THE PREFACE 



TO 



A CALENDAR OR ALMANAC 



FOR THE YEAR 1430. 



MS. Harl. 937. 



MY soverayne maistres. certen evydens have done 

 me to vnderstonde jour abylyte to lerne scyens 

 partyculere, and als wele consyder I jour desyre 

 in specyal to lerne a certen conclusyons of j?e new 

 kalender. I say a certen conclusyons for ]?ys cawse 

 for sum of j?aim profundely to be expressyd or 

 lerned for defawte of termes convenyent in ower 

 moder langage beyn to stronge to a tendyr wytte 

 to comprehende J?at is not elevate be processe and 

 cowrse of scoles. J?erefor als myche as j?e grete 

 phylosophyr sayth he wrappyth hym in hys frende 

 fat condescendyth to J?e ryjtfull prayer of hys 



frende me and mor mevyth me syth I .... 



bondene to make satisfactyon to jour desire 

 prayng ever dyscrete persone f>at f>is redyth or 

 heryth to have my rude endytyng excusyd and 



