Royal MS 2 D XXXVII

1. CAPITULA to a theological treatise of a comprehensive character, in 212 chapters; beg. cap. i 'De sapiencia et lege divina', cap. ii 'De multiplici effectu locucionis divine'. Followed by a collection of Bible texts and passages from patristic writings (Jerome, Augustine, Gregory, Isidore, &c.) bearing upon each of the chapters above enumerated. In a different hand from that of the rest of the MS. (though of the same date), and on leaves of different size (9 1/4 in. x 6 3/4 in.). f. 4.

2. Stephen [Langtonj Archbishop of Canterbury [d. I228], Commentary on the Minor Prophets. Without title in the original MS. ; a later hand has prefixed 'Stephanus Cantuariensis super xii'. Beg. 'Ossa duo-, decim prophetarum pullulant de loco suo'. Colophon, 'Explicit tractatus super xii prophetas'. f. 28.

3. Sermons; the texts are not always given, but the opening words are as follows: (i) 'Sacerdotes nescientes Dominum neque officium suum', f. 142; (2) 'Discipuli cum Domino appropinquantes', f. 143 b; (3) 'Magnum quidem et difficile est', f. 144; (4) 'Heri, fratres karissimi, de bono coiiscientie vobiscum' (a reference to the preceding sermon), f. i44b; (5) O homo, hominis attcnde dignitatem', f. 145; (6) 'Quatuor reges adversus quinque' (cf. 7 F. x, f. 180), f. 145 b; (7) 'Salomon fecit sibi trollum ex ebore', f. 146; (8) 'Dominus eduxit filios Israel de Egipto', f. 147 b; (9) ' Intravit Iesus in quoddam castellum: Mundus, fr. kar., leges sibi a Deo positas', f. 148; (10) 'Aiel de Bethel edificavit Iericho', f. 149; (II) 'Ait Dominus " Ecce ego demetam posteriora Basaci [sic]"', f. 149b; (i2) 'En lectulum Salomonis, abiciunt [sic] sexaginta fortes', f. 151; (13) 'Hodie, dilectissimi, si vocem eius auditis', f. 151 b; (14) 'In die illa sibilabit Dominus musce que est in extremo fiuvii Egipti', f. 152; (15) 'Sanctorum vita, fratres, ceteris est norma vivendi.', f. 152b. The first of these sermons is mentioned by Bale in his list of Langton's works, and it is probable that the whole collection should be assigned to him.

On the last leaf (f. 153) a i 5th cent. hand has added, under the heading' virtutem primam', a short note beg. Tullius in paradoxis: nomen tantum virtutis usurpas', and five 7-line stanzas beg. 'See much, sey lytill, and lerne to suffre in tyme; Emprynt thes thre yn thy remembraunce. Lyke as the mone chaungyth afor the prime, So faryth thes world replete with variaunce.' They are attributed by John Stow in Add. MS. 29729, f. 130 b, to Lydgate (cf. MacCracken, 'The Lydgate Canon', Trams. of the Philolog. Soc., 1908, App. p. xxiv. Vellum; ff. 155. 10 in.x6 3/4 in. XIII cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves, numbered at the end. Double columns, small writing. Sec. fol. (f. 29), 'et spiritui'. Initials flourished in colours. Flyleaves (ff 2, 3, 154, 155) from a 12th cent. lectionary. A paper leaf has been inserted at the beginning (water-mark, an open hand with a five-pointed star resting on the t of the middle finger), containing a-list of the contents of the tip. in an early 16th cent. hand. Old Royal press-mark ' no. 849' (in cat. of 1542); cat. of 1666, f. 16; CMA. 8180.