Three prose
translations
by Yonge, J.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v02
by Madden, Sir F.
, Roxburghe Club, 1838; Herrtage, S.
J.
,
E. E. T. S. Ex. Ser. xxxIII, 1879, with notes on manuscripts. On the
whole subject, see Oesterley, H. , Berlin, 1872, who discusses date of
original compilation and considers it to be English.
Hylton or Hilton, Walter. 1. Scala Perfectionis. 2. Devout Book to a
temporal man. 3. Devout Treatise of the song of angels. Early
editions by W. de Worde (1 and 2), 1494, 1519, 1525, 1533; Pynson (1
and 2), 1506, (3) 1521; Notary, Julian, 1507; modern editions by Cressy, S.
(1 and 2), 1659; Guy, R. E. (1 and 2), London, Dublin and Derby,
1869 (good preface and notes); and Dalgairns, J. B. , 1901, reprint of
Cressy's text. See D. of N. B. for MSS; also Inge, W. R. , Studies
of English Mystics, 1905.
Juliana of Norwich: Revelations of Divine Love. First printed by Cressy,
Dom 8. , 1670, reprinted 1845; modern editions by Warrack, Grace, 1901;
and Tyrrell, Geo. , S. J. , 1902; also Collins, Hy. , London and Derby, 1877.
See Blomefield's Hist. Norfolk, iv, 81; Inge, W. R. , Studies of English
Mystics, 1905; Horstman's Introduction to R. Rolle of Hampole, 2 vols. ,
1895-6.
Legenda Aurea. 15th century translation and additions. MSS: Brit. Mus.
Add. 11,565, Harl. 4775 and others; Lambeth 72. See, on the whole
subject and for specimens, Butler, Pierce, Legenda Aurea, Baltimore, 1899
(valuable); also Horstmann, C. , Old English Legendary, E. E. T. S. LXXXVII.
Prymer (i. e. Prayer Book), c. 1400. Ed. Littlehales, H. 2 vols. 1891-2.
CHRONICLES AND PAMPHLETS.
Brut or Chronicle of England. Ed. Brie, F. E. E. T. S. 1906.
English Chronicle, 1377–1461. Ed. Davies, J. S. Camden Soc. 1856.
English Chronicle in Three 15th century Chronicles. Ed. Gairdner, J.
Camden Soc. 1880.
Commodities of England (before 1451) in the works of Sir John Fortescue.
Ed. Clermont. Vol. 1.
Historical Collections of a London Citizen, for Gregory's Chronicle, etc.
Ed. Gairdner, J. Camden Soc. 1876.
Historie of the Arrivall of Edward IV. Ed. Bruce, J. Camden Soc. 1838.
A valuable record.
Lincolnshire, Rebellion in. Ed. Nichols, J. G. Camden Soc. Miscellany
No. 1. 1847.
St Albans, First Battle at. Archaelogia, xx, 519.
Warkworth, J. Chronicle of the first thirteen years of the reign of Edward
IV. Ed. Halliwell, J. O. Camden Soc. 1839.
LETTERS.
Bekynton, Correspondence of. Vol. 1. 2 vols. Rolls Series. 1872.
Original Letters. Two Series. Ed. Ellis, Sir Henry. 1827.
Epistolae Academiae Oxon. Ed. Anstey, H. Oxford Historical Soc. 1898.
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483
Paston Letters, The. Ed. Gairdner, J. 4 vols. 1901. See also D. of N. B.
and Morley's English Writers, vol. vi, chap. xl.
Plumpton Correspondence. Vol. I. Ed. Stapleton, T. Camden Soc. 1839.
For other specimens of 15th century prose, consult Early English Text
Society's publications, e. g.
Book of Quinte Essence (1440-70). Ed. Furnivall, F. J. 1866.
English Conquest of Ireland, The. A. D. 1166–1185. Mainly from the
Expugnatio Hibernica of Giraldus Cambrensis. Ed. Furnivall, F. J.
[Mid-15th cent. prose. ] E. E. T. S. 1896.
Lanfrank's Cirurgie (1396 and 1420). Ed. Fleischhacker, R. von. 1894.
La Tour Landry (c. 1440). Ed. Wright, T. 1868.
Melusine (c. 1500). Ed. Donald, A. K. 1895.
