De necessariis observantiis Scaccarii Dialogus, commonly called Dialogus de Scaccario

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Pero, orin The Metallurg of Lead includ in desiluerigation and

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TranslatisnS. Besides the manu script translatio mentione in the Introductionthere exist-

The Ancient Dialogue os the Exchequer, translate di a gentiemano the Inner Temple Joh Rayner J. London, I 658. The Dialogue concerning the Exciteque betvpp. 2o-Ι34 of SelectHistorica Documents of the Middie Ages translate an edite byEm est . Henderson Sohn's Libraries London, I 896. Ivo. There are e belleve ther translations. Nei ther of thos herenamed is adequate.

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EvΕ be re the dat at hicli Thomas Madox printe the Dialogus de caccario, as an appendix o his His os of he chequer, his realise ad attaine to fame mon historians and la ers. Camden , Spelman: Cohe' and Selden have alicite passages Domit, and the numerou MSS. os the ixteenthan seventeenth centur in existence ho the importance ur Eligabethan, Jacobaean, and Caroline antiquaries attache to t. tWa not however uniit 7 II that it appeared in print unde the careo that prolun scholar, hos reputatio an research rais him sociar bove his contemporaries that he eems almos the onlyscientific Englisti historian os the centur in hichrae lived. In his dedication to Charies, Lor Halifax, he explain the methodadopted by him so the formatio of his text. He procured romthe librar of Lor Somer i , modern transcript of the reatiSe, and ad ne op made rom them This copy, probabi Wheni proos, he with the assistance of George Holmes Deput Keeperos the Record in the Tower, collate With the wo ExchequerMSS. known a the Red Book and the lac Booh, ne of them reading the original and the ther oohin at the ops the while. The dedication is date 17o8, hile the certificate os collationplace at the en of the ex is dated June 17or so the collationwith the Re Book S., an August, Iro sor the collation illithe lac Book II S. For many years this edition remaine the

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Historiae Normannorum libri III: Normannorum Scriptores Antiqui, PITranslationS. Besides the manu script translation enone in the Introduc there exi St- The Ancient Dialogue os the Exciteque r.ranslate by a geniter of the Inne Temple Jolin Rayneri Loitin. 658. The Dialogue conce in the Exche tu nil pp. 2 I34 9 Sol Historical Documents of the Middie sed an edited Ernest . Henderson Nohns Lil i896 avo. There are es belleve ther tran St. vada et lier of thOSenamed is adequate. hi te estis libri tres, ed. On. 887, 889. l. Chi de Gestis P

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scientific Englisti historian iliis dedication to Charies, I adopted by him so the ornthe librarnosior Somer tand ad ne copy ad Domin proos, he with the assistanceos the Record in the Tower. MSS. known a the Red Boohreading the original and the oti The dedication is datex I7ον place at the en os the ex is with the Re BoolimS., and

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contained in the realise, missi sui discussion os many incidentalpoinis, in Whicli millies undisome conjectura attempis to improve portions of the text. Most, is nolint of these, have been included in later editions of the Selec Charfers. The Selec Charsera texi, the ne mos accessibie is stili Substantiali the ex formed by Madox and Holmes. ut his ex is in places uncritica and the collation untruStWorthy. For an instanceos both these lautis e may reser o II ii E, F, here Iadox reads diceres hunc illo longe mitiorem extitisse, With the note L. N exisse. The readin in both N anx is, however mitius exisse, and the Correct readin is ithout a doub mitius egisse.'Here the mistahe oes no affect the ense, ut in the prelae toPartes, B the conversio of the mammona os the MSS. into

in misericordia has made nonsense of the PaSSage. The firs object hicli, proposed to ursela es a the Onstructionis a belle tex than the existing one An examination

