |
Eclogues of Alexander Barclay; translation of “Misery of Courtiers” |
1513 |
Barclay |
OS 176 |
Caxton’s Prologues and Epilogues |
|
Caxton |
OS 177 |
Byrhtferth’s Manual [on Astronomy], Ashmole ms. 328, with pictures |
1011 |
Byrhtferth |
OS 178 |
Revelations of St. Birgitta (Swedish nun), also a life of her, and a
salutation by John Audelay |
15th |
ed. Cumming |
OS 179 |
Castell of Pleasure by William Nevill, love nonsense, with picture |
15th? |
Nevill; ed. Cornelius |
OS 180 |
Apologye of Syr Thomas More, includes Treatise concerning the division
between spiritualtie and temporaltie |
1533 |
ed. Taft |
OS 181 |
Dance of Death, poems (pictures and dances described but not included) |
1312f; 1485 |
ed. Warren and White |
OS 182 |
Speculum Christiani |
|
|
OS 183 |
Northern Passion, Supplement (OS 145, 147, parts 1 & 2) |
1350 c. |
ed. Heuser & Foster |
OS 184 |
Poems of John Audelay, all Christian, with carols for saints; Bodley MS Douce
302 |
|
Audelay; ed. Whiting |
OS 185 |
Romance of Merlin, Part 3, starts on p. 417, text, no notes; Corp. Chr.
College MS 80 (see ES 112) [matter of Arthur] |
1450 |
Lovelich; ed. Kock |
OS 186 |
Life and Death of Sir Thomas Moore (More) by Nicholas Harpsfield |
1557 |
Harpsfield; ed. Hitchcock |
OS 187 |
Vulgaria of Stanbridge and of Whittinton, (phrases to teach Latin to
children), in Latin and Middle English |
1488, 1530 |
Stanbridge, Whittinton, et alia; ed. White |
OS 188 |
Siege of Jerusalem, metrical romance, Romans against the Jews, several
mss. |
15th |
ed. Kölbing and Day |
OS 189 |
Fayttes of Armes and of Chyualrye (Feats of Arms and Chivalry) by Christine
de Pisan (1408-9); transl. by William Caxton |
1489 |
Caxton transl.; ed. Byles |
OS 190 |
English Medieval Lapidaries; 7 different texts; OE 11th with mod. transl.
and no magic, others from 12th, 15th, 16th have magic properties |
11th- 16th |
ed. Evans and Serjeantson |
OS 191 |
Seven Sages of Rome, southern version |
13th |
ed. Brunner |
OS 191a |
On the Continuity of English Prose |
|
|
OS 192 |
Minor Poems of Lydgate, Part 2, Secular Poems |
15th |
Lydgate; ed. MacCracken |
OS 193 |
Seinte Marharete (Saint Margaret) fd 7/13 |
13th |
ed. Mack |
OS 194 |
Exeter Book, Part 2 |
|
ed. Mackie |
OS 195 |
Quatrefoil of Love, (Christian gibberish about virginity) |
14th |
ed. Gollancz & Weale |
OS 196 |
Anonymous Short English Metrical Chronicle, from Brutus to 1307 |
1307, 1340 |
ed. Zettl |
OS 197 |
Life of Sir Thomas Moore (More) by William Roper |
16th |
Roper; ed. Hitchcock |
OS 198 |
Firumbras and Otuel and Roland, two metrical romances, MS. BM Add.
37492 [matter of Charlemagne] |
15th |
ed. O’Sullivan |
OS 199 |
Mum and the Sothsegger, politics, part of Richard the Redeless, BM Add. MS.
