=164.= 7. It is remarkable that the author should refer us to the 3rd chapter of Proverbs instead of the 15th. Our forefathers seem to have had no idea either of giving a correct reference or of verifying one. 10. _Qui a_ is printed, in Fitzherbert, as _Quia_, in one word. The correction being obvious, I have made it. 18. _Isodorus_] Osorius. Why this alteration is made, I cannot tell. In l. 29 of the next section, I. R. has _Isidore_, and in l. 37, _Isidorus_. =165.= 39. _Hampole_] Hanapole (wrongly). Richard Rolle, of Hampole, was the author of the Pricke of Conscience, edited by Dr. Morris for the Philological Society, and of numerous other works, including some Religious Treatises edited by Mr. Perry for the Early English Text Society. 47. I. R. omits this line; he probably did not like the word _oratory_. 52. The first book of Samuel was formerly called the first book of Kings. =166.= I. R. rewrites this section, and avoids any reference to _Latin_ or to the _Ave Maria_. =167.= 19, 20. I. R. gives the Latin lines, and his own translation, as follows. The ghostly enemy doth not stay Till tempted persons doe obey: For yeelding, hee a Lyon is, Gainestood, a flie: his pray doth misse. His syntax is as bad as his translation. 34. _steke_] shutte. 35. _styfly_] manfully. We have here an idea which is frequently met with in our literature. It may suffice to refer to Grosseteste’s Chastel d’Amour, the sermon called Soules Warde printed in Dr. Morris’s Specimens of English, part i., the extract from the Ayenbite of Inwyt printed in Morris and Skeat’s Specimens, part ii., the Tower of Truth and Castle of Caro described in Piers the Plowman, &c. We are also reminded of Bunyan’s Holy War. =168.= 31. Here again Fitzherbert gives us the wrong reference to the Proverbs, viz. to Chap. xiv. instead of Chap. xix. His reading _Veneratur dominus_] is extraordinary. =169.= 11. _vnable to be foughten agaynst_] inuinsible. 13, 14. _slecketh_] slacketh. _slake_] quench. 35. I. R. copies Fitzherbert’s reference to Chap. 35; but read 34. =172.= 14. _conuerted_] conuarted (a peculiar pronunciation). 21. This quotation from St. Augustine appears also in Piers Plowman, B. v. 291. 50. This last paragraph is called by I. R. ‘Fitzherberts protestation;’ yet he actually alters his author’s words, substituting ‘the holy scriptures’ for ‘al holy churche,’ with various other smaller ‘corrections.’ To crown his effrontery, he gives the address of ‘The Authour to his Booke’ in the following extraordinary (amended) form! Goe grosse fram’d image of a holy saint, present my loue, though rude my pensill paint; If any blame thee for deformitie, say Nature calld thee, and not Oratorie; If on thy browes be starres of ignorance, say Fortunes pype did neuer teach thee dance. Wish them amend which best can iudge thine ill, so shall both thou and I bee happy still. FOOTNOTES: