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[8], lxix, lxix-lxxxxvii, lxxxxvii-C.vii, C.vii-C.xxxiii; [16] leaves : ill. |
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An abridged translation, with additions, of the anonymous "Nova legenda Anglie", which is ultimately based on the MS. "Sanctilogium Angliae, Walliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae". The latter is attributed to John of Tynemouth. |
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Imprint from colophon, ² B8r; the date is a misprint. Colophon, Y6r, reads: .. enprynted at Lo[n]don in Flete strete at the sygne of the George by Richarde Pynson prynter vnto the kynges noble grace the .xx. daye of February, in yere of oure Lord god a. M.CCCC.and.xvi. |
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Second leaf lix misnumbered lviii. |
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"Here begynneth the lyfe of seynt Birgette", leaves 120-133. |
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"Hereaftre foloweth a deuoute boke compylyd by mayster Walter Hylton to a deuoute man in temperall estate howe he shulde rule hym .. & it sheweth what medelyd lyfe is" (i.e. "Epistle on the medled life") begins new register A-B. |
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Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
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