28. University Library, Gg. 4. 27, not noticed by Tyrwhitt; here denoted by
CM. Also denoted, in vol. iii., by C.; and in vol. i., by GG. A highly
valuable and important MS. of the A-type, printed as the third text in the
Six-text edition. The best copy in any public library. See the description
of ‘Gg.’ in vol. i.; and the full description in the Library Catalogue.
29. University Library, Dd. 4. 24; in Tyrwhitt, ‘C 1.’ Quoted as DD. A good
MS. of the A-type, much relied upon by Tyrwhitt, who made good use of it.
Has lost several leaves. The whole of the Clerk’s Tale was printed from
this MS. by Mr. Aldis Wright. The passage in B 4637-52 occurs only in this
MS. and a few others, viz. Royal 17 D xv, Addit. 5140, and the Chr. Ch. MS.
It also contains the rare lines D 575-84, 609-12, 619-26, 717-20, all
printed from this MS. in the Six-text. Lines E 1213-44 are also quoted, to
fill a gap in Cm.
30. University Library, Ii. 3. 26; in Tyrwhitt, ‘C 2.’ Of the D-type,
including Gamelyn; but the Franklin’s Tale is inserted after the Merchant.
Contains many corrupt readings.
31. University Library, Mm. 2. 5. The arrangement of the Tales is very
unusual, but resembles that in the Petworth MS., than which it is a little
more irregular. A complete MS. of the D-type, including Gamelyn.
32. Trinity College (Cambridge), R. 3. 15; in Tyrwhitt, ‘Tt.’ In quarto, on
paper. Some leaves are missing, so that the Canon’s Yeoman, Prioress, and
Sir Thopas are lost. Of the D-type, without Gamelyn.
N.B. This MS. also contains the three poems printed as Chaucer’s
(though not his) in the edition of 1687, and numbered 66, 67, and 68,
in my Account of ‘Speght’s edition’ in vol. i. It also contains the
best MS. of Pierce the Ploughman’s Crede, edited by me from this MS. in
1867.
[xiii] 33. Trinity College (Cambridge), R. 3. 3; in Tyrwhitt, ‘T.’ A folio
MS., on vellum; of the D-type, without Gamelyn; but several Tales are
misplaced.