English Language Collections

Rich, Barnabe, 1540?-1617.  ●  A short suruey of Ireland Truely discouering who it is that hath so armed the hearts of that people with disobedience to their prince. With a description of the countrey, and the condition of the people. No lesse necessarie and needfull to be respected by the English, then requisite and behoouefull to be reformed in the Irish. By Barnabe Rych, Gentleman.  ●  1069

Spencer, John, Gentleman.  ●  A discovrse of divers petitions of high concernment and great consequence delivered by the authour into the hands of King James, of famous memory, and into the hands of our gracious King Charles : and divers other letters delivered unto some great peers of the land and divers knights and ladies and others of great worth and quality : a treatise of melancholie and the strange effects thereof : with some directions for the comforting of poor afflicted soules and wounded consciences : and some directions for the curing and reclaiming surious mad men and some rare inventions in case of great extremity to feed them and preserve them from famishing and to procure them to speak : which it pleased the God of wisdom to enable me to finde out in the long time of fifty years experience and observation / by John Spencer, gentleman.  ●  1461

Gerbier, Balthazar, Sir, 1592?-1667.  ●  The first publique lecture, read at Sr. Balthazar Gerbier his accademy, concerning military architecture, or fortifications, to the lovers of virtue, come hither to that purpose.  ●  1469

Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460.  ●  hEre begynneth the volume intituled and named the recuyell of the historyes of Troye, composed and drawen out of dyuerce bookes of latyn in to frensshe by the ryght venerable persone and worshipfull man. Raoul le ffeure. preest and chapelayn vnto the ryght noble gloryous and myghty prynce in his tyme Phelip duc of Bourgoyne of Braband [et]c in the yere of the incarnacion of our lord god a thousand foure honderd sixty and foure, and translated and drawen out of frenshe in to englisshe by Willyam Caxton mercer of ye cyte of London, at the comau[n]deme[n]t of the right hye myghty and vertuouse pryncesse hys redoubtyd lady. Margarete by the grace of god. Duchesse of Bourgoyne of Lotryk of Braband [et]c., whiche sayd translacion and werke was ... fynysshid in the holy cyte of Colen the. xix. day of septembre the yere of our sayd lord god a thousand foure honderd sixty and enleuen [sic] [et]c ...  ●  1473

Jacobus, de Cessolis, fl. 1288-1322  ●  [T]o the right noble, right excellent [and] vertuous prince George duc of Clarence Erle of warwyk and of salisburye, grete chamberlayn of Englond [and] leutenant of Irelond oldest broder of kynge Edward by the grace of god kynge of England and of frau[n]ce, your most humble seruant william Caxton amonge other of your seruantes sendes vnto you peas. helthe. ioye and victorye vpon your enemyes ...  ●  1474

Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234-149 B.C., attributed name.  ●  Hic incipit paruus Catho  ●  1476

Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?  ●  Stans puer ad mensam  ●  1476

Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234-149 B.C., attributed name.  ●  Hic incipit paruus Catho  ●  1477

Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.  ●  If it plese ony man spirituel or temporel to bye ony pyes of two and thre comemoracio[n]s of saliburi vse ...  ●  1477

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.  ●  The lyf so short the craft so lo[n]ge to lerne  ●  1477

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.  ●  Thou fiers god of armes, mars the rede  ●  1477

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.  ●  wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid þe rote ...  ●  1477

Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460.  ●  For as moche as late by the comau[n]dement of the right hye [and] noble princesse my right redoubted lady my lady Margarete by the grace of god Duchesse of Bourgoyne Brabant [et]c. [...] as to the historie of Iason [...]  ●  1477

Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?  ●  The temple of glas  ●  1477

Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?  ●  [The chorle and the birde]  ●  1477

Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?  ●  [The horse the ghoos the sheep]  ●  1477

Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Abū al-Wafāʼ, 11th cent. Mukhtār al-ḥikam wa-maḥāsin al-kalim.  ●  Here endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophhres ...  ●  1477

Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Abū al-Wafāʼ, 11th cent. Mukhtār al-ḥikam wa-maḥāsin al-kalim.  ●  hEre endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophres enprynted. by me william Caxton at westmestre the yere of our lord .M.CCCC.Lxx vij. Whiche book is late translated out of Frenshe into englyssh. by the noble and puissant lord Lord Antone Erle of Ryuyers lord of Scales ...  ●  1477

