Phillipps 8151.—VI. (See Hoccleve's Poems, ed. Furnivall, p. 1.)

Ashburnham 133.—V. (See the same, p. xxvii.)

[§ 6]. Conversely, I here give the authorities from which each piece is derived. For further comments on some of them, see the separate introductions to each piece below.

I. The Testament of Love (prose).—Th. (Thynne, 1532).

II. The Plowmans Tale (1380 lines).—Th. (Thynne, 1542).

III. Jack Upland (prose).—Early edition, Caius College library; Speght (1598).

IV. Praise of Peace (385 lines).—Th. (1532); Trentham MS.

V. Letter of Cupid (476 lines).—Th. (1532); Fairfax, Bodley, Tanner, Selden, Ashburnham, Digby MSS.; Trin. Coll. R. 3. 20; Camb. Ff. 1. 6; also in the Bannatyne MS.

VI. To the King's Grace (64).—Th. (1542); Phillipps 8151.

VII. A Moral Balade (189).—Th. (1532); Caxton; Ashmole 59, Harl. 2251. (I also find a reference to Harl. 367, fol. 85, back.)