Fl. and Bl. has twice been reprinted from the Auchinleck MS.: (1) C. H. Hartshorne, Ancient Metrical Tales, London, 1829, (2) David Laing, A Penni Worth of Witte, etc., Abbotsford Club, Edinburgh, 1857. 4. #C.#, the Cambr. Univ. MS. Gg. 4. 27. 2, has already been described. (See page xxviii.) Of the fragment of a MS. that now exists, the final 824 verses of Fl. and Bl. occupy folios 1a-5b. The first verse preserved corresponds to verse 1001 of the French poem. The interrelations of these four MSS. have been carefully studied by Hausknecht (as above, pp. 98-108), whose results may be summarized as follows: MSS. A., Cott., T form a group _x_. Now #C.#, now group _x_ has gaps, and neither is free from individual changes. Within the group _x_, #A# and Cott. form a special sub-group, _y_ going back to a common origin, but at the same time independent of each other. We may borrow from Hausknecht the following diagram representing the interrelations. [Illustration: U __/ \__ __/ \__ / \__ _X_ | / \__ | / \ | / _y_ | / _/ \_ | / / \_ | / A \_ | / V | / | T C ] As regards the relative value of the different MSS., it must be said that #T# is the least to be depended on for accuracy, but is valuable because it preserves more of the early part of the story than is preserved in any of the other MSS. As regards the relative value of #C# and _x_ it is hard to decide. Still the instances in which #C#, in opposition to #A#, agrees with the French are more numerous than are the instances of the contrary case. THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY. § 1. _Introductory_, p. xlv. § 2. _Setting_, p. xlv. § 3. _The rise of the Legend_, p. xlvii. § 4. _The place of our Legend of the Assumption_, p. xlix. § 5. _Origin_, p. xlix. § 6. _Other English Versions_, p. lii. § 7. _Manuscripts_, p. liv. § 8. _The Time and Place of Composition_, p. lvi. § 9. _Versification_, p. lviii. § 1. INTRODUCTORY.