Here also we find two separate fragments of _Anelida_[245]; the two stanzas mentioned above (p. 52, l. 20), called by Shirley 'two verses made in wyse of balade by Halsham, Esquyer'; Chaucer's _Proverbs_; the poem no. 45 above (p. 33), attributed in this MS. to Lydgate; &c. At fol. 256, back, is the _Balade of compleynte_ printed in this volume as poem no. XXIII. ADD. (MS. Addit. 22139). This is a fine folio MS., containing Gower's _Confessio Amantis_. At fol. 138 are Chaucer's _Purse_, _Gentilesse_, _Lak of Stedfastnesse_, and _Truth_. AT. (MS. Addit. 10340). Contains Chaucer's _Boethius_ (foll. 1-40); also _Truth_, with the unique _envoy_, and the description of the 'Persone,' from the Canterbury Tales, on fol. 41, recto[246]. CT. (MS. Cotton, Cleopatra, D. 7). The Chaucer poems are all on leaves 188, 189. They are all ballads, viz. _Gentilesse_, _Lak of Stedfastness_, _Truth_, and _Against Women Unconstaunt_. All four are in the same hand; and we may remark that the last of the four is thus, in a manner, linked with the rest; see p. 58, l. 5, p. 26, l. 29. H. (MS. Harl. 2251). Shirley's MS. contains a large number of pieces, chiefly by Lydgate. Also Chaucer's _Prioresses Tale_, _Fortune_ (fol. 46), _Gentilesse_ (fol. 48, back), _A. B. C._ (fol. 49), and _Purse_ (fol. 271). The _Craft of Lovers_ also occurs, and is dated 1459 in this copy. Poem no. 56 (p. 34) also occurs here, and is marked as Lydgate's. We also see from this MS. that the first four stanzas of no. 52 (p. 33) form part of a poem on the _Fall of Man_, in which _Truth_, _Mercy_, _Righteousness_, and _Peace_ are introduced as allegorical personages. The four stanzas form part of Mercy's plea, and this is why the word _mercy_ occurs ten times. At fol. 153, back (formerly 158, back), we actually find a copy of Henry Scogan's poem in which Chaucer's _Gentilesse_ is _not_ quoted, the requisite stanzas being entirely omitted. At fol. 249, back, Lydgate quotes the line 'this world is a thurghfare ful of woo,' and says it is from Chaucer's 'tragedyes.' It is from the Knightes Tale, l. 1989 (A 2847). HA. (Harl. 7578). Contains Lydgate's _Proverbs_; Chaucer's _Pite_ (fol. 13, back), _Gentilesse_ and _Lak of Stedfastnesse_ (fol. 17), immediately followed by the _Balade against Women unconstaunt_, precisely in the place where we should expect to find it; also Chaucer's _Proverbs_, immediately followed by the wholly unconnected stanzas discussed above; p. 52, l. 20. At fol. 20, back, are six stanzas of Chaucer's _A. B. C._