41666 |
1399 |
ed. Day and Steele |
OS 200 |
Speculum Sacerdotal, instructions to priests, based on Legend Aurea, etc.;
BM Add. Ms. 36791 |
15th |
ed. Weatherly |
OS 201 |
Knyghthode and Bataile (Knighthood and Battle), verse paraphrase of De Re
Militari (4th Latin orig.) |
1457-60 |
ed. Dyboski and Arend |
OS 202 |
Palsgrave’s Acolastus |
1540 |
Palsgrave; ed. Carver |
OS 203 |
Amis and Amiloun, romance of twins, trad. tales found in all European
lang. |
1330 Engl. |
ed. Leach |
OS 204 |
Valentine and Orson, a prose romance, from a French orig. of 1475-1489
[matter of Charlemagne] |
1548-58 |
Watson, transl.; ed. Dickson |
OS 205 |
Tales from the Decameron: Tale of Guiscardo and Ghismonda and Tale of
Titus and Gisippus |
15th |
Gilbert Banester; ed. Wright |
OS 206 |
Legendys of Hooly Wummen by Osbern Bokenham, (Legends of Holy Women), Ms. Arundel 327; snuff porn |
15th |
Bokenham; ed. Serjeantson |
OS 207 |
Liber de Diversis Medicinis |
|
|
OS 208 |
Parker Chronicle and Laws; Anglo-Saxon Chronicles from 60 BCE - 1093, in holograph; geneaology, laws, pope list. Corpus Christi College Camb. MS 173 |
1093 |
Alfred; ed. by Flower and Smith |
OS 209 |
Middle English Sermons from BM MS Roy. 18 B. xxiii |
|
ed. Ross |
OS 210 |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (again), [matter of Arthur], BM Cotton Nero A.x. |
|
Gawain poet; ed. Gollancz |
OS 211 |
Dicts and Sayings of the Philosophers |
|
|
OS 212 |
Book of Margery Kempe, Vol. 1; her autobiography, Christian |
15th |
ed. Meech and Allen |
OS 213 |
Ælfric’s de Temporibus Anni, “Times of the Year” wind, rain, zodiac, geog. of India |
c. 992 |
Ælfric; ed. Henel |
OS 214 |
Forty-six Lives, transl. by Morley from Boccaccio’s De Claris Mulieribus, with Latin underneath (Juno, Rhea, Illia, etc.) |
d. 1556 |
Morley; ed. Wright |
OS 215 |
Charles of Orleans, English Poems, Part 1; texts; BM Harley 682, repetitive love poems; Part 2 is OS 220 |
c. 1440 |
Charles of Orleans; ed. Steele |
OS 216 |
Ancrene Riwle in Latin, instruction in Christian theology for lay folk; Merton College MS 44; BM Cotton Vitellius E. vii |
|
ed. d’Evelyn |
OS 217 |
Book of Vices and Virtues, transl. of Somme le Roi by Lorens d’Orleans, 13th; includes how to bury a dolphin |
14th |
ed. Francis |
OS 218 |
Cloud of Unknowing, and Book of Privy Counselling, Christian |
c. 1500 |
ed. Hodgson |
OS 219 |
Ancrene Riwle, in French, Cotton Vitellius, F.vii, |
|
ed. by J.A.Herbert |
OS 220 |
Charles of Orleans, English Poems, Part 2 (notes on the text), see OS 215 |
c. 1440 |
Charles of Orleans; ed. Steele, Day |
OS 221 |
Romance of Sir Degrevant, metrical romance by unk. minstrel; MS Lincoln Cath. A.5.2 ; Camb. Univ Ff. I 6 |
c. 1400 |
ed. Casson |
OS 222 |
Life of Syr Thomas More, by Ro.Ba = Roger Bacon? MS Lambeth 179 & others |
1599? |
Bacon?; ed. Hitchcock, Hallett, Reed |
OS 223 |
Tretyse of Loue [and other religious treatises] based on Ancrene Riwle, publ. by Wynkyn de Worde |
c. 1494 |
ed. John Fisher |
OS 224 |
Athelston: a Middle English Romance; Ms. 175 Gonville and Caius Coll. Camb. |
c.1370 |
ed. Trounce |
OS 225 |
Ancrene Riwle, in English; Cotton Nero A. 14, poss. Winchcombe Abbey |
c. 1125 |
ed. Day, Herbert |
OS 226 |
