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. | 4s. |
| 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.