Stowe MS 66

1. FORM of resignation of the crown by Richard II. [29 Sept. 1399], followed by the "protestacio regis Ricardi ante resignacionem," the challenge of the crown by Henry, Duke of Lancaster., and his speech after election as Henry IV. The first two articles in Latin, the others in English. See Rot. Parl., vol. iii. pp. 416, 423. f. 1.

2. Two pieces in verse: the first, of four lines only, beg. "Sic deus humani libravit tempora cursus Vt viuens nunquam mel sine felle bibat "; the second, of twenty lines, headed "Versus in laudem Anglie," beg. "Anglia terra ferax et fertilis angulus orbis." ff. 2, 2b. The latter piece (for another copy of which see Add. 11,983, f. 46b) has been attributed to Richard of Cluny, Alfred of Beverley, and Henry of Huntingdon. Vellum; ff. 2. xvth cent. Duodecimo.

includes:

• f. 2 Richard II of England: Form of resignation by, 1399: 15th cent.: Lat.
• f. 3 Henry IV of England: Challenge of the crown by, and speech after election, 1399: 15th cent.
• f. 3 b Richard of Cluny: "Versus in laudem Angliæ " by (?): 15th cent.
• f. 3 b Henry, of Huntingdon: "Versus in laudem Angliæ " by (?): 15th cent.
• f. 3 b Alfred of Beverley: "Versus in laudem Angliæ " by (?): 15th cent.
• ff. 3, 3 b Poetry: Moral verses, and " versus in laudem Anglie ": 15th cent.: Lat.