Religious Pieces (c. 1440). Ed. Perry, G. G. 1867.
Secreta Secretorum.
Three prose translations by Yonge, J. , 1428. Ed.
Steele, R. 1898.
Three Kings' Sons (c. 1500). Ed. Furnivall, F. J. 1895.
Iwo Fifteenth Century Cookery Books. Ed. Austin, T. 1888.
Dictionaries:
Catholicon Anglicum (1483). An English-Latin word-book. Ed. Herrtage,
S. J. 1881. E. E. T. S. and Camden Soc.
Promptorium Parvulorum. Camden Soc. 1843-65. New edition, Mayhew,
E. E. T. S. , forthcoming.
On scribes and book trade, see:
Kirchhoff, Albrecht. Handschriftshändler des Mittelalters. Leipzig, 1853.
Morley, H. English Writers. Vol. 11, chap. xii. 1890.
Wattenbach, W. Das Schriftswesen im Mittelalter. 3rd ed. Leipzig, 1896.
For prices, see hints in Catalogues of MSS in College Libraries, Cambridge,
ed. James, M. R.
CHAPTERS XIII AND XIV
THE INTRODUOTION OF PRINTING INTO ENGLAND AND
THE EARLY WORK OF THE PRESS
AND
ENGLISH PROSE IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. II
CAXTON. MALORY. BERNERS
General Authorities, etc.
Ames, J. Typographical Antiquities: being an historical account of
Printing in England. 1749.
Bigmore, E. C. and Wyman, C. W. H. Bibliography of Printing. 3 vols.
1880-6.
Blades, R. H. Who was Caxton ? 1877.
Blades, W. The life and typography of William Caxton. 2 vols. 1861-3.
British Museum Catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland and
Ireland, and of books in English printed abroad to the year 1640. 3 vols.
1884.
31-2
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Proctor, R. G. O. Jan van Doesborch. Bibliographical Society Monographs,
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Cambridge. 4 vols. Cambridge, 1900 ff.
[Certain of Caxton's prefaces and epilogues are reprinted in A. W. Pollard's
Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse, 1903. ]
Reprints of Books mentioned in the Text, etc.
Aesop, The Fables of, as first printed by W. Caxton in 1484 with those of
Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Ed. Jacobs, J. 2 parts. 1889.
Apollyn of Thyre, The romance of Kynge. Reproduced in facsimile by
Ashbee, E. W. 1870.
Arnold, Richard. The customs of London, otherwise called Arnold's
Chronicle. Ed. Douce, F. 1811.
Aymon, The right plesaunt and goodly historie of the foure sonnes of.
Englisht from the French by W. Caxton. Ed. Richardson, 0. E. E. T. S.
Ex. Ser. XLIV. 1884.
Berners: The history of the valiant knight Arthur of Little Britain, a
romance of chivalry originally translated from the French by John
Bourchier, Lord Berners. Ed. Utterson, E. V. 1814.
The Castell of Love. Printed c. 1540.
The chronicle of Froissart, translated out of French by Sir John
Bourchier, Lord Berners, annis 1523-5. [Pynson. ] Ed. Ker, W. P.
Tudor Translations. 6 vols. 1901-3. [A handy reduced edition of
Berners' Froissart was published in 1895, ed. with introduction and notes
by Macaulay, G. C. Baron J. M. B. C. Kervyn de Lettenhove's Froissart:
étude litt. sur le xivº siècle, Paris, 1857, should be consulted. ]
The boke of Duke Huon of Burdeux, done into English by Sir John
Bourchier, Lord Berners, and printed by Wynkyn de Worde about
1534.
E. E. T. S. Ex. Ser. xxxIII, 1879, with notes on manuscripts. On the
whole subject, see Oesterley, H. , Berlin, 1872, who discusses date of
original compilation and considers it to be English.
Hylton or Hilton, Walter. 1. Scala Perfectionis. 2. Devout Book to a
temporal man. 3. Devout Treatise of the song of angels. Early
editions by W. de Worde (1 and 2), 1494, 1519, 1525, 1533; Pynson (1
and 2), 1506, (3) 1521; Notary, Julian, 1507; modern editions by Cressy, S.