Respublica, an interlude for Christmas, attrib. to Nicholas Udall. A Macro play, reedited, see ES 94 |
1553 |
Udall; ed. Greg |
OS 227 |
Kyng Alisaunder, Vol. 1, text; from sev. Mss. including Bodley Laud misc. 622 (Vol. 2 is OS 237) |
14th |
ed. Smithers |
OS 228 |
Metrical Life of St. Robert of Knaresborough with other pieces (intro. Trinitarians to England) BM Ms. Egerton 3143 |
late 15th |
ed. Joyce Bazire |
OS 229 |
Ancrene Riwle, in English; Gonville and Caius College MS. 234/120 |
c.1250+ |
ed. Wilson |
OS 230 |
Life of St. George, verse transl. by Alexander Barclay, from Georgius by Spagnuoli; Trinity College, Camb. ms. |
1515 |
Barclay; ed. Nelson |
OS 231 |
Deonise Hid Diuinite [Hidden Divinity] and other treatises, transl. of Mystica Theologia by Dionysius the Areopagite |
14th |
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OS 232 |
Ancrene Riwle, in English, an adaptation for public, prob. by W.M.Lichfeld; BM Ms. Royal 8 C. i. |
15th |
ed. Baugh |
OS 233 |
Bibliotheca Historica of Diodorus Siculus; 59 BCE, transl. by John Skelton, Vol. 1; BM Ms. Corpus Christ Cambridge 357 (OS 239) |
c.1472+ |
Diodorus Siculus; ed. Salter, Edwards |
OS 234 |
Paris and Vienne, a story, transl. by Wm. Caxton |
1485 |
Caxton |
OS 235 |
South English Legendary, Vol. 1, (1/1 up to Martha) Corpus Christi MS 145 and BM Harley 2277, [native English saints, entertaining bunch of AS names] |
1300’s and later |
ed. d’Evelyn, Mill |
OS 236 |
South English Legendary, Vol. 2, (St. Oswald to 12/31?) Corpus Christi MS 145 and BM Harley 2277, also Part 3 in OS 244; and OS 87; Menology order |
1300’s |
ed. d’Evelyn, Mill |
OS 237 |
Kyng Alisaunder, Vol. 2, intro, notes; see OS 227 for Vol. 1. |
14th |
ed. Smithers |
OS 238 |
Phonetic Writings of Robert Robinson |
c.1617 |
Robinson; ed. Dobson |
OS 239 |
Bibliotheca Historica of Diodorus Siculus, transl. by John Skelton,Vol. 2; has an index of names, intro., notes and glossary |
c.1472+ |
Diodorus Siculus; ed. Salter, Edwards |
OS 240 |
Ancrene Riwle in French; Anglo-Norman versions; MS. Trinity Coll. Camb. MS R.14.7 |
late 13th or early 14th |
ed. Trethewey |
OS 241 |
The Wohunge of Ure Lauerd, etc. [Wooing of Our Lord, Lovesong; Orison;, etc., mystical marriage] BM Cotton Titus D. xviii |
early 13th |
anon.; ed. Thompson |
OS 242 |
Salisbury Psalter, a Gallican Psalter in Latin with O.E. interlinear glosses; replacing Aug. Roman text; psalms and hymns, Salisbury Cath. MS 150. |
10th |
ed. Sisam and Sisam |
OS 243 |
Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey |
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OS 244 |
South English Legendary, Vol 3, Intro. and Glossary, see OS 235-6. Corpus Christi MS 145 and BM Harley 2277 |
c. 1300 |
eds., d’Evelyn and Mill |
OS 245 |
Beowulf, facsimile, BM Ms Cotton Vitellius A. xv. |
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OS 246 |
Parlement of the Thre Ages, alliterative poem, Christian; BM Add MS. 31042 = “The Thornton ms.” and BM Add. 33994 |
15th |
ed. Offord |
OS 247 |
“Facsimile of MS. Bodley 34” St. Katherine, St. Margaret, St. Juliana, Hali Meidhhad, Sawles Warde, MS Bodley 34 |
1st 1/4 of 13th |
ed. Ker |
OS 248 |
The Lifliade and the Passiun of Seinte Iuliene; diplomatic text of part of OS 247, with a Latin correspondent |
1210 |
ed. D’Ardenne |
