Royal MS 1 A X

i. NEW TESTAMENT, in English, of the revised Wycliffite version. Preceded by a table of lections 'Pat ben rad in pe chirche at masse aftir pe vsse of Salisbury (ff. 1-9), in the same form as that given in i A. iv, except that the Temporale (f. 6 b) precedes the Proprium and Commune Sanctorum (f. 7), and with almost identical rubrics. The books of the New Testament are arranged in the same order as in that copy, and with the same prologues. The beginnings 4

and endings of lections are indicated in the margins; and the first verse of each section is given iii Latin as well as English. The translation is according to Purvey's revision. Described (no. 2) by Forshall and Madden, i, p. xxxix. f. 1.

2. Treatise on the Ten Commandments, in English (not that ascribed to Wyclif, see Shirley's Catalogue of the Original Works of John Wyclif, 1865). Begins, 'These been Pe commandementis of god . withoute kepynge of hem per may no man be saued'; ends (with a summary of the commandments in Latin verse),' haec praecepta decem totam pingencia legem'. f. 235 b.

3. Fragment on the Seven Deadly Sins, in English. Begins, 'Pride is to much loue pat man hape to him self'; ends, 'in what maner he trespaseth', Vellum; ff.240. 71/2 in. x 5in. XV cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves, with catchwords. Double columns. Initials ornamented in red and blue. For a facsimile (f. 120) see pl. i. Arts. 2, 3 are not in the same hand as art. i. On the fly-leaves at the end (ff. 239, 240) are written, in 16th cent. hands, the names of Mary Shelbery and Richard Hall, and an inscription To my brother Jhon Thomson be thys byll deliuere in hast'. Belonged to Lord Lumley (f. 1).