[172] The valuable earlier Auchinleck MS. is written by five or six hands.
[173] 'Old English Homilies and Homiletic Treatises of the 12th and 13th centuries.' Edited by Richard Morris. First series, 2 parts, 8vo. London: 1867-68.
[174] The 'Story of Genesis and Exodus,' an Early English Song, about a.d. 1250; now first edited from an unique MS. by Richard Morris. 8vo. London: 1865.
[175] Father, God of all things, Almighty Lord, highest king, give thou me a propitious season, to show this world's beginning, Thee, Lord God, to honour, whetherso I read or sing.
[176] First.
[177] Unnatural.
[178] Trouble.
[179] 'Seinte Marherete,' the Maiden and Martyr, in Old English. Edited by Oswald Cockayne, M.A. London: 1866.
[180] 'Hali Meidenhad.' An Alliterative Homily of the thirteenth century. Edited by Oswald Cockayne. London: 1866.
[181] The 'Lay of Havelok the Dane;' composed in the reign of Edward I., about a.d. 1280. Formerly edited by Sir F. Madden, and now re-edited by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat. Extra Series. London: 1868.