St. John's Wood.
[It can scarcely be necessary for us to add that we shall be very glad to do our part towards carrying out the very sensible and practical suggestion of our Correspondent. We shall indeed be glad to show the sense we entertain of the obligations which we, in common with all lovers of literature in this country, owe to the British Museum, by aiding in this or any other well connected scheme for enriching that storehouse of learning, and increasing, if possible, its present usefulness.]
MS. FRAGMENTS OF OLD POETRY.
I have before me a sheet of vellum, part of old tale or tales in verse, which has been used as the cover of a manuscript book. I conceive it to be about the time of Henry VI. Can any of your correspondents, from the following extracts, give me any information as to the author, or the work of which it is a part? There would appear to be parts of two tales, at least.
G. H. D.
"Thanne seide the Prest, i will the telle,
For alle my good i wele the selle,
For alle the synnes that thou hast don,
I graunte the hem alle sone anon.
Alle gode dedes and eke preiere.