Royal MS 8 C I

THEOLOGICAL TRACTS, in Latin and English, viz.

1. 'Itinerarium salutis fratris Iohannis Waldeby super oracionem dominicam' (so colophon): tract on the Lord's Prayer by the Augustinian John Waldby (cf. 7 E. II, art. I). Beg. 'Septies in die, &c. Ps. cxviii. [164]: Scribitur Eccli. xxxiii'. f. 2.

2. 'Quinque omelie super quinque verba salutacionis angelice secundum fratrem Iohannem Waldeby ordinis heremitarum beati Augustini' (so colophon): exposition of the Salutatio Angelica by the same (cf 7 E. II, art 2). Beg. 'Vas electionis Paulus'. f. 45b.

3. 'Simbolum eiusdem fratris': exposition of the Apostles' Creed by the same (cf. 7 E. II, art. 3). Prefatory letter beg. 'Venerabili in Christo . . . Cum in loco sacro'; treatise, 'Credo, adiuua incredulitatem meam, Marc.lix. 24]: Kanssimi,considerantiet superficia[li]ter'. Colophon, 'Explicit exposicio super symbolum fidei per fratrem Iohannem Waldeby. Mercy desyre'. f. 70 b.

4. Alphabetical index rerum to artt. 1-3. Beg. 'Abba pater quid significat'. f. iog b.

5. 'Optimus tract[at]us de quinque sensibus secundum Lichfeld' (so table of contents): a tract in English, probably by William Lichfield, rector of Allhallows the Great (d. 1447), who is mentioned by Gascoigne (Liber Veritatum, s.v. Praedicator) as a preacher. Beg.'Omni custodia serua cor tuum, &c., Prov. iv. [23]: With alle warde kepe þin hert'; and ends with the same words. f. 122 b.

6. 'Tractatus de septem peccatis mortalibus', in English: the tract of the Carmclite Richard Lavenham, confessor to Richard II. The author's name is given by the Harley MS. 211, f. 46 b, and other copies are in Harley MSS. 1197 and 1288, f. 64 (impf.). Beg. 'Cryst þat deyed vppon pe cros for þe sauacion of manleynd'; ends 'his blisfull place. amen'. f. 144.

7. 'Nota qualiter hore canonice sunt dicende et de impedimentis earum': a note in Latin on the canon law relating to the saying of the offices and on seven impediments to their proper performance, with tales, taken from 'liber de miraculis beatissime virginis Marie', of a Burgundian priest who said them incorrectly and an English priest who had fifty years of purgatory for the same reason. Other copies are in 8 F. VII, art. 7, and Harley MS. 237, f. 73 b. Beg. 'Hore canonice propter laudem humanam'; ends 'dimittet vobis peccata vestra. amen'. f. 156 b.

8. 'De caritate': tract in English on the sixteen conditions of charity. Beg. 'Of all virtues pat per ben charite is pe best'; ends 'to þat blis he vs bryng Ihesu heuen kyng. amen', with colophon (giving the name of the scribe of artt. 6-11) 'Explicit tractatus paruus quod Collyn'. f. 159.

9. 'Quod diurnum officium septies in die celebratur' (so table of contents): note in Latin on the canonical hours. Beg. 'Dturnum officium septies celebratur quia tempus designat'; ends 'lingua laboras'. f. 162 b.

10. 'De nouem uirtutibus quas dominus reuelauit cuidam sancto viro' (so table of contents): the short form of the revelation, as in 7 D. XVII, art. 20. It is dated here 1315. Beg. 'Hee sunt nouem responsiones ... Da elimosinam pauperi'; ends 'scindentibus as. cenderes'. f. 164.

11. 'Etiam deuotissima disposicio qualiter quis de[bet or]dinare se ad orandum' (so table of contents): a tract in Southern English nearly agreeing with Harley MSS. 1706, f. 83, and 2398, f. 186, but omitting the form of prayer at the end. Beg. 'Cum autem oraueris Matt. vi: Whan þou schapist pe to prey'; ends 'to the blis of heuen, to the whiche he vs bryng þatt all made of nothing. amen pur charite'. f. 164 b.

12. 'Sermo in die Pasche', in Latin. Beg. 'Precedet vos in Galileam, Marci vltimo et in euangelio hodierno : Carissimi, Christus in euangelio Matt. 13 se ipsum comparauit'. f. 166.

13. 'Here bigynneþ a schort reule of þe liif of oure lady': a discourse in Southern English in three parts, of which the first, beginning 'Aboute þe glorious mayden', relating to a 'reuelacion' of the Virgin to S. Elizabeth, and the second, beg. 'Seint Jerom writiþ', correspond to a N. English tract in Harley MS. 1022, f. 64. The third part beg. 'And in þe same zeer in Bedlem', and breaks off imperfectly 'weschip hir on þis. f. 167. The vellum fly-leaves (ff. 1, 70) are from the commune sanctorum of a Breviary, with space left for music, in a band of the 14th cent. Paper (except ff. 1, 169, 170); ff. 170. 83/4 in. x 53/4 in. XV cent. In several different hands. See. fol. 'id est efficaciter'. Initials in red and blue. An owner's name is on f. 38, 'Codex Hugonis Haverel (16th cent.)', and on f. 170 'precium xxii.s. vi.d.' Afterwards belonged to John Theyer. Theyer sale-cat no. 206; CMA. 6488.