Forthing much which did pay
And departed out of this life of October the 12 day
And Isabel his second wiff
Passed to blisse where is no strife
The xijt day to tell the trowth
Of the same moneth as our Lord knoweth
In the yeare of our Lord God a thousand fower hundred fowerscore and five."
What relation (if any) was the above to the typographer? They must have been co-existent, and the "Note" may perhaps be a step in the right direction for arriving at the true "stock" of the Caxton Coffer.
FRANCISCUS.