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1. (f. 1r-30r) Kynge Charlys [= Firumbras, version Fillingham]

   Incipit:	God for hys grace sschylde vs from schame Her basnettys and her helmys they lacydyn well And her gode swerdys that were made of stell…
   Explicit:	… Nowe endyth thys gest nowe here Off Firumbras de Alsavndre and Sir Olyuer And also of Charlemayn that gode holy kyng Our Lord graunt that it so be Seyth all amen pur charite. Off the sarysins that were slawe in that wendyng. v.c.m' in Charlys tyme the kyng. Explicit Kynge Charlys.

2. (f. 30v-76r) Otuel and Roland

   Incipit:	Herkenyth lordynges and zeuyth lyst In the worchyppe of Ihesu Cryst Off a conquerour That was yhote sir Charlemayn Howe he wan Galys of Spayne With ful grete honour…
   Explicit:	… Now Ihesu Crist in trinite O God and persones thre To ioye and blysse ous bryng. Here endeth Otuel Roulond and Olyuer And off the twelf dussypers That deyden in the batayle off Runcyvale Ihesu Lord heuene kyng To hys blysse ous and hem bothe bryng To leuen wythoute bale. Amen quod J. Gage.

3. (f. 76) The Eremyte and the Owtelawe

   Incipit:	Almyghty God that man gan make…
   Explicit:	… And make vs alle blythe and glad. Explicit the Eremyte and the Owtelawe.

4. (f. 83r-90v) The Fendys Parlement

   Incipit:	Whan Marye was gret with Gabryel…
   Explicit:	… Here endyth the fendys parlement God take oure soules to hys rent In heuene blys from helle preson. Here ys wryten the Fendys Parlement How Ihesu wyzth hys passyon hem blent.

5. (f. 90v-92v) The Mirror of the Periods of Man's Life, en huitains, seulement les 142 premiers vers

   Incipit:	How mankynde doth bygynne…
   Explicit:	… Be he bolde wykep or lyzt [la fin manque]

Description matérielle

Possesseurs

• Ex-libris du XVI^e s.: « Edmond Middleton his booke » (f. 61)
• Ex-libris: « Steepen Barzey of Barzeys Hall in Com. Buckingham. Thomas Barzey » (f. 71)
• Appartenait en 1805 à William Fillingham, du Middle Temple; on trouve au f. ii une lettre à lui addressée et datée du 17 août [1801?] de la part de G[eorge] Ellis
• A ensuite appartenu à Sir Henry St. John Mildmay, Bart., de Dogmersfield, Hampshire (sa vente en 1907, lot 186; ex-libris de la Dogmersfield Library sur le plat intérieur).

Bibliographie

• Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910, London, The Trustees, 1912, xviii + 794 p. (ici p. 53-55, n^o 37492) [GB] [IA]
• "Firumbras" and "Otuel and Roland", edited from MS. British Museum Addit. 37492 by Mary Isabelle O'Sullivan, London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press (Early English Text Society. Original Series, 198), 1935, lxxxviii + 191 p. [IA]
• British Library, Manuscripts Catalogue. [www]

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