Royal MS 17 D I

'OF THE DOMES of Urines', by Henry Daniel: a treatise compiled in 1378 (see lib. ii, cap. 6, f. 47 b) or 1379 (Sloane MS. 1100, f. 118, in some Latin lines appended at the end). Other copies, usually with the prologue in Latin and often entitled Liber Uricrisiarum, are in Sloane MSS. 1100, 1721, Egerton MS. 1624, &c. Imperf. by loss of five leaves after f. 42, one after f. 94, and one at the end, besides mutilation of ff. 8, 9, 67. A circular calendar-wheel is inserted as f. 52. Prologue ('Þis prolog was first made in latyne, bot afterward it was translate in to ynglisch') beg. 'Frere Henry Danyel of the ordre of frerez prechoures . . . vnto his belouede felowe in Crist Walter Turnour of Ketoun. Moste belouede felowe, þou haste praiede me'; text, 'Viyn is as mykel for to say in Englis as on in þe reynes'. Breaks off 'sperme of the man'.

On f. 120 are some memoranda (16th cent.) relating to medical attendance on one Dorothy Ferys.

Vellum; ff. 120. 10 1/2. in. x 7 1/2 in. Circ. 1400. Double columns. Gatherings of 8 leaves (v wants three besides two cancelled, vi wants two and two cancelled, xii wants one), lettered, with catchwords. Sec. fol. in prologue 'reder I desire'; in text ' -nicioun of vryn'. Initials flourished in red and blue. On f. 2 is a note in John Theyer's hand, Mr. John Sherly at y Golden Pellican in Litle Brittaine'. Theyer sale-cat. no. 114; not in CMA. (?)