MS. Lambeth 853, fol. 30, about 1430, written without breaks; Harl.
5086, fol. 70b, and Harl. 1304, fol. 103, about 1450 (printed in _Queene
Eliz. Achad._). It is needless to say that nothing of the sort is found
in Aristotle; the author is unknown. The introduction is in connected
alliterative verse (lacking in Harl. 5086, and expanded into a
generalised religious discourse in Harl. 1304).
p. 10. _Elenge._ See N.E.D. on this rare word. Its two originally
distinct meanings (1) long, hence, tedious, and (2) lonely, remote,
combine to form a third meaning, melancholy.