895 896 Ee. 1. 6. A quarto, on paper, consisting of ff. 210; the handwriting is ascribed to Bulstrode Whitelocke, though the character of it does not resemble his signature in Dd. v. 7. LAW PRECEDENTS. The volume contains a singular petition to the king from Bulstrode Whitelocke, setting forth at great length that he, being Treasurer of the Society of the Middle Temple, had expended upwards of £30 of the common stock in burying a student who died there; that the father of the student refused to repay the money, though of sufficient ability; and, as no remedy could be obtained at Common Law, praying of the king equitable redress. On the fly-leaf, ' Esteemed friend M' John Whitelocke of Hilton parke.' Ee. I. 7. A small quarto, on paper, of 313 leaves, written in the xvith century. A MANUAL FOR THE USE OF PRIESTS AND CONFESSORS, in sundry parts, as below, with tables of contents prefixed. There is a Prologue at the beginning, Ut simplicium sacerdotum et confessorum penurie vel in modico consulatur.'... 1. ff. 5-54. De Confessionibus, Excommunicacionibus et Absolutionibus. 3. ff. 112, 113. 'De vii. Peccatis mortalibus." 4. ff. 113-141. De Peccatis mortalibus in speciali et de 5. ff. 141-189. De interrogacionibus faciendis in confes- 8. ff. 283-312. An Index to the contents of the preceding 9. ff. 312, 313. Rubrice juris civilis et canonici.' On the first fly-leaf is written 'Liber conventus sancte crucis juxta A quarto, on paper, containing ff. 197, with 19 lines in each SLAVONICK PSALTER WITH CANTICLES. After 3 leaves of Prologues, a leaf being lost between ff. 3 and 4, the The Canticles follow, f. 184 b, beginning with the Song of Moses, Exod. 898 The text is the same as that in the Slavonick Bible printed at Moscow, 1663. Ee. I. 9. A quarto, on parchment, containing ff, 285, in double columns, with 60 lines in each column. Date, the xvth century. BIBLIA VULGATA SANCTI HIERONYMI. Given by Robert Maynolf, a monk of St. Alban's, to the church. The first 14 ff. contain a summary of the contents of each book of the Bible: the usual prologues follow, f. 15, and the books in the following order: Genesis...2 Chron., Isaiah...Malachi, Job, Proverbs, and the rest as usual, the book of Psalms being omitted: S. Matthew begins f. 228 b. after the prefaces, and the Revelation ends f. 285 b, the rest of the leaf being occupied with a Kalendar of the Epistles and Gospels. On f. 14 b, is written Hunc librum dedit frater Robert' Maynolf deo et ecclesie sancti Albani ad opus claustralium quem qui a dicta ecclesia abstulerit uel titulum deleuerit anathema sit. Anima fratris Roberti et fidelium anime requiescant yn pace. Amen. A small quarto, on vellum, 195 leaves, double columns of 34 lines each, handwriting uniform, of the latter part of the xivth century, damaged in several places, and imperfect both at the beginning and the end. PART OF THE OLD TESTAMENT AND APOCRYPHA IN ENG LISH. Begins (excluding Prologue, 2 Chron. i.): Salomon pane pe sone of david is counfortide in his rewme, and pe lord was wip him and he magnifiede him into an heizte et cet. Breaks off (2 Maccab. xv. 1): For sope as nichanor foond Judas for to be in places of samarie he pouзte in pe dai.... 900 901 The version is substantially the same as the earlier of those which are called Wycliffite (see the Preface to the Wycliffite Bible, Oxf. 1850, p. liv.): but it has been considerably abridged throughout. The books follow the order of the Vulgate. After Psalm CL. of which as in other cases only a small portion is inserted, are English abstracts of the Te Deum, which is ascribed to Austin and Ambrose,' of the Benedicite, the Benedictus, the Magnificat, the Nunc Dimittis and a translation of the Psalm, or Creed, 'Quicunque vult' (fol. 75 b). The MS. is altogether defective from Amos ix. 2 to Jonah ii. 1. Ee. I. 11. Two quarto volumes in one, on paper, containing together 334 leaves (exclusive of introductory matter), 15 lines in each page, well written in a hand of the xvith century. Two BOOKS OF ITALIAN SONNETS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. They are addressed to Sigor. Capno., Thommaso Sassetti.' The collector 'Lattantio Valori Fiorentino' dates 'di casa sua in Londra il primo giorno di Maggio M.D.LXXXV.' A list of authors is prefixed to each volume. Ee. 1. 12. A quarto volume, on parchment and vellum, 105 leaves (excluding blanks), about 20 lines on each page, handwriting uniform from fol. 11 to fol. 80, and throughout assignable to the close of the xvth century, which is also the approximate date of the language. The following title is supplied by a colophon (fol. 80, a) : 'LIBER YMPNORUM ET CANTICORUM quem composuit FRATER JACOBUS RYMAN ORDINIS MINORUM, ad laudem Omnipotentis Dei et sanctissime matris eius Marie omniumque sanctorum, anno Domini millessimo []cccmo []xxxxII.' This date, which should be MCCCC LXXXXII. was probably mutilated in order to enhance the value of the MS. Tanner (sub nom.) had been misled by the corruption. Begins (fol. 1b): I hard a maydyn wepe For here sonnys passyon Yt enterd into my hart full deipe 902 Ends (fol. 80 a) : O heuenly sterr most bright and clere And be our guyde both day and nyght That we may please that king of myght So that we may come to that blis Wherof the joye eternall is. These Hymns, which are little more than translations from the Latin Service-books, relate chiefly to the Virgin. The remainder of the volume (fol. 81 b-fol. 105 b) in a different hand is of the same general character: some of the pieces being mere transcripts of the above. On fol. 80b is a song beginning 'The fals fox camme vnto oure croft :' printed in the Reliquiæ Antiquæ, ed. Wright and Halliwell, 1.4, 5, Lond. 1841. Ee. I. 13. An octavo, on paper, of 150 leaves, written chiefly in the xvth century. The volume contains several separate treatises and fragments. 1. ff. 1-96. AN ALPHABETICAL CATALOGUE OF HERBS. It is neatly written, in English, with blue capitals, and a broad margin, and 27 lines in a page. The margins have been a good deal disfigured with scribbling, and the last pages, being blank, have been filled up with receipts in Latin, by a later hand. The Catalogue begins: Aloen hath virtue to purge flewme... Ends: Zecharinum. sugar...þe enduryng.-Amen, quod Gerford. ...betokynyth syknes. Explicit. 3. ff. 101-108. Miscellaneous Receipts. Some of these have been extracted and printed in Reliq. Antiq. Vol. 1. p. 163. 4. ff. 109-124 a. A treatise ON THE MANAGEMENT OF VINES. Begins: The manner of settyng of trees ys manyfold... Ends: ...delectabile in savor and color. |