Thus endeth the prologue of this book named. Cordʻyal. Whiche treteth of the four last and final thinges that ben to come ...

Abstract

A translation by Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers (named on [K]4v) of the French version by Jean Miélot of "Cordiale quattuor novissimorum", which is sometimes attributed to Denis le Chartreux and to Gerardus de Vliederhoven. Edited by William Caxton. Title from [A]4v. Opening words of text, [A]2r, "aL ingratitude vtterly settyng apart, we owe to calle to our myndes the manyfolde gyftes of grace ..". [A]3r begins "tHis present tretys is deuided in four principal parties .."; [A]4r begins "mEmorare nouissima et in eternum non peccabis. Ecclesiastici. septimo capitulo."; text proper begins on [A]5r: "tHe first parte of the four last thinges ..". Publication date from [K]5v; Caxton is named on [K]4v. Signatures: [A-I K⁶]. The first leaf and the last leaf are blank. Reproduction of the original in the British Library.