OS 249 |
Ancrene Wisse, in Middle English; Corpus Christi Ms. 402 |
1200 |
ed. Tolkien |
OS 250 |
Layamon’s Brut, Vol. 1, in Anglo-Saxon; BM Cotton Caligula A.1 x and Otho C. xiii, (OS 277 = Vol. 2) |
1200 |
Layamon; ed. Brook & Leslie |
OS 251 |
Owl and the Nightingale, facsimile; JC Oxford, MS 29 & BM Cot. Calig. A.ix |
2nd 1/2 of 13th |
ed. Ker |
OS 252 |
“English Text of the Ancrene Rule” Ancrene Riwle, in English, & Lanhydrock fragment, 1 page; BM Cot. Titus D. xviii |
2nd 1/4 of 13th |
ed. Mack |
OS 253 |
Mandeville’s Travels, Bodley version |
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OS 254 |
Ywain and Gawain, trans. by minstrel; of Yvain, Le Chevalier au Lion by Chrétien de Troyes [matter of Arthur], Cot. Galba E.ix. Versions in Welsh, MHGerm, Norse, Swedish and Danish. |
1st 1/4 of 15th |
ed. Friedman & Harrington |
OS 255 |
“Facsimile of BM Ms. Harley 2253” e.g. Harley Lyrics in Middle English, secular and religious lyrics and misc. other; Anglo-Norman language, fabulous |
1340 c. |
ed. Ker |
OS 256 |
Sir Eglamour of Artois, a romance; Linc. Cath. Ms. 91 & Cot. Caligula, A. II |
late 14th |
ed. Richardson |
OS 257 |
Praise of Folie by Erasmus, transl. from Latin by Sir Thomas Chaloner |
1530 |
Chaloner; ed. Miller |
OS 258 |
Orcherd of Syon, [Orchard of Zion] Vol. 1, text, transl. of the Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena “mystical”, by Wynken de Worde; BM Harley 3432 |
15th c. |
ed. Hodgson, Leigey |
OS 259 |
Homilies of Ælfric, A Supplementary Collection; Vol. 1, (up to p. 491); in Old English |
c. 1005 |
Ælfric; ed. Pope |
OS 260 |
Homilies of Ælfric, A Supplementary Collection; Vol. 2, (p.493 to end); in Old English. (This volume includes part 5 of Ælfric’s Metrical Lives of Saints, the section on False Gods, see OS 76, etc.) |
c. 1005 |
Ælfric; ed. Pope |
OS 261 |
Lybeaus Desconus, by Thomas Chestre, an Arthurian romance, MS. Cot. Caligula, A. II & Lambeth Palace ms. 306 |
1375-1400 |
Chestre; ed. Mills |
OS 262 |
Macro Plays, the Castle of Perseverance, Wisdom, and Mankind, a repub of ES 91; Folger Ms. V.a. 354 |
1440 |
ed. Eccles |
OS 263 |
History of Reynard the Fox, transl. by Wm. Caxton from Dutch orig. |
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Caxton; ed. Blake |
OS 264 |
Epistle of Othea [Athena], by Christine de Pisan, transl. by Stephen Scrope |
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Christine de Pisan; transl. Scrope |
OS 265 |
Cyrurgie of Guy de Chauliac, Vol. 1, text; Latin orig. of 1363; English BN Paris Ms. anglais 25 |
15th |
Guy de Chauliac |
OS 266 |
Wulfstan’s Canons of Edgar; Corpus Christi, Cambr. MS 201 |
11th |
Wulfstan |
OS 267 |
Ancrene Riwle, in English; BM Cotton Cleopatra C.vi |
1227-8 |
ed. Dobson |
OS 268 |
Of Arthour and of Merlin, Vol. 1, text; Auchinleck Ms. and others, Middle English transl. from French poss by Robt de Boron [Arthur and Merlin] (see OS 279) |
1330 |
ed. Macrae-Gibson |
OS 269 |
Mandeville’s Travels, Metrical Version; orig. comp. c. 1357; MS Coventry Corporation Record Office |
1375-1460 |
ed. Seymour |
OS 270 |
Le Traité de l’Esperance (Treatise of Hope) and Le Quadrilogue Invectif, Vol. 1, text; French orig. by Alain Chartier, 1422 and 1428; anon. transl. to English. (Vol. 2 is OS 281) |
