The Chronicle of EnglandLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, 1858 - 482 pages |
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Page i - They expressed their approbation of the proposal that each Chronicle and historical document should be edited in such a manner as to represent with all possible correctness the text of each writer, derived from a collation of the best MSS., and that no notes should be added, except such as were illustrative of the various readings. They suggested, however, that the preface to each work should contain, in addition to the particulars proposed by the Master of the Rolls, a biographical account of the...
Page i - MSS. employed by him, of their age and their peculiarities ; that he should add to the work a brief account of the life and times of the author, and any remarks necessary to explain the chronology; but no other note or comment was to be allowed, except what might be necessary to establish the correctness of the text. The works to be published in octavo, separately, as they were finished ; the whole responsibility of the task resting upon the editors, who were to be chosen by the Master of the Bolls...
Page 2 - He seems to have regarded it in the nature of notes: "a schort remembrauns of elde stories, that whanne I loke upon hem and have a schort touch of the writing I can sone dilate the circumstaunces." Valuable historically, as an authority on Henry IV, it also attracts attention by the terseness of its style. It "myte...
Page 5 - lond desire this of oure Lord God, that al the " erroure whech was browte in be Herry the Fourte " may .be redressed be Edward the Fourte. This is " the desire of many good men here in erde, and, as " I suppose, it is the desire of the everlasting hillis " that dwelle above. " ' It seems hardly credible that the Writer of this paragraph could have penned the account of the
Page i - Treasury, after a careful consideration of the subject, expressed their opinion in a Treasury Minute, dated February 9, 1857, that the plan recommended by the Master of the Rolls " was well calculated for the accomplishment of this important national object, in an effectual and satisfactory manner, within a reasonable time, and provided proper attention be paid to economy, in making the detailed arrangements, without unnecessary expense." They expressed their approbation of the proposal that each...
Page 115 - ... scorgeyng bio and wayn as any lede (MMED). | 1451 Capgrave, St. Gilbert 75, 8, Whan ... be tyme of his clepyng was ny, he be-gan to wax more feble. | 01456 Pecock, Feith 124, Ech treuthe, in to whos leernyng . . . y come bi the auctorite of a teller or of a denouncer. | 01464 Capgrave, Chron. 164, Thei were also accused of clipping of money, for the Kyngis coyne thorw oute the lond weied lesse than it dede at his making. \ 01465 Eng. Chron. (Camden Soc. 1856) 10, The kyng pardoneth the(e) thy...