(1 and 2), 1659; Guy, R. E. (1 and 2), London, Dublin and Derby,
1869 (good preface and notes); and Dalgairns, J. B. , 1901, reprint of
Cressy's text. See D. of N. B. for MSS; also Inge, W. R. , Studies
of English Mystics, 1905.
Juliana of Norwich: Revelations of Divine Love. First printed by Cressy,
Dom 8. , 1670, reprinted 1845; modern editions by Warrack, Grace, 1901;
and Tyrrell, Geo. , S. J. , 1902; also Collins, Hy. , London and Derby, 1877.
See Blomefield's Hist. Norfolk, iv, 81; Inge, W. R. , Studies of English
Mystics, 1905; Horstman's Introduction to R. Rolle of Hampole, 2 vols. ,
1895-6.
Legenda Aurea. 15th century translation and additions. MSS: Brit. Mus.
Add. 11,565, Harl. 4775 and others; Lambeth 72. See, on the whole
subject and for specimens, Butler, Pierce, Legenda Aurea, Baltimore, 1899
(valuable); also Horstmann, C. , Old English Legendary, E. E. T. S. LXXXVII.
Prymer (i. e. Prayer Book), c. 1400. Ed. Littlehales, H. 2 vols. 1891-2.
CHRONICLES AND PAMPHLETS.
Brut or Chronicle of England. Ed. Brie, F. E. E. T. S. 1906.
English Chronicle, 1377–1461. Ed. Davies, J. S. Camden Soc. 1856.
English Chronicle in Three 15th century Chronicles. Ed. Gairdner, J.
Camden Soc. 1880.
Commodities of England (before 1451) in the works of Sir John Fortescue.
Ed. Clermont. Vol. 1.
Historical Collections of a London Citizen, for Gregory's Chronicle, etc.
Ed. Gairdner, J. Camden Soc. 1876.
Historie of the Arrivall of Edward IV. Ed. Bruce, J. Camden Soc. 1838.
A valuable record.
Lincolnshire, Rebellion in. Ed. Nichols, J. G. Camden Soc. Miscellany
No. 1. 1847.
St Albans, First Battle at. Archaelogia, xx, 519.
Warkworth, J. Chronicle of the first thirteen years of the reign of Edward
IV. Ed. Halliwell, J. O. Camden Soc. 1839.
LETTERS.
Bekynton, Correspondence of. Vol. 1. 2 vols. Rolls Series. 1872.
Original Letters. Two Series. Ed. Ellis, Sir Henry. 1827.
Epistolae Academiae Oxon. Ed. Anstey, H. Oxford Historical Soc. 1898.
## p. 483 (#501) ############################################
Chapter XII
483
Paston Letters, The. Ed. Gairdner, J. 4 vols. 1901. See also D. of N. B.
and Morley's English Writers, vol. vi, chap. xl.
Plumpton Correspondence. Vol. I. Ed. Stapleton, T. Camden Soc. 1839.
For other specimens of 15th century prose, consult Early English Text
Society's publications, e. g.
Book of Quinte Essence (1440-70). Ed. Furnivall, F. J. 1866.
English Conquest of Ireland, The. A. D. 1166–1185. Mainly from the
Expugnatio Hibernica of Giraldus Cambrensis. Ed. Furnivall, F. J.
[Mid-15th cent. prose. ] E. E. T. S. 1896.
Lanfrank's Cirurgie (1396 and 1420). Ed. Fleischhacker, R. von. 1894.
La Tour Landry (c. 1440). Ed. Wright, T. 1868.
Melusine (c. 1500). Ed. Donald, A. K. 1895.
Religious Pieces (c. 1440). Ed. Perry, G. G. 1867.
Secreta Secretorum.
Three prose translations by Yonge, J. , 1428. Ed.
Steele, R. 1898.
Three Kings' Sons (c. 1500). Ed. Furnivall, F. J. 1895.
Iwo Fifteenth Century Cookery Books. Ed. Austin, T. 1888.
Dictionaries:
Catholicon Anglicum (1483). An English-Latin word-book. Ed. Herrtage,
S. J. 1881. E. E. T. S. and Camden Soc.
Promptorium Parvulorum. Camden Soc. 1843-65. New edition, Mayhew,
E. E. T. S. , forthcoming.
On scribes and book trade, see:
Kirchhoff, Albrecht. Handschriftshändler des Mittelalters. Leipzig, 1853.