15th |
Chartier; ed. Blayney |
OS 271 |
Minor Poems of Stephen Hawes; advice, coronation of Henry VIII |
16th |
Hawes; eds. Gluck, Morgan |
OS 272 |
Ordinal of Alchemy by Thomas Norton |
16th |
Norton; ed. Reidy |
OS 273 |
Cely Letters, 1472-1488; correspondence of merchants in the wool trade |
1472 ff |
Cely family; ed. Hanham |
OS 274 |
Ancrene Riwle, in Middle English, Magdalene College, Pepys Ms 2498 |
1240 c. |
ed. Zettersten |
OS 275 |
Dives and Pauper, Vol. 1, Part 1; introduction and text; prose treatise in dialogue form on 10 commandments (see OS 280 for Part 2) |
1405-1410 |
ed. Barnum |
OS 276 |
Secretum Secretorum, Vol. 1, text in 9 versions; pseudo Aristotle, English from Latin 12th cent earliest; from Arabic of 10th. |
12th, varies |
ed. Manzalaoui |
OS 277 |
Layamon’s Brut, Vol. 2, text; lines 8021 to end (OS 250 is Vol. 1) |
1200 |
Layamon; ed. Brook, Leslie |
OS 278 |
Ayenbite of Inwyt, Vol. 2; introduction, notes, glossary. all Christian but with prophecies added in. Transl. poss by Dan Michael of Somme le Roi, of 1280. (see OS 23) |
1340 |
Dan Michael; ed. Gradon |
OS 279 |
Of Arthour and of Merlin, Vol. 2, introduction, notes and glossary [Arthur and Merlin] see OS 268 |
1330 |
Robt de Boron; ed. Macrae-Gibson |
OS 280 |
Dives and Pauper, Vol. 1, Part 2, text; more commandments; see OS 275 |
1405-1410 |
ed. Barnum |
OS 281 |
Le Traité de l’Esperance and Le Quadrilogue Invectif, Vol. 2, intro., notes, glossary (see OS 270) Treatise of Hope |
1460 |
ed. Blayney |
OS 282 |
Enchiridion Militis Christiani, in English transl., Latin orig. by Erasmus |
1534 |
Erasmus; ed. O’Donnell |
OS 283 |
Digby Plays or Late Medieval Religious Plays of Bodley Mss. Digby 133 and E. Museo 160, 6 plays, a republication |
|
ed. Baker, Murphy, Hall |
OS 284 |
Hali Meihad |
1225-1250 |
ed. Millett |
OS 285 |
Abbreuiacion of Cronicles, by John Capgrave [Abbreviation of Chronicles, creation to 1417] |
1462-3 |
Capgrave; ed. Lucas |
OS 286 |
Herbarium and Medicina de Quadrupedibus, in Old English, with 5th cent. Latin orig. |
11th-12th |
ed. de Vriend |
OS 287 |
De Institutione Inclusarum by Aelred of Rievaulx (Rule for Nuns, Latin orig. 1160) |
14th-15th |
Aelred; ed. Ayto and Barratt |
OS 288 |
Pilgrimage of the Lyfe of the Manhode, Vol. 1, intro, text of prose transl. (see OS 292) |
1400 |
ed. Henry |
OS 289 |
Octovian, a romance |
1422-53 |
ed. McSparran |
OS 290 |
Barlam and Iosaphat, saint’s tale by John of Damascene, based on Buddha’s life |
|
|
OS 291 |
Liber Celestis of St. Bridget of Sweden, Vol. 1; preface and text, “Revelations” and a Life; BL Ms. Claudius B.1 |
1410-1420 |
ed. Ellis |
OS 292 |
Pilgrimage of the Lyfe of the Manhode, Vol. 2, notes, biblio., glossary (see OS 288, also ES 92) |
|
ed. Henry |
OS 293 |
Richard Rolle: Prose and Verse, from Ms. Longleat 29, etc. |
1422 |
Rolle; ed. Ogilvie-Thomson |
OS 294 |
Lollard Sermons, 18 of them for various holidays |
|
ed. Cigman |
OS 295 |
Familiar Dialogue of the Friend and the Fellow; trans. of Alain Chartieris, French politics |
1475 c. |
ed. Blayney |
OS 296 |
Recyt of the Ladie Kateryne (description of festivities) |
1501 |
|
OS 297 |
Wynnere and Wastoure, BL Ms. 31042 |
1350 c. |
ed. Trigg |
OS 298 |
