The
language
of Caxton's Reynard the Fox.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v02
Ex.
Ser.
III.
1868.
Dialogues in French and English by William Caxton. c. 1483. Ed. Bradley, H.
E. E. T. S. Ex. Ser. LXXIX. 1900.
Diotes and sayings of the philosophers, The. A facsimile reproduction. Ed.
Blades, W. 1877.
Eneydos, Caxton's. Ed. Culley, M. T. and Furnivall, F. J. E. E. T. S. Ex.
Ser. LVII. 1890.
Fabyan, R. The new chronicles of England and France, in two parts.
Reprinted from Pynson's edition of 1516. Ed. Ellis, H. 1811.
Godeffroy of Boloyne or the siege and conqueste of Jerusalem. . . . Translated
from the French by W. Caxton. Ed. Colvin, Mary N. , Ph. D. E. E. T. S.
Ex. Ser. LXIV. 1893.
Golden Legend, The. Caxton's trans. Ed. Ellis, F. 8. 3 vols. Kelmscott
Press, 1892; also ed. Ellis, F. S. 7 vols. 1900 ff.
Legenda aurea. A study of Caxton's Golden Legend with special
reference to its relations to the earlier English prose translation, by
Butler, Pierce. Baltimore, 1899.
Goste of Guy, The (fragment). Reprinted in the Athenaeum, No. 3852.
24 August 1901.
Helyas, knight of the Swan, The history of. Thoms' Collection of Early Prose
Romances. Vol. 111. 1828.
Hundred Mery Tales, A. Ed. Hazlitt, W. C. 1887.
Hye way to the spyttell hous, The, by Robert Copland. Pieces of early
popular poetry. Ed. Utterson, E. V. Vol. 11. 1817.
Jyl of Breyntford's Testament, by Robert Copland, and other short pieces.
Ed. Furnivall, F. J. 1871.
Kalender of Shepherdes, The. The edition of Paris 1503 in photographic
facsimile; a faithful reprint of R. Pynson's edition of London 1506.
Ed. Sommer, H. 0. 1892. [See Warton's English Poetry, $ XXVII. ]
Knight of La Tour Landry. . . , The Book of the. Translated from the original
French into English in the reign of Henry VI by Caxton. Ed. Wright, T.
E. E. T. S. XXXIII. 1868.
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William Caxton now reprinted and ed. Sommer, H. O. 3 vols. 1889-91.
[Contains, in vol. II, a long and valuable introduction on Sir Thomas
Malory and the various editions of Le Morte Darthur, etc. ; and, in
vol. 11, a series of studies on the sources, with an introductory essay by
Andrew Lang. Other editions are Sir Edw. Strachey's, 'revised for
modern use,' 1884 ff. ; Rhys’s, with designs by Aubrey Beardsley, 1892, and
reprints in the Temple Classics, the English Classics, etc. For criticism,
see further Saintsbury, G. , The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of
Allegory, 1897; Smith, G. Gregory, The Transition Period, 1900; Ker,
W. P. , Essays on Medieval Literature, 1905. ]
Mery Jests of the Wyddow Edyth, The. Hazlitt's Old English Jest-Books.
Vol. III. 1864.
New lands found by the messengers of the King of Portugal, Of the. Arber's
The first three English books on America. Birmingham, 1885.
Oliver of Castile, The history of, reproduced from the unique copy of Wynkyn
de Worde's edition of 1518. Ed. Graves, R. E. Roxburghe Club, cxxx.
1898.
Ovid. Six bookes of Metamorphoses. Translated ont of Frensshe by William
Caxton. Ed. Hibbert, G. Roxburghe Club, xxvi. 1819.
Paris and Vienne. Ed. [by Hazlitt, W. C. ). 1868.
Parson of Kalenborowe, The. Jahrbuch des Vereins für niederdeutsche
Sprachforschung. 1887. Bd. XIII, pp. 129 sqq.
Petronylla, The parfite life of. London by R. Pynson. Fugitive tracts
written in verse. Ed. Huth, H. No. I. 1875.
Pylgrymage of Sir Richard Guylforde to the Holy Land, A. D. 1506, The, from
a copy believed to be unique from the press of Richard Pynson. Ed.
Ellis, H. Camden Society, LI. 1851.
Recuyell of the historyes of Troyes. . . , The. (Caxton's. ) Ed. Sommer, H.
2 vols. 1894.
Reul, Paul de.