here calle R the lac Book of the Exchequer, here calle N; and the Cotton S. Cleopatra A I 6, here calle C. It spee lilybecam clea that non of these three was the original, and that in ali probabilit non was even copied rom it. It was also clearthatra an Nisere copie sto a common original, hi h Wasno the original os C. Comparison an showe surther that thei common original omitte certain passages hicli existed in the original os C moreover, the sign os uncertaint ShoWn in the MSS. a to the proper order of the ord in many aS- Sage suggeste that interlineation or margina notes adbeen disserently interprete by the wo unknown originals Considerations os his in te us to the conclusio that he histo of the SS. besore us was probabi the solio ing. Fro theorigina texi o Richard Pitz-Neat two optes, hich e Wil cali an V, arose. X, hil in a good condition, as copte into the Red Book of the Exciteque in the firs hal os the thirteenthcentury, and at a later date, at the en os the Same century, hen

me are muta indebie to r. Huber Hali sor his hinoes in ivlaxus the resulis os his stud of the MSS. of the Dialogos.

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the edges oscit leave had suffered a good deal Dom ear it Wasagain copied into the lac Boota N). The recurrent lacunae in the lac Book oin to a S. of smal siete' or eis in doublecolumn Other indications suggest that the lines of the S.

Were hori. There a a considerable number of omission in the ex os , and the scribe eem to have been in places nintelligent. ODY, the original of C les can e ait There are se omission os importance, and the mos Strihin characteristicis the frequent inversio os Word by hicli the order of the textdiffers rom that in Mand R. e have here assume that Mand derive directi Do the origina texi, ut of this there is os OurSemo proos, hile the agreementis , , and R in the insertionos certain passages, suspiciousty the interpolations might suggestthe interpositionis other MSS. between the original and Manda. V may no proceexto describe the MSS. e have used. R in Therae Book of the Exchequer Mng' Remembrancer, Miscellaneous Boohs No. ), s. 3I-46. IIS. o parchment Ial , V , in doubie columns rubricated, with the initials illuminated alternatet in re andilue. The Red Book has alway been preserve in the Excheque a a b ho authority, and contain various collection relatin to atters concerning the Exciteque administration. A fuller account oscit

There ere apparently 25 Word more or leM to the page or column, about halnas many acta a page of the Hargrave MS. I might reasonabi bea doubie column MS. Dabout the Same Sige. Certain omission gremio fix the tengi of the lines e.g. Pres B, Momita in stipendiis ministrandis'; I. iii D, R omit 'id quod expresse nominatur.' I. v. C. Heres omit the final Wor scriptoribus of 's question and 's

ans e a far ac sed super alios.'

Reae Book of the Excheguer, P. l. For a further accolint of H, cf. ibid. p. t an Pp ta SHq.

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contained in the realise, illi sui discussion os many incidentalpoinis, in hicli Willies undisonae conjectura attempis to improve portions os the text. J Iost, is nolint of these, have been included in later editions of the Seleta Charurs. The Selec Charier texi, the ne mos accessi ble, is stili Substantiali the ex forme di Madox and Holmes. ut his ex is in places uncritica and the Collation untrustWOrthy. For an instance of both these lautis e ma reser o II. i. E, F, here Madox reads diceres hunc illo longe mitiorem extitisse, With the note L. N exisse. The readin in both lanx is, however mitius exisse, and the correct readin is Without a doub mitius egisse.'Here the mistahe oes no affect the sense, ut in the prelacerio Pari I, B the conversion os the mammona os the MSS. into in misericordia has made nonsense of the paSSage. The sirs object hicli, proposed to ursetve Was the construction o a belle texi ha the existing one An examinationo the MSS. showed thatini lauris theman in exi Stence erelihely to e os se for his purpose of these Mur the JUS. known as Hargrave IxWas Mund to e ni an incorrect transcriptis that in the Red Book, without an trace of an independent Source. The three remaining ere the Red Book of the Exchequer,

here calle R the lac Book of the Exchequer, here calle N; and the Cotton AIS. Cleopatra A I 6, here calle C. It speedilybecam clea that non os these three a the original, and that in ali probabilit non was even copied rom it. It was also cleartha cand N ere copi ed rom a common original, hicli asno the original o C. Comparison an showe surther that thei common original omitte certain passages hicli existed in the original o C; moreover, the signS of uncertaint Shown in the MSS. a to the proper order of the ord in many aS- Sage suggeste that interlineations o margina notes adbeen disserenti interprete by the wo unknown originals Considerations of this in te us to the conclusio that he historyo the SS. besore us a probabi the foliora ing. Fro theorigina texi o Richard itZ-Neat two optes, hicii e Wil cali an V, arose. X, hil in a good condition, as copte into

the Red Book of the Exciteque in therars hal os the hirteenthcentury, and at a later date, at the en os the Same century, hen

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the edges oscit leaves ad suffered a good deal Dom ear, t Wasagain copied into the lac Book N). The recurrent lacunae in the lac Book oin to a S. of smal sige or et se in doublecolumn Other indications suggest that the sines of the S.

