[972] Mon. Franc. I, 366.
[973] Ibid. 349.
[974] Ibid. 39. Bacon says, ‘solemniter legebat;’ see below.
[975] It may be considered certain that Thomas of York became lector in 1253 and that Richard succeeded him—whether immediately or not is a little doubtful; the Cotton MS. of Eccleston calls Richard sextus (lector), instead of quintus.
[976] Royal MS. (Brit. Mus.) 7 F, VII, fol. 81; cf. Charles, Roger Bacon, 415; the MS. is very inaccurate, Charles still more so.
[977] Auctorem, not in MS.
[978] MS. errorem.
[979] Charles reads priusquam.
[980] MS. legeret.
[981] ‘Cui conversationis honestas et claritas scientiae, pietas affectionis et opinionis integritas, facultas erudiendi et disserendi subtilitas,’ &c. Mon. Franc. I, 365.