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Lydgate's Siege of Thebes

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:€\)t€\)mtix S<strong>of</strong>ictu.Editor in Chief :—'R.i:\\ Pr<strong>of</strong>essor "W. "W. Skeat, Litt.D., 2, SalisburyVillas, Cambridge.Eon. Sec.—W. A. Dalzikl. Esq., 67, Victoria Road, Finsbury Park, London, N.To do honour to Chai'ckr, and to let the lovers and students <strong>of</strong> bini see bow far tbebest unprinted Manuscripts <strong>of</strong> lus works dill'erd from tbe printed texts, tbis Societywas founded in 1SG8. Tbere were tben, and are still, many questions <strong>of</strong> metre, pronunciation,ortbograpby, and etymology yet to be settled, for whicb more prints <strong>of</strong>Manuscripts were and are wanted; and it is hardly too much to say that every line<strong>of</strong> Chaucer contains points that need reconsideration. Tbe founder (I)r Furnivall)began with 'T/te Canterhury Tales, and lias given <strong>of</strong> them (in parallel columns inRoyal -Ito) six <strong>of</strong> the best theret<strong>of</strong>ore unprinted Manuscripts known. Inasmuch asthe parallel arrangement necessitated the alteration <strong>of</strong> the places <strong>of</strong> certain tales insome <strong>of</strong> tbe MSS, a print <strong>of</strong> each MS has been issued separately, following the order<strong>of</strong> its (original, Tbe lirst six MSS ])rintcd have been : tbe Ellesmere (by leave <strong>of</strong> tbeEarl <strong>of</strong> Ellesmere) ; tbe Hongwrt (by leave <strong>of</strong> W. W. ¥j. Wynne, Esq.) ; the Camb.Univ. Libr., MS Gg. 4. 27; the Corpus, Oxford; the Petworth (by leave <strong>of</strong> LordLeconfield) ;and the Lansdowne 8ol (Brit. Mus.). The Harleian 7334 has foUowd,and the Cambridge Dd., completed by Egerton 2726 (tbe Haistwell MS.) Specimens<strong>of</strong> all accessible J\[SS <strong>of</strong> ilie 7a/

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