"Hir cher was ay semand sori Hir felawis held hir wod forþ'i, And made of hir ful gret skornyng And callid hir oule & outcasting: For alle þe nonnes þ't were thore Wend wel þt sche fonned wore, And summe on hir foul water keste, And sumtyme draf & sometyme yeste, And summe rubbid hir wiþ oute Wiþ ground mustard al a boute; But sche made no grucching For al hir euyl skornying, Bul al sche suffrid ful mekeli And to hir seruise was ay redi, For ofte tymes sche grecid hir schos, And wisch hir vessel as a guystroun dos, And what so euer þei put hir to W't a good wil al dide scho. Hir hed was wounden al a boute Wiþ a foul lynen cloute, And for sche was so onlikli Alle þei letin of hir skornfulli, But yet sche was ful derworthi Beforn our lord god almyghti." 6. I will add, in conclusion, a sample from one of the prose treatises contained in the same volume (p. 464.): "Oþere spices þer ben of pride whiche men & women ben founden inne, & it encresiþ fro day to day, of dyuers atire about þ'e bodi: as ofte streyte clothes & schorte daggid hodis, chaunsemlees (i.e. _shoes_) disgised & teyde op strayt in v. or vi. stedis: women with schorte clothis unneþe to þ'e hipes, _booses_ & _lokettes_ about þe heed, & vile stynkend hornes longe & brode, & oþer dyuers atire, þ't I can nought witen ne discryen of surche þinges. Eueri man & woman be his owne juge & loke weel if it be nought þus." C. H. St. Catharine's Hall, Cambridge. NOTES AND QUERIES MSS. The commencement of a new volume appears to be the signal for new suggestions. May I fire one off as well as others? In p. 282. of the Third, and in p. 19 of your present volume, you have printed two MSS. relating to Cromwell, which I sent you. No doubt there are many MSS. equally, or indeed more curious and interesting, scattered throughout the country, which would be worthy of preservation in type in your valuable columns, and which may possibly be so preserved. But what shall become of the originals? Would not the possessors of twos or threes of such documents be glad to place them in a safe and useful repository, where they might be preserved and be made available to all who take an interest in our history, whether social or political? And how could this be better effected than by opening a book for their reception and safe custody at your office; such book to be open to the inspection of all applicants, under proper regulations; and, when full, to be deposited in the British Museum as Vol. I. of the "NOTES AND QUERIES MSS.?"