[Explicit the book of curtesye]  ●  1477

Boethius, d. 524.  ●  Boecius de consolacione philosophie  ●  1478

Christine, de Pisan, ca. 1364-ca. 1431.  ●  The morale prouerbes of Cristyne  ●  1478

Denis, the Carthusian, 1402-1471, attributed name.  ●  Thus endeth the prologue of this book named. Cordʻyal. Whiche treteth of the four last and final thinges that ben to come ...  ●  1479

Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491, attributed name.  ●  Here endeth this doctrine at Westmestre by london in fourmes enprinted. In the whiche one euerich may shortly lerne. Frenssh and englissh ...  ●  1480

Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.  ●  In the yere of thyncarnacion of our lord Ih[es]u crist M.CCCC.lxxx. and in the xx. yere of the regne of kyng Edward the fourthe, atte requeste of dyuerce gentilmen I haue endeauourd me to enprinte the cronicles of Englond as in this booke shall by the suffraunce of god folowe ...  ●  1480

Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364.  ●  Here endeth the discripcion of Britayne ...  ●  1480

Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?, attributed name.  ●  [Explicit liber primus de curia sapiencie]  ●  1480

[Indulgences issued to raise money to fight the Turks or to ransom captives]  ●  1480

Alexander, ab Alexandro, d. 1523.  ●  Explicit sentenciosa atq[ue] studio digna expositio venerabilis Alexandri sup[er] terciu[m] libru[um] de anima ...  ●  1481

Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.  ●  Here begynneth the boke intituled Eracles, and also of Godefrey of Boloyne the whiche speketh of the conquest of the holy londe of Iherusalem ...  ●  1481

Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.  ●  This is the table of the historye of reynart the foxe  ●  1481

Cicero, Marcus Tullius.  ●  hEre begynneth the prohemye vpon the reducynge, both out of latyn as of frensshe in to our englyssh tongue, of the polytyque book named Tullius de senectute ...  ●  1481

Gossuin, of Metz, attributed name.  ●  Hier begynneth the book callid the myrrour of the worlde ...  ●  1481

Caoursin, Guillaume, d. 1501.  ●  [The siege of Rhodes]  ●  1482

Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.  ●  [The cronycles of Englond]  ●  1482

Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364.  ●  Prolicionycion [sic]  ●  1482

Littleton, Thomas, Sir, d. 1481.  ●  Tenannt en fee simple est celuy ...  ●  1482

Adam, of Eynsham, fl. 1196-1232.  ●  The prologe of this reuelation  ●  1483

Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280, attributed name.  ●  Liber aggregationis seu liber secreto[rum] Alberti magni de virtutibus herba[rum] lapidum [et] animalium quorumd[am] Liber primus de viribus quarumd[am] herba[rum]  ●  1483

Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.  ●  [Secreta mulierum et virorum]  ●  1483

Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234-149 B.C., attributed name.  ●  Hic incipit paruus Catho  ●  1483

Chartier, Alain, 15th cent.  ●  Here foloweth the copye of a lettre whyche maistre Alayn Charetier wrote to hys brother ... translated out of frensshe in to englysshe  ●  1483

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.  ●  The book of fame made by Gefferey Chaucer  ●  1483

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.  ●  [Troilus and Criseyde]  ●  1483

England and Wales. Sovereign (1509-1547 : Henry VIII)  ●  The promisse of matrimonie  ●  1483

Gower, John, 1325?-1408.  ●  tHis book is intituled confessio amantis, that is to saye in englysshe the confessyon of the louer maad and compyled by Iohan Gower squyer ...  ●  1483

Jacobus, de Voragine, ca. 1229-1298.  ●  [Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive, Lombardica historia] [Wyllyam Caxton]  ●  1483

Aesop.  ●  Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope whiche were translated out of Frensshe in to Englysshe by wylliam Caxton at westmynstre in the yere of oure Lorde M. CCCC. lxxxiij  ●  1484

Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234-149 B.C., attributed name.  ●  Here begynneth the prologue or prohemye of the book callid Caton whiche booke hath ben translated in to Englysshe by Mayster Benet Burgh, late Archedeken of Colchestre and hye chanon of saint stephens at westmestre ... and by cause of late cam to my hand a book of the said Caton in Frensshe, whiche reherceth many a fayr lernynge and notable ensamples, I haue translated it oute of frensshe in to Englysshe, as al along here after shalle appiere, whiche I presente vnto the cyte of london,  ●  1484

