Described Hardwick & Luard: ii.492–3.

[1]

f. 1

To þilke of þis regiown whiche han noon hows but alle as seith seynt poul be þei riche be þei poore be þei wise oþer fooles be þei kynges oþer queenes alle þei ben pilgrimes i wole shewe yow a sweuene þat bifelle me þe tooþer day i bedde in wakinge …

f. 139v

… þat is þe guerdoun and þe rewarde of þe ioye of heuene whiche god grawnte [f. 140] to alle quike and dede amen.

‘þe romaunce of þe monk of þe pilgrimage of þe lyfe of þe manhode’ (f. 140). The Pilgrimage of the Lyfe of the Manhode, translated from Deguilleville's Pèlerinage de la Vie Humaine. IPMEP 781; Wells Rev. 7:2552–3 [192]. Ed. from this MS by A. Henry, The Pilgrimage of the Lyfe of the Manhode. EETS os 288 and 292 (Oxford, 1985 and 1988).

Other texts: Wells Rev. lists 6 MSS, but not the two s. xvii versions in MS Camb. Magdalene Pepys 2258 and CUL Ff.6.30 [1] noted by IMEP 16, indexing BodL Laud misc 740 [1]; for another copy already indexed see IMEP 13 indexing Sion Arc.L.40.2/E.44 [1].

[2]

f. 141

Tarye not for to turne þee to god ne drawe not onlonge fro day to day for sodeynly he taketh wrecches in sharpnesse of deth and er þei weene shal deuowre hem bitternesse and hidousnesse of peyne and soothly it may not be noumbred of us how many wordly wrecches þat wikked presumpcioun hath desceyued …

f. 164v

… and with unspekable and wunderful ioyinge and melodie to looue him wiþouten ende to whom be honour wurshipe and endeles blisse in world of worldes withouten ende amen.

‘þe twelve chapitres of richard heremite of hampool’ (f. 164v). Anonymous Middle English translation of Richard Rolle's De Emendatio Vitae. IPMEP 652; Wells Rev. 9:3424 [15], version A. This version has not been edited.

Other texts: Wells Rev. lists 13 MSS of 6 different Middle English translations (in addition to Richard Mysin's translation for which see Wells Rev. 9:3425 [14]). Five MSS of Version A are extant, of which two have already been indexed, see IMEP 3 indexing BodL Digby 18 [1] and IMEP 4 indexing BodL Douce 322 [12]. For Version B see Ff.5.40 [2]. For Version D see IMEP 17 indexing Camb. Gonville and Caius 669*/646 [3].