vppon the Annotacions and Corrections of some imperfections of impressiones of Chaucers workes (sett downe before tyme, and nowe) reprinted in the yere of oure lorde 1598

sett downe by

Francis Thynne.

Soortee pur bien ou ne sortee rien.

NOW NEWLY EDITED FROM THE MS. IN THE BRIDGEWATER LIBRARY, WITH FRESH COLLECTIONS FOR THE LIVES OF WILLIAM THYNNE,

THE CHAUCER EDITOR, AND FRANCIS THYNNE, HIS SON,

AND A REPRINT OF THE ONLY KNOWN FRAGMENT OF

The Pilgrim's Tale,"

BY N. TRÜBNER & CO., 57 & 59, LUDGATE HILL.

LONDON.
1876.

[Arms of the Lord Chancellor Egerton blazond: and underneath them,]

Magna quidem laus est generoso sanguine nasci,
Maior honestatis facta decusque segni,

Maxima nosse deum, fontem metamque bonorum,
Vti sorte, piè viuere, rite mori.

Second Series, 13.

JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS.

V

CONTENTS.

DR G. H. KINGSLEY'S PREFACE: SHORT LIVES OF WILLIAM AND

FRANCIS THYNNE, ETC.

MARK NOBLE'S ACCOUNT OF FRANCIS THYNNE

MR FURNIVALL'S HINDWORDS (CONTENTS, p. xx) ..

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PAGE

vii

xvii

xx-cxliv

1. WILLIAM THYNNE HIS LIFE, WORK, FOOD, WILL, ETC.

2. FRANCIS THYNNE HIS LIFE AND LETTERS, WITH EXTRACTS

FROM HIS WRITINGS

xxi

xlvii

cxviii

MR J. P. COLLIER'S ATTRIBUTION OF 4 SPURIOUS WORKS TO F.

THYNNE

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cxxvii

EXTRACTS FROM THESE: 1. THE DEBATE BETWEEN PRIDE AND

LOWLINESS, p. cxxviii; 2. A PLEASAUNT DIALOGUE BETWEENE

THE CAP AND THE HEAD, 1564, p. cxxix; 3. NEWES FROM

THE NORTH, 1579, p. cxxxi; 4. THE CASE IS ALTERED, 1604,

p. cxxxvii.

MR BRADSHAW'S DISPROOF OF THE EXISTENCE OF WM. THYNNE'S

APPENDIXES:

1. THE PILGRIMS TALE

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PAGE

77

2. THE LEGITIMATION OF JOHN OF GAUNT'S CHILDREN BY KA-

4. FR. THYNNE'S " DYSCOURSE VPPON Y CRESTE OF THE LORDE

BURGHLEYGHE"

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103

116

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5. PROPHECIES BY WELSHMEN

6. THOMAS CHAUCER'S COMPLAINT ON PARTING FROM HIS WIFE,

WHEN HE WENT ON EMBASSY TO FRANCE

122

7. EXTRACT FROM DOUCE FRAGMENT OF THE COURTE OF VENUS 127