The language of Caxton's Reynard the Fox. Université de
Gand. Recueil de travaux publiés par la faculté de philosophie et lettres,
faso. 26. Gand, 1901.
Revelation to the monk of Evesham, The. Printed by W. de Machlinia about
1482. Ed. Arber, E. English Reprints, XVIII. 1869.
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Ed. Arber, E. English Scholars Library, 1. 1880.
Reynard the Foxe, The History of, by William Caxton. Kelmscott Press,
Hammersmith, 1892.
St Ursula, Guiscard and Sigismund, The life of. Roxburghe Club, xxiv. 1818.
Salomon and Marcolphus, The dialogue or communing between the wise King.
Ed. Duff, E. Gordon. 1892.
Three Kings of Cologne, The. An early English translation of the Historia
trium regum by John of Hildesheim. Ed. from the MSS by Horstmann,
C. E. E. T. S. LXxxv. 1886.
Virgilius. From the edition by Doesborch. Thoms' Early English Prose
Romances. Vol. 11. 1828.
Walsingham, The foundation of the chapel of. Fugitive tracts written in
verse. Ed. Huth, H. No. II. 1875.
E. G. D. & A. R. W.
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487
X
CHAPTER XV
ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH EDUCATION. UNIVERSITIES AND
PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO THE TIME OF COLET
(a) ORIGINAL AUTHORITIES.
(i) Manuscripts. Vast stores of documents referring to the early history
of Oxford and Cambridge are to be found in the treasuries or muniment
rooms of the several colleges, and in the registries of the two universities.
Thomas Baker (1656-1740), sometime Fellow of St John's, a laborious and
accurate antiquarian, left extensive writings, which are preserved in the
Harleian collection in the British Museum and in the Cambridge University
Library. In the antiquarian collections made by William Cole (1714
82), vicar of Milton, Cambridgeshire, and bequeathed by him to the
British Museum, is much useful material extracted by him from original
sources.
(ü) Printed Books. (1) CAMBRIDGE.
Documents relating to the University and Colleges of Cambridge. 3 vols.
1852. These volumes contain the Statuta Antiqua of the university,
together with charters, statutes and other records furnished to the
university commission of the time by Cambridge authorities and by the
custodians of various national collections.
Statuta Academiae Cantabrigiensis. Cambridge, 1785.
(2) OXFORD.
Statutes of the Colleges of Oxford, with the Royal Patents of Foundation,
Injunctions of Visitors, eto. 3 vols. Oxford and London, 1853.
Corpus Statutorum Universitatis Oxoniensis (with Appendix). Oxford, 1768.
Anstey, Henry. Monumenta Academica, or Documents illustrative of Aca-
demical life and studies at Oxford. 2 vols. Rolls Series. 1868.
(3) SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES.
Fasti Aberdonenses, Selections from the Records of the University and
King's College of Aberdeen (1494-1854). Spalding Club. 1854.
Munimenta Alme Universitatis Glasguensis. Records of the University of
Glasgow from its foundation till 1727. Ed. Innes, C. Maitland Club.
3 vols. Glasgow, 1854.
Royal Commission on the State of the Universities and Colleges of Scotland.
Evidence taken before the Commission, Papers, etc. 4 vols. 1826-30.
(4) PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Report of Her Majesty's Commission appointed to enquire into the Revenues
and Management of certain Colleges and Schools. 1864.
Valuable occasional references to university history and life are made by
contemporary chroniclers and poets, amongst whom particular note may be
made of Giraldus Cambrensis, The Vision of Piers the Plowman, Matthew
## p. 488 (#506) ############################################
488
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of Paris and Richard of Devizes. The following editions may be dis-
tinguished :
Giraldus Cambrensis. Opera. Ed. Brewer, J. S. , Dimock, J. F. and
Warner, G. F. 8 vols. Rolls Series. 1861-91.
Matthaei Parisiensis Monachi Sancti Albani, Chronica Majora. Ed. Luard,
H. R. 7 vols. Rolls Series. 1872-83.
Chronicon Ricardi Divisiensis de Rebus Gestis Ricardi Primi. Ed.
Stevenson, J. Eng. Hist. Soo. 1838.
For Piers Plowman, see chapter 1 of present volume, and bibliography.
Mention need hardly be made of rich material to be found in the Prologue
of The Canterbury Tales, and in The Prioress's Tale. Among early Scottish
chroniclers may be singled out John Major, whose De Historia Gentis
Scotorum Libri Sex appeared at Paris in 1521, and was republished at
Edinburgh in 1740. For direct personal observation of Scottish university
life in the middle of the sixteenth century reference may be made to:
Melville, James, Minister of Kilrenny, The Diary of, 1556-1601. Bannatyne
Club. Edinburgh, 1829.
The Autobiography and Diary of the Rev. James Melville, Minister of
Kilrenny. Wodrow Soc. Edinburgh, 1842.
(6) MODERN AUTHORITIES.
(1) GENERAL
Maitre, L. Les écoles épiscopales et monastiques de l'occident (768–1180).
Paris, 1866.
Rashdall, H. The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages. 2 vols.
Oxford, 1895. An excellent general account of the beginnings and life
of the medieval universities. The history of Oxford and Cambridge is
dealt with in vol. II, part 2. The author prefixes a useful list of
authorities.
(2) CAMBRIDGE.
Baker, T. History of the College of St John the Evangelist, Cambridge.
Ed. Mayor, J. E. B. 2 vols. Cambridge, 1869. The belated issue of
the work of an early labourer thoroughly alive to the requirements of
critical history.
Cooper, C. H. Annals of Cambridge. 4 vols. Cambridge, 1852.
Fuller, Thomas. The History of the University of Cambridge. 1655.
Leathes, 8. M. Grace Book I, containing the Proctors' Accounts and other
Records of the University of Cambridge from the Years 1454-1488.
Luard Memorial Series. Cambridge, 1897.
Mullinger, J. Bass. The University of Cambridge from the earliest Times
to the Royal Injunctions of 1535. Cambridge, 1899. A work of inde-
fatigable industry, free and critical, and particularly valuable on the
literary and educational side.
Peacock, G. Observations on the Statutes of the University of Cambridge.
1841.
(3) OXFORD.
Brodrick, Hon. G. O. A History of the University of Cambridge. 1841.
An excellent outline history.
Memorials of Merton College. Oxford Hist. Soc. 1885.
Edmund, bishop of Nelson. Sketch of the Life of Walter de Merton. 1859.
Fletcher, C. R. L. and Burrows, M. Oxford Collectanea, series i and 11.
1868.
Dialogues in French and English by William Caxton. c. 1483. Ed. Bradley, H.
E. E. T. S. Ex. Ser. LXXIX. 1900.
Diotes and sayings of the philosophers, The. A facsimile reproduction. Ed.
Blades, W. 1877.
Eneydos, Caxton's. Ed. Culley, M. T. and Furnivall, F. J. E. E. T. S. Ex.
Ser. LVII. 1890.
Fabyan, R. The new chronicles of England and France, in two parts.
Reprinted from Pynson's edition of 1516. Ed. Ellis, H. 1811.
Godeffroy of Boloyne or the siege and conqueste of Jerusalem. . . . Translated
from the French by W. Caxton. Ed. Colvin, Mary N. , Ph. D. E. E. T. S.
Ex. Ser. LXIV. 1893.
Golden Legend, The. Caxton's trans. Ed. Ellis, F. 8. 3 vols. Kelmscott
Press, 1892; also ed. Ellis, F. S. 7 vols. 1900 ff.
Legenda aurea. A study of Caxton's Golden Legend with special
reference to its relations to the earlier English prose translation, by
Butler, Pierce. Baltimore, 1899.
Goste of Guy, The (fragment). Reprinted in the Athenaeum, No. 3852.
24 August 1901.
Helyas, knight of the Swan, The history of. Thoms' Collection of Early Prose
Romances. Vol. 111. 1828.
Hundred Mery Tales, A. Ed. Hazlitt, W. C. 1887.
Hye way to the spyttell hous, The, by Robert Copland. Pieces of early
popular poetry. Ed. Utterson, E. V. Vol. 11. 1817.
Jyl of Breyntford's Testament, by Robert Copland, and other short pieces.
Ed. Furnivall, F. J. 1871.
Kalender of Shepherdes, The. The edition of Paris 1503 in photographic
facsimile; a faithful reprint of R. Pynson's edition of London 1506.
Ed. Sommer, H. 0. 1892. [See Warton's English Poetry, $ XXVII. ]
Knight of La Tour Landry. . . , The Book of the. Translated from the original
French into English in the reign of Henry VI by Caxton. Ed. Wright, T.
E. E. T. S. XXXIII. 1868.
## p. 486 (#504) ############################################
486
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Malory: Le Morte Darthur by Sir Thomas Malory. The original edition of
William Caxton now reprinted and ed. Sommer, H. O. 3 vols. 1889-91.