St. Patrick’s Purgatory, 2 versions of Owayne Miles; Vision of Wm. of Stranton; 12th Latin orig. |
14th |
ed. Easting |
OS 299 |
Physiologus, in Middle English from Theobald’s Physiologus in Latin; BL Ms. Arundel 292 |
1300 |
ed. Wirtjes |
OS 300 |
Vercelli Homilies and Related Texts, some trans. from Latin, some composed in English, Anglo-Saxon |
10th c. |
ed. Scragg |
OS 301 |
Two Wycliffite Texts: Sermon of Taylor and Testimony of Thorpe, 1407 |
1406 |
ed. Hudson |
OS 302 |
Old English Homilies, some by Aelfric, from MS. Bodley 343 (a republication of OS 137 which was incomplete) |
1050 |
ed. Irvine |
OS 303 |
Contemplations of the Dread and Love of God = Fervor Amoris |
1425 |
ed. Connolly |
OS 304 |
Old English Version of the Gospels, Vol. 1, intro. and part of text (see OS 314) |
|
ed. Liuzza |
OS 305 |
Castelford’s Chronicle or the Boke of Brut, Vol. 1 (Intro. and Books I-VI) |
1327 |
Thomas Castleford; ed. Echkhardt |
OS 306 |
Castelford’s Chronicle or the Boke of Brut, Vol. 2 (Books VII-XII). incomplete, there may be a Vol. 3 |
1327 |
Thomas Castleford; ed. Echkhardt |
OS 307 |
Seven Psalms, transl. into English by Dame Eleanor Hull, all commentary |
1420’s |
ed. Barratt |
OS 308 |
The Goodli History of the Ladye Lucres by Aeneas Silvius Piccolominin 1444 (later Pius II), medieval love romance |
1553 |
ed. Morrall |
OS 309 |
Imitation of Christ; Engl. trans. of Imitatio Christi, poss. by Thomas á Kempis, Books I-III (incomplete) |
15th |
Thomas á Kempis; ed. Biggs |
OS 310 |
Ancrene Riwle, Vernon Text, Bodley MS. Eng. poet. a.1 |
1380-1400 |
ed. Zettersten, Diensberg |
OS 311 |
Sidrak and Bokkus, Vol. I; introduction; Prologue, Books I-II; old French book of prose knowledge, Q&A form, 1275 |
1450 |
ed. Burton |
OS 312 |
Sidrak and Bokkus, Vol. II; Books III-IV, with commentary and glossary |
1450 |
ed. Burton |
OS 313 |
Hoccleve’s Complaint and Dialogue, by Thomas Hoccleve; repub of part of ES 61 but from a different ms. |
1421-26 |
Hoccleve; ed. Burrow |
OS 314 |
Old English Version of the Gospels, Vol. 2, notes and glossary (text in OS 304) |
10th |
ed. Luizza |
OS 315 |
Gilte Legend, Supplementary Lives, mainly Anglo-Saxon and Celtic saints; transl. of Jean de Vignay’s Légende Dorée (1333-40); transl. of Jacobus de Voragines’ Legende Aurea (1267), (Vol. I, II, are OS 327, 328) |
1438 |
ed. Hamer & Russell |
OS 316 |
Ipomadon, a romance, Middle-English trans. of Ipomedon by Hue de Rotelande, Ms. Chetham 8009 at Manchester |
1400 |
ed. Purdie |
OS 317 |
Works of a Lollard Preacher, bit of a companion to OS 301 |
15th |
ed. Hudson |
OS 318 |
Revelation of the Monk of Eynsham = Evesham; a vision of purgatory etc. |
15th |
ed. Eastring |
OS 319 |
Mandeville’s Travels, Defective Version |
14th |
ed. Seymour |
OS 320 |
Siege of Jerusalem, Titus’ destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE, written like a romance |
15th |
ed. Hanna, Lawton |
OS 321 |
Three Alliterative Saints’ Hymns; actually in 14 line stanzas; Katherine, John Evangelist, John Baptist |
1400 |
ed. Kennedy |
OS 322 |
Turpines Story, Middle-English trans. of the Pseudo-Turpine Chronicle (Charlemagne) |
1460 |
ed. Shepherd |
OS 323 |
Dives and Pauper, Vol. 2, (actually Part 3, with Introduction, Notes and Glossary, see OS 275, 280) |
15th |
ed. Barnum |
