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Eglantyne; 1485.] WILLIAM CAXTON.
The copy imder description is deficient in several leaves; namely,
one leaf in the table, another leaf in sign. A, a third in sign. B, and
perhaps three or four leaves at the end. We shall describe it liowever
with as much care as possible: premising, that a copious account has
been already submitted to the public in the work just referred to.
The address to the Dutchess of Somerset, mother of Henry Vllth,
occupies nearly the whole of the first leaf. In this address the printer
styles himself: ‘ I wyllyam caxton his* most Indygne humble subgette
and lytil seruaut.’ The whole of this interesting address has been
already given by me to the public. The table has this prefix;
ece fcegpmtetij) tfje taMe of tljc bictorpott^ ptpttce
^ 25iancjartipit/ fone of t|>c noMe Ri;ng of f tpfe
3fnti of ^glantpne (8ttene of ^omiatiajj oti)erlnpoe
cafipti lorgonHeuoe DamourO* tnf)icf)e io to $ane fyc
jiroutic latip in Jotte*
The table has 3 leaves. In the whole, there appear to be fifty-four
chapters ; as the following prefix to the last, on the reverse of M iiij,
testifies:
€I)e l iiij anti Kao't cijapter contepnetl) ijoln ftfancijartiptt
inetitieti ioue tije groutie pttceil in amoitr.0: 3Uni! of
tije grete 3!ope tijat inati matie tijere/ anti of pe itpnge of
frpfe iieti)
On the recto of A j the text of the work begins. Of the nature of
this text, the reader (in addition to what I liave before extracted f) is
presented with the following copious specimens ; which are presumed,
upon the whole, to be well worth the trouble of perusal. The first
salute of Eglantine, by her beloved Blanchardin, was of rather a
singular nature:
* Blanchardyn seeyng the oure and the poynt that he sholde furnysshe
hys enterpryse that ful sore he desyred to fynysshe. smote hys courser
wyth the spore for to kysse her as he furth by her went wherof happed
hy y e bruyt that his hors made that she loked bakward for to se what
he was that so hastely rode after her. And so well it fortuned Blan-
chardyn that bothe theyre mouthes recoutred and kyst eche other fast,
Yf blanchardyn was right glad of this aduenture, It is not to be axed.
* King Henry’s. t Typog. Anliq. vol. i.
VOL. IV.
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Eglantyne; 1485.] WILLIAM CAXTON.
The copy imder description is deficient in several leaves; namely,
one leaf in the table, another leaf in sign. A, a third in sign. B, and
perhaps three or four leaves at the end. We shall describe it liowever
with as much care as possible: premising, that a copious account has
been already submitted to the public in the work just referred to.
The address to the Dutchess of Somerset, mother of Henry Vllth,
occupies nearly the whole of the first leaf. In this address the printer
styles himself: ‘ I wyllyam caxton his* most Indygne humble subgette
and lytil seruaut.’ The whole of this interesting address has been
already given by me to the public. The table has this prefix;
ece fcegpmtetij) tfje taMe of tljc bictorpott^ ptpttce
^ 25iancjartipit/ fone of t|>c noMe Ri;ng of f tpfe
3fnti of ^glantpne (8ttene of ^omiatiajj oti)erlnpoe
cafipti lorgonHeuoe DamourO* tnf)icf)e io to $ane fyc
jiroutic latip in Jotte*
The table has 3 leaves. In the whole, there appear to be fifty-four
chapters ; as the following prefix to the last, on the reverse of M iiij,
testifies:
€I)e l iiij anti Kao't cijapter contepnetl) ijoln ftfancijartiptt
inetitieti ioue tije groutie pttceil in amoitr.0: 3Uni! of
tije grete 3!ope tijat inati matie tijere/ anti of pe itpnge of
frpfe iieti)
On the recto of A j the text of the work begins. Of the nature of
this text, the reader (in addition to what I liave before extracted f) is
presented with the following copious specimens ; which are presumed,
upon the whole, to be well worth the trouble of perusal. The first
salute of Eglantine, by her beloved Blanchardin, was of rather a
singular nature:
* Blanchardyn seeyng the oure and the poynt that he sholde furnysshe
hys enterpryse that ful sore he desyred to fynysshe. smote hys courser
wyth the spore for to kysse her as he furth by her went wherof happed
hy y e bruyt that his hors made that she loked bakward for to se what
he was that so hastely rode after her. And so well it fortuned Blan-
chardyn that bothe theyre mouthes recoutred and kyst eche other fast,
Yf blanchardyn was right glad of this aduenture, It is not to be axed.
* King Henry’s. t Typog. Anliq. vol. i.
VOL. IV.
N N