[Contains, in vol. II, a long and valuable introduction on Sir Thomas
Malory and the various editions of Le Morte Darthur, etc. ; and, in
vol. 11, a series of studies on the sources, with an introductory essay by
Andrew Lang. Other editions are Sir Edw. Strachey's, 'revised for
modern use,' 1884 ff. ; Rhys’s, with designs by Aubrey Beardsley, 1892, and
reprints in the Temple Classics, the English Classics, etc. For criticism,
see further Saintsbury, G. , The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of
Allegory, 1897; Smith, G. Gregory, The Transition Period, 1900; Ker,
W. P. , Essays on Medieval Literature, 1905. ]
Mery Jests of the Wyddow Edyth, The. Hazlitt's Old English Jest-Books.
Vol. III. 1864.
New lands found by the messengers of the King of Portugal, Of the. Arber's
The first three English books on America. Birmingham, 1885.
Oliver of Castile, The history of, reproduced from the unique copy of Wynkyn
de Worde's edition of 1518. Ed. Graves, R. E. Roxburghe Club, cxxx.
1898.
Ovid. Six bookes of Metamorphoses. Translated ont of Frensshe by William
Caxton. Ed. Hibbert, G. Roxburghe Club, xxvi. 1819.
Paris and Vienne. Ed. [by Hazlitt, W. C. ). 1868.
Parson of Kalenborowe, The. Jahrbuch des Vereins für niederdeutsche
Sprachforschung. 1887. Bd. XIII, pp. 129 sqq.
Petronylla, The parfite life of. London by R. Pynson. Fugitive tracts
written in verse. Ed. Huth, H. No. I. 1875.
Pylgrymage of Sir Richard Guylforde to the Holy Land, A. D. 1506, The, from
a copy believed to be unique from the press of Richard Pynson. Ed.
Ellis, H. Camden Society, LI. 1851.
Recuyell of the historyes of Troyes. . . , The. (Caxton's. ) Ed. Sommer, H.
2 vols. 1894.
Reul, Paul de.
The language of Caxton's Reynard the Fox. Université de
Gand. Recueil de travaux publiés par la faculté de philosophie et lettres,
faso. 26. Gand, 1901.
Revelation to the monk of Evesham, The. Printed by W. de Machlinia about
1482. Ed. Arber, E. English Reprints, XVIII. 1869.
Reynard the Fox, The History of, translated and printed by W. Caxton.
Ed. Arber, E. English Scholars Library, 1. 1880.
Reynard the Foxe, The History of, by William Caxton. Kelmscott Press,
Hammersmith, 1892.
St Ursula, Guiscard and Sigismund, The life of. Roxburghe Club, xxiv. 1818.
Salomon and Marcolphus, The dialogue or communing between the wise King.
Ed. Duff, E. Gordon. 1892.
Three Kings of Cologne, The. An early English translation of the Historia
trium regum by John of Hildesheim. Ed. from the MSS by Horstmann,
C. E. E. T. S. LXxxv. 1886.
Virgilius. From the edition by Doesborch. Thoms' Early English Prose
Romances. Vol. 11. 1828.
Walsingham, The foundation of the chapel of. Fugitive tracts written in
verse. Ed. Huth, H. No. II. 1875.
E. G. D. & A. R. W.
## p. 487 (#505) ############################################
Chapter XV
487
X
CHAPTER XV
ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH EDUCATION. UNIVERSITIES AND
PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO THE TIME OF COLET
(a) ORIGINAL AUTHORITIES.
(i) Manuscripts. Vast stores of documents referring to the early history
of Oxford and Cambridge are to be found in the treasuries or muniment
rooms of the several colleges, and in the registries of the two universities.
Thomas Baker (1656-1740), sometime Fellow of St John's, a laborious and
accurate antiquarian, left extensive writings, which are preserved in the
Harleian collection in the British Museum and in the Cambridge University
Library. In the antiquarian collections made by William Cole (1714
82), vicar of Milton, Cambridgeshire, and bequeathed by him to the
British Museum, is much useful material extracted by him from original
sources.
(ü) Printed Books. (1) CAMBRIDGE.
Documents relating to the University and Colleges of Cambridge. 3 vols.
1852. These volumes contain the Statuta Antiqua of the university,
together with charters, statutes and other records furnished to the
university commission of the time by Cambridge authorities and by the
custodians of various national collections.
