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INTRODUCTION.
The two extremely rare tracts here given have been reprinted by Prof.Arber in his “English Garner,” if we can call reprinting the issuing ofa pamphlet not only with the spelling entirely modernised, but also withwords and phrases inserted or inverted to suit the Editor’s taste. In the“Tryumphe at Caleys” Mr Arber has issued the Second Edition, giving usno particulars whatever as to the First. In the list of the noblemen ofFrance, Mr Arber modernises the names and yet gives us a CardinalGramond, being evidently unaware of the existence of the noble family of[Pg vi]de Grammont, and he equally fails to recognise in the Comte de Tonnore,the celebrated Armand, Comte de Tonnerre. Anne de Montmerancy remains forhim an unknown actor on the brilliant stage, and yet, surely, the name ofthe Montmorency must have reached his ears.
I have here given an absolute reprint of the first edition and have notedat the foot of each page any variations in the readings which occur in thesecond. Both Editions were printed by Wynkyn de Worde, probably aboutNovember, 1532. The collation according to the copies in the BritishMuseum (c. 21, b. 20) is as follows. It is a black letter, unpaged tractof four leaves. Page 1 contains the title, with a woodcut of Henry VIII.[Pg vii]on horseback, with two attendants.[1] Page 2 is blank in the FirstEdition but contains a list of the noblemen of France in the second. Thencome five pages of text in the First Edition, followed by page 8 blank,whilst the Second Edition has six pages of text. The second tract, “TheCornacyon of Quene Anne,” was printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1533. I trustthe few notes I have added, either for the purpose of explaining obsoletewords or to give a slight clue to the identity of the more importantpersons mentioned, may prove of use to the student.
EDMUND GOLDSMID.
Edinburgh, Nov. 15th, 1884.
