Garlande of Laurell. MS. Cott. Vit. E X. fol. 200; very imperfect (vol. i. 361).
Speke, Parrot. MS. Harl. 2252, fol. 133, which has supplied much now for the first time printed (vol. ii. 1).
Diodorus Siculus translated into English [by Skelton poet-laureat]. MS. C.C.C.—No. ccclvii. of Nasmith’s Catal. p. 362.
For the following account of this MS. I am indebted to Mr. Thomas Wright:—
“MS. Corp. Chr. Camb. No. 357.
At the head of the first folio—‘Interpretatio Skeltoni poetæ Laureati,’ written in a different hand from the MS. (by Nasmith said to be by Archb. Parker himself) over something which has been erased, but which seems to have been ‘Prohemye of Poggius.’
At the end of this preface is written in the same hand as MS. ‘Thus endeth the prohemye of Poggius.’ fol. 2 verso.
At fol. 3 begins ‘The prohemy of Diodorus thauctour.’ This ends at fol. 7 thus,—
¶ ‘Now we wyll enforce to begynne our processe historyall. quod Skelton.
¶ Here endeth the prohemy of all the hole processe.’