Statuta Academiae Cantabrigiensis. Cambridge, 1785.
(2) OXFORD.
Statutes of the Colleges of Oxford, with the Royal Patents of Foundation,
Injunctions of Visitors, eto. 3 vols. Oxford and London, 1853.
Corpus Statutorum Universitatis Oxoniensis (with Appendix). Oxford, 1768.
Anstey, Henry. Monumenta Academica, or Documents illustrative of Aca-
demical life and studies at Oxford. 2 vols. Rolls Series. 1868.
(3) SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES.
Fasti Aberdonenses, Selections from the Records of the University and
King's College of Aberdeen (1494-1854). Spalding Club. 1854.
Munimenta Alme Universitatis Glasguensis. Records of the University of
Glasgow from its foundation till 1727. Ed. Innes, C. Maitland Club.
3 vols. Glasgow, 1854.
Royal Commission on the State of the Universities and Colleges of Scotland.
Evidence taken before the Commission, Papers, etc. 4 vols. 1826-30.
(4) PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Report of Her Majesty's Commission appointed to enquire into the Revenues
and Management of certain Colleges and Schools. 1864.
Valuable occasional references to university history and life are made by
contemporary chroniclers and poets, amongst whom particular note may be
made of Giraldus Cambrensis, The Vision of Piers the Plowman, Matthew
## p. 488 (#506) ############################################
488
Bibliography
of Paris and Richard of Devizes. The following editions may be dis-
tinguished :
Giraldus Cambrensis. Opera. Ed. Brewer, J. S. , Dimock, J. F. and
Warner, G. F. 8 vols. Rolls Series. 1861-91.
Matthaei Parisiensis Monachi Sancti Albani, Chronica Majora. Ed. Luard,
H. R. 7 vols. Rolls Series. 1872-83.
Chronicon Ricardi Divisiensis de Rebus Gestis Ricardi Primi. Ed.
Stevenson, J. Eng. Hist. Soo. 1838.
For Piers Plowman, see chapter 1 of present volume, and bibliography.
Mention need hardly be made of rich material to be found in the Prologue
of The Canterbury Tales, and in The Prioress's Tale. Among early Scottish
chroniclers may be singled out John Major, whose De Historia Gentis
Scotorum Libri Sex appeared at Paris in 1521, and was republished at
Edinburgh in 1740. For direct personal observation of Scottish university
life in the middle of the sixteenth century reference may be made to:
Melville, James, Minister of Kilrenny, The Diary of, 1556-1601. Bannatyne
Club. Edinburgh, 1829.
The Autobiography and Diary of the Rev. James Melville, Minister of
Kilrenny. Wodrow Soc. Edinburgh, 1842.
(6) MODERN AUTHORITIES.
(1) GENERAL
Maitre, L. Les écoles épiscopales et monastiques de l'occident (768–1180).
Paris, 1866.
Rashdall, H. The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages. 2 vols.
Oxford, 1895. An excellent general account of the beginnings and life
of the medieval universities. The history of Oxford and Cambridge is
dealt with in vol. II, part 2. The author prefixes a useful list of
authorities.
(2) CAMBRIDGE.
Baker, T. History of the College of St John the Evangelist, Cambridge.
Ed. Mayor, J. E. B. 2 vols. Cambridge, 1869. The belated issue of
the work of an early labourer thoroughly alive to the requirements of
critical history.
Cooper, C. H. Annals of Cambridge. 4 vols. Cambridge, 1852.
Fuller, Thomas. The History of the University of Cambridge. 1655.
Leathes, 8. M. Grace Book I, containing the Proctors' Accounts and other
Records of the University of Cambridge from the Years 1454-1488.
Luard Memorial Series. Cambridge, 1897.
Mullinger, J. Bass. The University of Cambridge from the earliest Times
to the Royal Injunctions of 1535. Cambridge, 1899. A work of inde-
fatigable industry, free and critical, and particularly valuable on the
literary and educational side.
Peacock, G. Observations on the Statutes of the University of Cambridge.
1841.
(3) OXFORD.
Brodrick, Hon. G. O. A History of the University of Cambridge. 1841.
An excellent outline history.
Memorials of Merton College. Oxford Hist. Soc. 1885.
Edmund, bishop of Nelson. Sketch of the Life of Walter de Merton. 1859.
Fletcher, C. R. L. and Burrows, M. Oxford Collectanea, series i and 11.
