INTRODUCTION XX111 



one another. The clearest principle for discriminating the 

 different families appears to be found by noticing the divi- 

 sions and headings of the chapters, and this will serve to 

 distinguish four well-marked groups of MSS. 



It may be convenient, however, to give a list of the 

 MSS. which have come under my notice, arranged in 

 chronological order ; the dates assigned can only be regarded 

 as approximate. 



1. Cambridge University Library, Ee. i. 1 f. 251, Edward I. 



2. Canterbury, Kegister J, Edward I. 



3. Heralds' College, Arundel MS. xiv. Edward I. 



4. Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, 7011 f. 57, Edward I. 



5. Guildhall, Liber Horn, Edward II. 



6. British Museum, Cottonian MSS., Edward II. 



7. Merton College, MS. cccxxi. f. 153, Edward II. 



8. Bodleian Library, Douce MSS. 98 f. 1876, Edward II. 



9. Cambridge University Library, MS. Dd. ix. 38 f. 252, Edward III. 



10. Canterbury, Register P, Edward III. 



11. Cambridge University Library, MS. Hh. iii. 11 f. 776, Edward III. 



12. British Museum, Add. MSS. 6159 f. 2206, Edward III. 



13. Cambridge University Library, MS. Dd. vii. 6 f. 526, Edward III. 



14. British Museum, Lansdowne MSS. 1176 f. 131, Edward III. 



15. Trinity College, Cambridge, 0, 9, 26 f. 98, Edward III. 



16. British Museum, Harleian MSS. 493 f. 498, Edward III. 



17. Bodleian Library, Digby MSS. 147 f. 1, Edward III. 



18. Cambridge University Library, MS. Dd. vii. 14 f. 228, Henry IV. 



19. British Museum, Sloane 686 f. 1, Edward IV. 



20. British Museum, Add. MSS. 20,709, Elizabeth. 



21. Bodleian Library, Bawlinson MSS. B 471 f. 16, Elizabeth. 



A. The text of Walter of Henley appears to be preserved 

 in its earliest arrangement, though with modernised spel- 

 ling, in a fifteenth century MS. (18) in the Library of the 

 University of Cambridge. The whole runs on without any 

 further divisions into chapters than by the mark of a para- 

 graph which occurs so as to mark sixteen separate parts. 

 There are similar divisions in the copy (14) among the 

 Lansdowne MSS. in the British Museum ; this dates from 

 the time of Edward III., and the commencement of each 

 chapter is marked by an elaborate initial letter, but there 

 are neither headings nor numbers. An earlier represen- 

 tative of this group is the manuscript (3) in the Heralds' 

 College, which dates from the time of Edward I. But the 



