1. Early English Alliterative Poems in the West Midland Dialect of the
fourteenth century (ab. 1320-30 A.D.). Edited for the first time
from a unique MS. in the British Museum, with Notes and Glossarial
Index, by Richard Morris, Esq. 16_s._
2. Arthur. Edited for the first time from the Marquis of Bath’s MS.
(ab. 1440 A.D.), by F. J. Furnivall, Esq., M.A. 4_s._
3. Ane compendious and breve Tractate, concernyng ye office and dewtie
of Kyngis, Spirituall Pastoris, and temporall Jugis; laitlie
compylit be William Lauder. Reprinted from the edition of 1556, and
edited by Prof. Fitz-Edward Hall, D.C.L. 4_s._
4. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight. Edited by R. Morris, Esq., from the
Cottonian MS., Nero, A x. (ab. 1320-30 A.D.) 10_s._
The publications for the present year (1865) will comprise Texts from at
least four unique MSS., two of which will be edited for the first time.
5. Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue, a treates
noe shorter then necessarie, be Alexander Hume. Edited for the first
time from the MS. in the British Museum (ab. 1617 A.D.), by Henry B.
Wheatley, Esq. 4_s._
6. Syr Lancelot du Lak. Edited from the MS. in the Cambridge University
Library (15th century), by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat, M.A.
[_In the Press._
7. Morte Arthure: the Alliterative Version. Edited from Robert
Thorntone’s MS. (ab. 1440 A.D.) at Lincoln, by the Rev. F. C.
Massingberd, M.A.
8. Various Poems relating to Sir Gawayne. Edited from the MSS. by
Richard Morris, Esq.
9. Merlin, or the Early History of Arthur. Edited for the first time
from the MS. in the Cambridge University Library (ab. 1450 A.D.), by
F. J. Furnivall, Esq. Part I.
Also, the following, if the amount of subscriptions will justify the
Committee in issuing them:--
Animadversions uppon the Annotacions and Corrections of some
imperfections of Impressiones of Chaucer’s Workes reprinted in 1598,
by Francis Thynne. Edited from the MS. in the Bridgewater Library,
by Henry B. Wheatley, Esq.
The Story of Genesis and Exodus in English verse of about 1300 A.D. To
be edited for the first time from the unique MS. in the Library of
Corpus Christi Coll., Cambridge, by F. J. Furnivall and R. Morris,
Esqrs.
The Harrowing of Hell. To be edited from the MS. in the Bodleian
Library, by R. F. Weymouth, Esq.
The following is a list of Texts, which it is proposed to print (among
others) in future years:--
The Romance of Arthour and Merlin. To be edited from the Auchinleck MS.
(ab. 1320-30 A.D.)
Mirk’s Duties of a Parish Priest. To be edited for the first time from
the MSS. in the British Museum and Bodleian Libraries (ab. 1420
A.D.), by E. Peacock, Esq.
The Romance of William and the Werwolf. To be edited from the unique MS.
in the Library of King’s Coll., Cambridge.
The Gospel of Nicodemus in the Northumbrian Dialect. To be edited for
the first time from Harl. MS. 4196, &c., Cotton-Galba E ix., by R.
Morris, Esq.
The Romance of Melusine. To be edited for the first time from the unique
MS. in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Syr Thomas Maleor’s Mort d’Arthur. To be edited from Caxton’s edition
(1485 A.D.) with a new Preface, Notes, and a Glossary.
The Arthur Ballads.
The Romance of Sir Tristrem. To be edited from the Auchinleck MS.
The English Charlemagne Romances. To be edited from the Auchinleck MS.
The Early English Version of the Gesta Romanorum. To be edited from the
MSS. in the British Museum and other Libraries.
The two different Versions of Piers Plowman, in parallel columns.
Gawain Douglas’s Æneis. To be edited from the Cambridge MS. by Professor
Fitz-Edward Hall, D.C.L.
The Romance of Kyng Horn. To be edited from the MS. in the Library of
the University of Cambridge.
Roberd of Brunne’s Handlyng Synne, a treatise on the sins, and sketches
of the manners, of English men and women in A.D. 1303. To be
re-edited from the MSS. in the British Museum and Bodleian Libraries
by F. J. Furnivall, Esq., M.A.
Cursor Mundi, the best dialectal version. To be edited from the MS. by
Richard Morris, Esq.
The History of the Saint Graal or Sank Ryal. By Henry Lonelich, Skynner
(ab. 1440 A.D.). To be re-edited from the unique MS. in the Library
of Corpus Christi Coll., Cambridge, by F. J. Furnivall, Esq., M.A.
Dan Michel’s Ayenbite of Inwyt, the most valuable specimen of the
Kentish dialect, 1340 A.D. To be edited from the MS. in the British
Museum by Richard Morris, Esq.
Froissart’s Chronicles translated out of Frenche into our maternall
Englyshe Tonge, by Johan Bourchier Knight, Lord Berners. To be
edited by Henry B. Wheatley, Esq.
Skelton’s Translation of Diodorus Siculus, oute of freshe Latin, that is
of Poggius Florentinus, containing six books. To be edited for the
first time from the unique MS. in the Library of Corpus Christi
Coll., Cambridge.
Sir David Lyndesay’s Monarche. Edited by Prof. Fitz-Edward Hall, D.C.L.,
from the first edition by Jhone Skott.
Some of the earliest English Dictionaries, as--
Abecedarium Anglico-latinum, by Richard Huloet (1552); and Baret’s
Alvearie or Quadruple Dictionarie, to be edited from the editions of
1573 and 1580 by Henry B. Wheatley, Esq.
The Subscription is £1 1_s._ a year, due in advance on the 1st of
January, and should be paid either to the Society’s Account at the Union
Bank of London, 14, Argyll Place, W., or by Post Office Order to the
Hon. Secretary, 53, Berners Street, London, W.; to whom Subscribers’
names and addresses should be sent.
The Committee wish to draw the attention of the Subscribers to the fact
that the Society’s Account has been transferred from the London and
Birmingham Bank to the Regent Street Branch of the Union Bank of London.
The Committee invite offers of voluntary assistance from those who may
be willing to edit or copy Texts, or to lend them books for reprinting
or for re-reading with the original MSS.
The Honorary Secretary’s Cash Account is annexed.
_Abstract of the Income and Expenditure of the_ EARLY ENGLISH TEXT
SOCIETY _for the Year ending December 31st, 1864._