Morley, H. English Writers. Vol. 11, chap. xii. 1890.
Wattenbach, W. Das Schriftswesen im Mittelalter. 3rd ed. Leipzig, 1896.
For prices, see hints in Catalogues of MSS in College Libraries, Cambridge,
ed. James, M. R.
CHAPTERS XIII AND XIV
THE INTRODUOTION OF PRINTING INTO ENGLAND AND
THE EARLY WORK OF THE PRESS
AND
ENGLISH PROSE IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. II
CAXTON. MALORY. BERNERS
General Authorities, etc.
Ames, J. Typographical Antiquities: being an historical account of
Printing in England. 1749.
Bigmore, E. C. and Wyman, C. W. H. Bibliography of Printing. 3 vols.
1880-6.
Blades, R. H. Who was Caxton ? 1877.
Blades, W. The life and typography of William Caxton. 2 vols. 1861-3.
British Museum Catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland and
Ireland, and of books in English printed abroad to the year 1640. 3 vols.
1884.
31-2
## p. 484 (#502) ############################################
484
Bibliography
Dibdin, T. F. Typographical Antiquities. Begun by Joseph Ames, aug-
mented by William Herbert. 4 vols. 1810–19.
Dibelius, W. John Capgrave und die Englische Schriftsprache. Anglia,
XXIII, XXIV passim.
Duff, E. G. The Printers, Stationers and Bookbinders of Westminster and
London from 1476 to 1535. Cambridge, 1906.
William Caxton. Chicago, 1905.
A Century of the English Book-trade. Bibliographical Society. 1905.
Herbert, W. Typographical Antiquities. Begun by Joseph Ames. 3 vols.
1785-90.
Lekebusch, J. Die Londoner Urkundensprache von 1430-1500. Halle
1906.
Lewis, J. Life of Caxton. 1737.
Madan, F. The early Oxford press. Oxford, 1895.
The Day-book of John Dorne. Oxford Historical Society, Collectanea.
Vol. 1. Oxford, 1885.
Middleton, Conyers. The Origin of Printing in England. Cambridge, 1735.
Morley, H. English Writers. Vol. vi. 1890.
Plomer, H. R. A short history of English printing, 1476-1898. 1900.
Printers, Handlists of English. Bibliographical Society. 1895-1906.
Proctor, R. G. O. Jan van Doesborch. Bibliographical Society Monographs,
II. 1894.
Römstedt, H. Die englische Schriftsprache bei Caxton. Göttingen, 1890.
Sayle, C. E. Early English printed English books in the University Library,
Cambridge. 4 vols. Cambridge, 1900 ff.
[Certain of Caxton's prefaces and epilogues are reprinted in A. W. Pollard's
Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse, 1903. ]
Reprints of Books mentioned in the Text, etc.
Aesop, The Fables of, as first printed by W. Caxton in 1484 with those of
Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. Ed. Jacobs, J. 2 parts. 1889.
Apollyn of Thyre, The romance of Kynge. Reproduced in facsimile by
Ashbee, E. W. 1870.
Arnold, Richard. The customs of London, otherwise called Arnold's
Chronicle. Ed. Douce, F. 1811.
Aymon, The right plesaunt and goodly historie of the foure sonnes of.
Englisht from the French by W. Caxton. Ed. Richardson, 0. E. E. T. S.
Ex. Ser. XLIV. 1884.
Berners: The history of the valiant knight Arthur of Little Britain, a
romance of chivalry originally translated from the French by John
Bourchier, Lord Berners. Ed. Utterson, E. V. 1814.
The Castell of Love. Printed c. 1540.
The chronicle of Froissart, translated out of French by Sir John
Bourchier, Lord Berners, annis 1523-5. [Pynson. ] Ed. Ker, W. P.
Tudor Translations. 6 vols. 1901-3. [A handy reduced edition of
Berners' Froissart was published in 1895, ed. with introduction and notes
by Macaulay, G. C. Baron J. M. B. C. Kervyn de Lettenhove's Froissart:
étude litt. sur le xivº siècle, Paris, 1857, should be consulted. ]
The boke of Duke Huon of Burdeux, done into English by Sir John
Bourchier, Lord Berners, and printed by Wynkyn de Worde about
1534.
