Divers ancient monuments in the Saxon tongue : written seven hundred yeares agoe. Shewing that both in the Old and New Testament, the Lords prayer, and the Creede, were then used in the mother tongue: and also, what opinion was then held of the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ. Published by William L'isle of Wilburgham, Esquire to the Kings body. Whereunto is added out of the homilies and epistles of Ælfricus a second edition of a testimony of antiquity touching the sacrament, and a sermon on the Paschall Lambe, and of the sacramentall body and blood of Christ, used to be spoken to the people at Easter, before they should receive the Communion.

Author/creator Aelfric
Other author Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
Other author Lisle, William, 1579?-1637.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : Printed by E[dward] G[riffin and John Haviland] for Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold at the signe of the Marigold in S. Pauls Church-yard, 1638.
Description[61], 43, 43, [20], 14, 14, [25] p.
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Uniform titleSelections
Variant title Here follovveth the words of Elfrike Abbot of S. Albons.
Variant title Here followeth the words of Elfrike Abbot of S. Albons.
Variant title Lords Prayer, the Creed, and the Ten commandments in the Saxon and English tongue.
Variant title That S. Paul, Simon Zelotes, and Ioseph of Arimathea preached the word here in Britanie.
Variant title That S. Paul, Simon Zelotes, and Joseph of Arimathea preached the word here in Britanie.
Variant title Sermon of the Paschall Lambe, and of the sacramental body and bloud of Christ our Saviour.
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteParallel Anglo-Saxon and English texts.
General noteA reissue, with cancels for the first two leaves, M1, and O2, of "A Saxon treatise concerning the Old and New Testament", 1623. The four cancels were printed as one quire. Variant: with this quire unseparated.
General noteGriffin's name from STC.
General noteSignatures: pi¹ ² pi¹ [par.]⁴ a-f⁴ A-V⁴.
General noteDuplicate pagination.
General note"A testimony of antiquitie" and "A sermon of the Paschall Lambe, and of the sacramental body and bloud of Christ our Saviour" each have separate dated title page; "Here follovveth the words of Elfrike Abbot of S. Albons" and "The Lords prayer, the Creed, and the Ten commandements in the Saxon and English tongue" have divisional titles; register is continuous.
General noteCaption title, p. A1r, reads: That S. Paul, Simon Zelotes, and Ioseph of Arimathea preached the word here in Britanie.
General noteThe last leaf is blank.
General note"A testimony of antiquitie" was first printed separately by John Day ca. 1566.
General noteIdentified as STC 15705 on UMI microfilm.
General noteReproduction of the original in Cambridge University Library.
References STC (2nd ed.) 160.5.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1026:19)
Other title Testimonie of antiquitie.
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