Christine, de Pisan, ca. 1364-ca. 1431.  ●  Here begynneth the table of the rubryshys of the boke of the fayt of armes and of chyualrye whiche sayd boke is departyd in to foure partyes ...  ●  1484

La Tour Landry, Geoffroy de, 14th cent.  ●  [Here begynneth the booke which the knyght of the toure made and speketh of many fayre ensamples and thensygnementys and techyng of his doughters]  ●  1484

Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?  ●  [The lyf of our lady]  ●  1484

O glorious Ihesu, o mekest Ihesu, o mooste swettest Ihesu, I prayethe that I may haue newe confession, contrition and satisfaction or I dye ...  ●  1484

Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.  ●  [Thystorye and lyf of the noble and crysten prynce Charles the grete kynge of Frauuce [sic]]  ●  1485

Joannes Jacobi, d. 1384. Régime de l'épidémie.  ●  Here begynneth a litill boke necessarye [and] behouefull a[g]enst the pestilence  ●  1485

Laurent, Dominican, fl. 1279.  ●  This book was compyled [and] made atte requeste of kyng Phelyp of Fraunce ... whyche book is callyd in frensshe. le liure Royal· that is to say the ryal book. or a book for a kyng. ...  ●  1485

Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent.  ●  [Le morte darthur]  ●  1485

Pierre, de la Cépède, 15th cent.  ●  Here begynneth thystorye of the noble ryght valyaunt [and] worthy knyght Parys, and of the fayr Vye[n]ne the daulphyns doughter of vyenneys the whyche sufferd many aduersytees bycause of theyr true loue or they coude enioye the effect therof of eche other,  ●  1485

Robert, Prior of Shrewsbury, d. 1167.  ●  The lyf of the holy [and] blessid vyrgyn saynt Wenefryde  ●  1485

Here begynnys a schort [and] breue tabull on thes cronicles ...  ●  1485

Mirk, John, fl. 1403?  ●  [Liber festivalis]  ●  1486

Catholic Church. aut  ●  [To them that before this image of pity devoutly say v. pater noster, v. aves a credo piteously.]  ●  1487

Legrand, Jacques, ca. 1365-1415.  ●  [Here begynneth the table of a book entytled the book of good maners.]  ●  1487

Catholic Church. Pope (1484-1492 : Innocent VIII)  ●  Ioha[n]nes de Gigliis alias de Liliis apl'icus subdiacon[us] ...  ●  1489

Roye, Gui de, ca. 1345-1409.  ●  Thus endeth the doctrinal of sapyence the whyche is ryght vtile and prouffytable to alle crysten men, whyche is translated out of Frenshe in to englysshe by wyllyam Caxton at westmestter [sic] fynysshed the. vij. day of may the yere of our lord, M,cccc lxxx ix Caxton me fieri fecit  ●  1489

Joannes, de Burgundia, 14th cent, attributed name. aut  ●  In this tretyse that is cleped Gouernayle of helthe what is to be sayd wyth crystis helpe of some thynges that longen to bodily helthe, ...  ●  1490

Virgil. Aeneis.  ●  Here fynyssheth the boke yf [sic] Eneydos, compyled by Vyrgyle, which hathe be translated oute of latyne in to frenshe, and oute of frenshe reduced in to Englysshe by me wyll[ia]m Caxton, the xxij. daye of Iuyn. the yere of our lorde. M.iiij.Clxxxx. The fythe yere of the regne of kynge Henry the seuenth  ●  1490

Gossuin, of Metz, attributed name.  ●  Hier begynneth the booke callyd the Myrrour of the worlde ...  ●  1491

Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460.  ●  The veray trew history of the valiau[n]t knight Iaso[n] how he conquerd or wan the golden fles, by the counsel of Medea and of many othre victoryouse and wondrefull actis and dedys that he dyde by his prowesse and cheualrye in his tyme  ●  1492

Pierre, de la Cépède, 15th cent.  ●  Thystorye of the right noble and worthy knyght parys and of the fayre vyenne the dolphyns doughter of vyennoys  ●  1492

This is the dyalogus or co[m]munyng betwxt [sic] the wyse king Salomon and Marcolphus  ●  1492

[Here endeth a lytyll treatyse called the booke of curtesye or lytyll Iohn.]  ●  1492

Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?  ●  Problemys of olde siknesse and figures Whiche p[ro]uyd been fructuous of sentens and haue auctorities grounded on scripture by resemblance of notable apperannce [sic] with moralities concludynge on prudence.  ●  1493

Mirk, John, fl. 1403?  ●  The helpe and grace of almighty god ...  ●  1493

Parker, Henry, d. 1470, attributed name.  ●  Here endith a compendiouse treetise dyalogue. of Diues [and] paup[er]. that is to say. the riche [and] the pore fructuously tretyng vpon the x. co[m]man̄mentes ...  ●  1493

Cronycles of the londe of Englo[n]d  ●  1493

The prouffytable boke for ma[n]nes soule, and right comfortable to the body, and specyally in aduersitee [and] trybulacyon, whiche boke is called The chastysing of goddes chyldern  ●  1493

This tretyse is of loue and spekyth of iiij of the most specyall louys that ben in the worlde and shewyth veryly and perfitely bi gret resons and causis, how the meruelous [and] bounteuous loue that our lord Ihesu cryste had to mannys soule excedyth to ferre alle other loues ... Whiche tretyse was translatid out of frenshe into englyshe, the yere of our lord M cccc lxxxxiij, by a persone that is vnperfight insuche werke ...  ●  1493

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.  ●  Here begynnethe the boke calledde Iohn bochas descriuinge the falle of princis princessis [and] other nobles tra[n]slated i[n]to englissh by Iohn ludgate mo[n]ke of the monastery of seint edmu[n]des Bury ...  ●  1494

Catholic Church. Pope (1484-1492 : Innocent VIII)  ●  Alexander Ep[iscopu]s seruus seruor[um] dei ad futuram Rei memoria[m]. ...  ●  1494

Hilton, Walter, d. 1396.  ●  Scala perfecc[i]onis  ●  1494

Love, Nicholas, fl. 1410.  ●  Incipit Speculum vite Cristi  ●  1494

Fitzjames, Richard, d. 1522.  ●  Sermo die lune in ebdomada Pasche  ●  1495

Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?  ●  Here begynneth a lytell treatyse of the horse, the sheep, and the ghoos  ●  1495

Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?  ●  Here begynneth the Temple of glas  ●  1495

Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153.  ●  The meditat[i]ons of saint Bernard  ●  1496

Berners, Juliana, b. 1388?  ●  This present boke shewyth the manere of hawkynge [and] huntynge and also of diuysynge of cote armours. It shewyth also a good matere belongynge to horses: wyth other co[m]mendable treatyses. And ferdermore of the blasynge of armys: as here after it maye appere.  ●  1496

Denis, the Carthusian, 1402-1471, attributed name.  ●  Here after foloweth the prologue of the foure last thynges ...  ●  1496

John, of Garland, ca. 1195-ca. 1272.  ●  Multo[rum] vocabuloru[m] equiuocoru[m] intepretatio, Magistri Ioha[n]nis de Garlandia grammatico [et] latini cupido p[er]maxime necessaria, incipit  ●  1496

Mandeville, John, Sir.  ●  [Here endeth the boke of Iohn Maunduyle knyght of wayes to Ierusalem [and] of marueylys of y5xx]  ●  1496

Parker, Henry, d. 1470, attributed name.  ●  Diues [et] pauper  ●  1496

Skelton, John, 1460?-1529, attributed name.  ●  The epitaffe of the moste noble [and] valyaunt Iasper late duke of Beddeforde  ●  1496

Tenir per seruice de chiualer, est a tenir per homage foi alte ...  ●  1496

The myracles of oure blessyd lady  ●  1496

Alcock, John, 1430-1500, attributed name. aut  ●  [The abbaye of the Holy Ghost]  ●  1497

Alcock, John, 1430-1500.  ●  [Desponsacio virginis xpristo. Spousage of a virgin to Christ]  ●  1497

Alcock, John, 1430-1500.  ●  [Sermon on Luke VIII]  ●  1497

Alcock, John, 1430-1500.  ●  [Spousage of a virgin to Christ]  ●  1497

Catholic Church.  ●  Expositio hymnorum secu[n]dum vsum Saru[m]  ●  1497

Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?  ●  Here begynneth the chorle [and] the byrde  ●  1497

Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?  ●  Prologus Here begynneth the prologue of the storye of Thebes  ●  1497