6 Introdufiion. 



As to the language and orthography of the book, it is a never- 

 faiHng fource of intereft, being quite different from any other 

 printed work of the fifteenth century, except the St. Albans' 

 Chronicle from the fame prefs. Among bibliographers it ranks as 

 " rarijjimus" the known copies being fo few that they might pro- 

 bably be counted on the fingers of one hand. 



Looking at the book, then, all round, it will be a convenient 

 plan to confider thefe fubjedls feparately, and to treat the volume 

 in its four afpefts of Authorfhip, Typography and Bibliography, 

 Subje6l-matter, and Philology. 



