Treatise of sir Walter de Henley on agriculture
MS. Rawl. B. 471, fol. 16
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Title
Treatise of sir Walter de Henley on agriculture
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 471, fol. 16
Summary
In French, with an interlinear translation.
Beg. "Ceste ditee fist sire Wauter de Henleye, chiualer, et aprent de hosebondrie, coment home deit viure solom Dieu et solom le secle."
At the end: "Hactenus ex libro ecclesiæ Christi Cantuar. perantiquo, quem scriptum fuisse autumo tempestate E. 1. vel E. 2 regis. W. Lambarde, 2. Maii, 1577." A second note follows (written in Dec 1577) mentioning, from Bale's Scriptores, that bishop Grosteste translated this treatise from French into English.
Date
1577
Language
English
French
Physical extent
1 item
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Collection contents
Rawlinson B: English History
Transcripts by William Lambard
Treatise of sir Walter de Henley on agriculture
