Burgh, Benedict

Composite anthology of Middle English verse and prose in two parts, partially the work of John Shirley MS. Ashmole 59

Note-book of Walter Pollard of Plymouth: proverbs, charms, grammatical, moral and religious texts, verse, etc., in Latin and English. Two main sections (fols. 1-6, on parchment, c. 1400; fols. 7-194, paper, c. 1445-1489, perhaps mostly in the hand of Walter Pollard). The contents are most fully described by D. Thomson, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Middle English Grammatical Texts (1979), 290-315 (with some corrections in IMEP XXIII: see bibliography), which the following summary abbreviates considerably, and to which the reader is referred for fuller information. In addition to the longer items listed below Thomson describes a large number of shorter notes and additions, including proverbs, historical notes, hymns and verses, grammatical and theological notes, and documents and letters, all in both Latin and English. MS. Rawl. D. 328

Peter Idley, Vegetius, John Lydgate, Ps.-Aristotle, Geoffrey Chaucer — 15th century (in part 1459); English MS. Laud Misc. 416

Ps.-Aristotle — 15th century; English MS. Laud Misc. 673

Fifteenth-century anthology made up of composite parts, comprising poems on good manners and religious devotion, the Brut chronicle, and the Libelle of English Policy MS. Rawl. poet. 32

Bernard Silvestris, John Lydgate, Benedict Burgh — 15th century, end; English MS. Rawl. C. 48

Benedict Burgh, John Lydgate — 15th century, late; English MS. Rawl. poet. 35

Anthology of Lydgate's verse. xv. MS. Ashmole 46