Adque gratiae to Professor Charles D. Wright, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, whose expression of the need for this project sparked its creation. Many thanks as well to Professor Catherine N. Ball, of Georgetown University, whose fonts have truly helped to make this a multi-platform edition. Great thanks also to Professors Jim Marchand, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Paul Szarmach, of Western Michigan University, and Kevin Kiernan, of the University of Kentucky, for their continued support of the project.
Gratiae to Scott Brumage and Chuck Bauer, both of Academic Computing & Network Services at Florida State University, for the help they have given me in regards to HTML coding. My heartfelt thanks to Kathy Verzone and Bill Kalter, both of Florida State University, who reviewed my HTML coding. As well, thanks to Patrice Calise, of the University of Virginia, and Robert Pastor, of Florida State University, who found the time to test each stage of the project and offer their valuable insights. Special thanks are due as well to Martin Foys, of Loyola University-Chicago, for is constant support with respect to things both literary and technical. Adque gratiae to Florida State University's English Department and Honors and Scholars Program, especially Professors Bruce Bickley, Hunt Hawkins, Eric Walker, and Bruce Boehrer, of Florida State University, who lent their support and advice throughout various stages of the project. Special thanks as well to Professors Sarah Higley and Thomas Hahn, both of the University of Rochester, for their continued support of this project. I graciously thank all those who tested and proofread the edition, creating a better text altogether by correcting a number of mistakes; to that end, any remaining errors are my own.
Transcriptions from CCCC MSS 419 and 401 reproduced by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Selections from Bodleian Bodley MS 343 and Bodleian Hatton MS 115 reproduced by kind permission of the Bodleian Library, Oxford. I sincerely thank the librarians and staffs of each library for the resources they have provided and the kindness with which they have done so. Transcriptions from MS Cotton Nero A.i. have been reproduced by the kind permission of the British Library. Special thanks are due to Andrew Prescott of the British Library for digitizing images from MS Cotton Nero A.i. folios 110r, 111r, and 112r.
Ultime magni momenti est gratias agere parentibus mei, Marvin and Judith Bernstein, for everything...