"Quattuor sermones" has separate register; text begins "T³he mayster of sentence in the seconde boke· and the fyrst dystynction, sayth that the souerayn cause, whi god made all creatures in heuen erthe, or water, was his owne godnes ..". The text is "an expanded paraphrase of a mid-fourteenth century Yorkshire devotional compendium known as the 'Lay folks' catechism' or 'Sermon of Dan John Gaytryge'" (Needham, p. 67)
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
STC (2nd ed.), 17959
Duff 301-2
Hain 7028; Copinger 2479
Needham, P. Printer & the pardoner, Cx 103, 104
Signatures: a-p q² R s⁶; A-C D¹⁰
The first leaf is blank
a3r text begins: afore shall come tokens of grete drede
By John Mirk
Text begins: The helpe and grace of al- #5FD myghty god thrugh the besechyn #5FD ge of his blessed moder saynt ma #5FD ri be wyth vs
An edition of "Liber festivalis". The recension, according to Needham (p. 68) is that of STC 17958, not 17957
Title from a2, column 2
Colophon, part 1, reads "Caxton me fieri fecit"; his device appears on s6v and the final leaf. Publication date from STC
Electronic reproduction; Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 301:02)