OS 324 |
Seven Sages of Rome (Midland Version), Camb. Univ. Lib. Ms. Dd.I.17, romance |
1400 |
ed. Whitelock |
OS 325 |
Ancrene Wisse, Vol. 1, Introduction, text, emendations, publ. of (A) Camb. Corpus Christi Ms. 402 |
1270-1280 |
ed. Millett |
OS 326 |
Ancrene Wisse, Vol. 2, Introduction, notes, glossary, proper names |
1270-1280 |
ed. Millett, Dobson, Dance |
OS 327 |
Gilte Legend, Vol. 1, in Middle English, text, bunch of saints, ends with St. James in July (menologium order) |
1438 |
ed. Hamer |
OS 328 |
Gilte Legend, Vol. 2, in Middle English, text, St. Christopher up into winter. (Supplementary Lives is OS 315; Vol. 3 is OS 339) |
1438 |
ed. Hamer |
OS 329 |
Uncollected Verse and Prose of Richard Rolle, with related Northern Texts |
15th |
Rolle; ed. Hanna |
OS 330 |
Heptateuch in Old English, and Ælfric’s Libellus de Veteri Testament et Nove |
|
Ælfric |
OS 331 |
Speculum Vitae, A Reading Ed., Vol. 1 |
|
|
OS 332 |
Speculum Vitae, A Reading Ed., Vol. 2 |
|
|
OS 333 |
Four Wycliffite Dialogues, Introduction, text, notes |
1380-1420 |
ed. Somerset |
OS 334 |
John Mirk’s Festial, Vol. 1, BL Ms. Cotton Claudius A. II |
1403? |
ed. Powell |
OS 335 |
John Mirk’s Festial, Vol. 2 |
1403? |
ed. Powell |
OS 336 |
The Egerton Version of Mandeville’s Travels, BL Ms.Egerton 1982 |
1400 c. |
ed. Seymour |
OS 337 - 338 |
A late Fifteenth Century Dominical Sermon Cycle, Vol. 1 & 2 |
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OS 339 |
Gilte Legende, Vol. 3, introduction, notes, selected glosses, indexes. See OS 327, 328 for the texts |
1438 |
ed. Hamer |
OS 340 |
Two Revised Versions of Richard Rolle’s English Psalter Commentary and the Related Canticles, Vol. 1 (intro. and prologue and psalms 1-34) |
1349, died |
Rolle; ed. Hudson |
OS 341 |
Rolle’s English Psalter Commentary, Vol. 2, edited by Anne Hudson, (texts, psalms 35-115, see OS 343 for Vol. 3) |
1349, died
|
Rolle; ed. Hudson |
OS 342 |
The Prick of Conscience, edited by Ralph Hanna and Sarah Wood, based on 14th century mss. and 18th century printing by Richard Morris |
14th |
ed. Hanna and Wood |
OS 343 |
Rolle’s English Psalter Commentary, Vol. 3, edited by Anne Hudson (psalms 116-50 and Canticles 1-12) |
1349, died |
Rolle; ed. Hudson |
OS 344 |
Alexander Barclay, The Famous Cronycle of the Warre which the Romayns had agaynst Iugurth (Sallust’s Jugurthine Wars) |
|
Barclay; ed. Greg Waite |
OS 345 |
Poems from BL MS Harley 913: ‘The Kildare Manuscript’ |
|
ed. Thorlac Turville-Petre |
OS 346 |
A Mirror to Devout People (Speculum devotorum) |
|
ed. Paul J. Patterson |
OS 347 |
The Craft of Lymmyng and The Maner of Steynyng: Middle English Recipes for Painters, Stainers, Scribes, and Illuminators |
1300-1500
|
anonymous, ed. Mark Clarke |
OS 348 |
The Scale of Perfection, Book II,
by Walter Hilton, [Christian spiritual. This is supposed to be Book 2, but I don't know where Book 1 is.] |
1396 |
Hilton, ed. Stanley S. Hussey and Michael Sargent |
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forthcoming, according to the EETS website |
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OS 349 and 350 |
Sir Bevis of Hampton, a romance, 2 volumes |
1300 |
ed. Jennifer Fellows |
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