TEXT.--Of the _Traitié_ there exist several contemporary copies besides that of the Trentham MS. It is found appended to the _Confessio Amantis_ in MS. Fairfax 3, with a heading which closely connects it with that poem; it occurs among the various Latin pieces which follow the _Vox Clamantis_ in All Souls MS. 98, and again in much the same kind of position in the MS. of the _Vox Clamantis_ belonging to the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. The first two of these copies are, I have no doubt, in the same handwriting, that which I call the ‘second hand’ of MS. Fairfax 3, and I am of opinion that the third (that of the Glasgow MS.) is so also. This question of the handwritings found in contemporary copies of Gower will be discussed later, when the MSS. in question are more fully described: suffice it to say at present that these copies are all good, and they agree very closely both with one another and with that of the Trentham book, while at the same time they are independent of one another. They have all been collated throughout for this edition. Besides these original copies there is one in Harleian MS. 3869, which appears to be taken from Fairfax 3, and also in the following MSS., in all of which the _Traitié_ follows the _Confessio Amantis_: Bodley 294, Trinity College, Cambridge, R. 3. 2, Wadham Coll. 13, and the Keswick Hall and Wollaton MSS. Of these Bodley 294 has been collated for this edition, and the rest occasionally referred to. The MSS. may be tabulated as follows, further description being reserved for the occasions when they are more fully used:-- F.--FAIRFAX 3, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, containing the _Confessio Amantis_, the _Traitié pour essampler_, ff. 186 v^o-190, and several Latin poems. S.--ALL SOULS COLLEGE, OXFORD, 98, containing the _Vox Clamantis_, _Cronica Tripertita_, a miscellaneous collection of Latin poems, and the _Traitié_, ff. 132-135. T.--The TRENTHAM MS., described above. G.--HUNTERIAN MUSEUM, GLASGOW, T. 2. 17, with nearly the same contents as S. The _Traitié_ is ff. 124 v^o-128. H.--HARLEIAN 3869, in the British Museum, agreeing with F. B.--BODLEY 294, in the Bodleian Library, containing the _Confessio Amantis_, the _Traitié_, and a few Latin pieces. Tr.--TRINITY COLL. CAMB. R. 3. 2, with nearly the same contents as B. W.--WADHAM COLL. OXF. 13, _Confessio Amantis_ and _Traitié_, the latter imperfect at the end. K.--In the library of J. H. Gurney, Esq., Keswick Hall, Norwich, with the same contents as F. A.--Lord Middleton’s MS., at Wollaton Hall.