POETICAL TRACTS

OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY,

REPRINTED FROM UNIQUE COPIES FORMERLY IN THE POSSESSION

OF THE LATE THOMAS CALDECOTT, ESQ.

EDITED BY

EDWARD F. RIMBAULT, ESQ. F.S.A.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THE PERCY SOCIETY.

M.DCCC.XLII.

COUNCIL

OF

The Percy Society.

President.

THE RT. HON. LORD BRAYBROOKE, F.S.A.

THOMAS AMYOT, Esq. F. R.S., TREAS. S.A.

WILLIAM HENRY BLACK, Esq.

J. A. CAHUSAC, Esq. F.S.A.

WILLIAM CHAPPELL, Esq. F.S.A., Treasurer.

J. PAYNE COLLIER, Esq. F.S.A.

T. CROFTON CROKER, Esq. F.S.A., M.R.I.A.

PETER CUNNINGHAM, Esq.

REV. ALEXANDER DYCE.

WILLIAM JERDAN, Esq. F.S.A., M.R.S.L.

SIR FREDERICK MADDEN, K.H., F.R.S., F.S.A.

T. J. PETTIGREW, Esq. F.R S., F.S.A.

E. F. RIMBAULT, Esq. F.S.A. Secretary.

WILLIAM J. THOMS, Esq. F.S.A.

JAMES WALSH, Esq. F.S.A.

THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq. M.A., F.S.A.