Were hori. There a a considerable number of omission in the ex os X, and the scribe seem to have been in places nintelligent of V, the original of C les can e said There are se omission Os importance, and the mos Strihin characteristicis the frequent inversio os Word by hicli the order of the textdiffers sto that in Mand R. V have here assume that Mand derive directi sto the origina tegi, ut of this there is of OUrSemo proo 'hile the agreement of , , and R in the insertionos certain passages, Suspiciousty the interpolations might Suggestthe interpositionis other JUSS. etween the original and Manda. V maymo proceexto describe the MSS. e have sed. xi Therae Book of the Exciteque Κing' Remembrancer, Miscellaneous BookS, No. in is 3I-46. M S. o parchment Ia in doubie columns, rubricated, with the initials illuminated alternatet in exandilue. The Red Book has alWay been preserve in the Excheque a a book

of authority, and contain various collections relatin to atters concerning the Exciteque administration. A fuller account of t

quarter of the thirteenth centur δ. PI Mim Iish useum, US. Hargrave 313, s. 2-5 and I6-29. It has a considerable thenes tora, of hicli it is apparently a contemporar Copy. e collate this HS a sar a I. v. H, but ascit howedio trace of representin an independent authori We have no recorded iis various readings .

There mere apparently 25 Word more or leM to the page or column, about halnas many as in a page of the Hargrave MS. I might reasonabi bea doubie colum IxIS. Dabout the fame Sige. Certain omission seem torax the tengi of the lines, .g. Pres B, Momiis in stipendiis ministrandis'; I. iii D, R miis id quod expresse nominatur.' I. V. C. Heres omit the final wor scriptoribus of 's question an M's

answer a far ac sed super alios.'

Red Book of the Exclequer, P. I. For a further account of H, cf. ibid. P. 1 and pp. lx Seqq.

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most par in aland of the lalter halsis the thirteenth century, containing many memoranda os various dates relatinxto the Exchequer. fuller description os this book ill e Mund in r. Scargill- Bird' Guid I IN Documenti preserve in iis Publi Recordissice ed. 1896), p. 16. The ex of the Dialogus in 'as severat portions supplied in another and apparenti sto R, showing that the common originalaad by this time ecome om. S. Cotton Cleopatra A. I 6 ff. I-38. An illuminated AIS. o parchment in mali quarto, 6 V, 4 V. The book as a present existin has been ut together rom morethan ne ource, and the y-leas a the en bears the marhVitellius D 19. The part hicli contain the Dialogus Ormedii. I -5 of a previous S. With the followin content :-s. I. Some notes rom the Memoranda olis, Edwar III Henr VI, as to appotniments of Controllers of the reat oli,

and other matterS.

f. a. Assatum Auri actum apud es onasterium Ap xxilio

the Memorandum, aliis boohe was madet G. Tilburiensis.'is. I7- 8. A S. of the Dialogus down to debita pecunia proveniat' II. xviii.), writte apparenti in the alter par of thethirteenth century, rubricated and with illuminated initials .is. 49-54. The remainder of the Dialogus copie Domin presumabi in the eignis Henr V I I3-I422).f. 54. Modus ambit Assali et Allati aciendi de Argento et Auro i. e. the reati se De Moneta stom the Red Book .is. 63, 64. Mensuratio Terre. The origina cover, o f. 65, has a lis os fovereigns DomHenr II to Henr V the tength of the eig os Henr V eing fisse in asterwards, and the note Iste liber deliberabitur Magistro

Wyllelmo Fayrtes λ aut Thome statri suo.'