Vellum, 7.75 x 5.125, ff. 127 + 1, 29 and 28 lines to a page.  15th cent., in several hands.

Donor, Thomas Griffith.

Handsome binding of 16th cent.

On flyleaf :

John tankard.

Mem. that {th}e bason and the cowre the wech was had of Jan douer weyith v skore owns and xiiij.

The soom of ys bason and his cowre comyth to after iii^s the owns xvii^li and ii^s.

Collation : 1 flyleaf, 1⁸ – 16⁸ (wants 8).

Contents:

  I.    1.     Here bigynne{th} a tretis {th}at is clepid lucidarie how a disciple

    axi{th} questiouns of his maistir and {th}e maistir assoili{th} hem.

Now {th}e disciple sei{th} {th}us                .               .               .               .         f.    1

Gloriouse maistir y praie {th}ee to answere me to my questiouns

    {th}at y desyre to aske, etc.

Ends unfinished, f. 16a : {th}ere so manye loue tokenes ben

    schewid for hym.

Some notes of cent. xvi in English follow : 16b blank.

  II.   2.    Prolog on Apocalips           .               .               .               .               .               .               17

Seynt poul {th}e apostle sei{th} {th}d alle {th}o {th}at wolen mekeli lyue.

Apocalypse with comment : text underlined in red        .               .               .               18

Jhon {y}oure bro{th}ir and parcener in tribulaciouns….

Comment begins : {th}is undoing bi seint John ben bitokend {th}e

    goode prelatis

       -and dwelle wi{th} him wi{th}outen ende.  So  be it.

Here endi{th} {th}e appocalips glosid in e(n)glish.

67b blank.

        3.     Here bigynne{th} {th}e passioun of oure lord Ihesu crist as it is in

    oon book maad of {th}e foure gospels compilid of Clement a

    preest of {th}e chirche of Lantony               .               .               .               .               68

And it was don whanne Jhesu hadde endid alle {th}es wordis

       -seelinge {th}e stoon wi{th} {th}e keperis.  Here endi{th} {th}e passioun

        of oure lord J. C.

        4.     And bigynne{th} how {th}e sacrament of {th}e auter cristis be resceuyd

    wor{th}ili and deuotly    .               .               .               .               .               .               85

Seuene sacramentis of hooli chirche ben seuen remedies

      -and at {th}e laste blis<ful> goyng out of {th}is liif be {y}ouun to

        me.  Amen.

ff. 93b- 96b blank.

        5.     Expositio textus mathei xxiii^o capitulo octriplici (!) scribis

    phariseis et ipocritis in peccato     .               .               .               .               .               97

Headed I, II, etc. Ve.

Crist biddi{th} us bewar wi{th} {th}es false profetis, etc. and {th}ese ben

    speciali men of {th}es newe ordris and moost {th}es freris {th}at last

    camen inne

       -and putte us not in straunge perels {th}at we haue no nede

         to treete.

Exposicio textus mathei xxiiii cap.      .               .               .               .               .               105

Egressus Ihesus de templo 24^o c.  {th}is gospel telli{th} moche

    wysdom {th}at is hid to many men

       -but {th}e fend may dampne men but not rauyshe {th}er hope

         in crist.

On 127b a note of cent. xvi and some lines (7) of cent. xv:

                god that all hath made & wrought

                man on molde hym to obey

                and vnto worship of out of nough(t)

                set every man in the hye wey

                ryght as {th}e chirche and law do{th}e wey

                for and we do as {th}e chirche do{th}e telle

ys ynow to us for {th}e peyne of hell.