THE EPISTLE OF OTHEA TO HECTOR [Illustration: OTHEA DELIVERS HER EPISTLE TO HECTOR. _Harley MS. 4431_, FOL. 97b. ] The Epistle of Othea to Hector OR THE BOKE OF KNYGHTHODE _Translated from the French of Christine de Pisan_ _With a Dedication to Sir John Fastolf, K.G._ BY STEPHEN SCROPE, ESQUIRE EDITED FROM A MANUSCRIPT IN THE LIBRARY OF THE MARQUIS OF BATH BY GEORGE F. WARNER _M.A., D.Litt., F.S.A., Assistant Keeper of MSS. British Museum_ LONDON J. B. NICHOLS AND SONS, PARLIAMENT MANSIONS VICTORIA STREET, S.W. 1904. LONDON J. B. NICHOLS AND SONS, PARLIAMENT MANSIONS VICTORIA STREET, S.W. TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF The Roxburghe Club THIS VOLUME Is Dedicated and Presented BY THEIR OBEDIENT SERVANT BATH LONGLEAT, MARCH, 1904 The Roxburghe Club. MCMIV. LORD ALDENHAM. PRESIDENT. DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K.G. DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH, K.T. DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G. DUKE OF SUTHERLAND, K.G. MARQUESS OF BATH. EARL OF PEMBROKE AND MONTGOMERY. EARL OF CRAWFORD, K.T. EARL OF ROSEBERY, K.G. EARL COWPER, K.G. EARL OF CARYSFORT, K.P. EARL OF POWIS. EARL BEAUCHAMP. EARL BROWNLOW. EARL OF CAWDOR. EARL OF ELLESMERE. EARL OF CREWE. THE LORD BISHOP OF SALISBURY. LORD ZOUCHE. LORD WINDSOR. LORD AMHERST OF HACKNEY. HON. ALBAN GEORGE HENRY GIBBS. RIGHT HON. ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR. RIGHT HON. MOUNTSTUART GRANT DUFF, G.C.S.I. SIR WILLIAM REYNELL ANSON, BART. SIR THOMAS BROOKE, BART. SIR JOHN EVANS, K.C.B. SIR EDWARD MAUNDE THOMPSON, K.C.B. CHARLES BUTLER, ESQ. INGRAM BYWATER, ESQ. GEORGE BRISCOE EYRE, ESQ. ALFRED HENRY HUTH, ESQ., _Treasurer_. ANDREW LANG, ESQ. CHARLES BRINSLEY MARLAY, ESQ. JOHN MURRAY, ESQ. EDWARD JAMES STANLEY, ESQ. HENRY YATES THOMPSON, ESQ. REV. EDWARD TINDAL TURNER. VICTOR WILLIAM BATES VAN DE WEYER, ESQ. W. ALDIS WRIGHT, ESQ. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. ERRATA. THE EPISTLE OF OTHEA TO HECTOR; OR THE BOKE OF KNYGHTHODE. GLOSSARY. INDEX. [Illustration: