Ti PREFACE. are many Mss. extant, and the Benedictine edition presents a text generally very carefully and judiciously made out from them. The Benedictine Editors used occasionally the notes from Mss. at Oxford publishedby James in his Vindicise Gre- gorianae. The whole collation madeby him and others with an edition is in the library of St. John's College, Oxford, and through the kindness of that Society, and the assistance of the Rev. H. Coombs, M.A. Fellow of St. John's College, the Editor has had a copy of the various readings at hand in revising the translation. It is not, however, very much that can be added to the diligence and judgment of the Bene- dictines, though Oxford possesses some valuable Mss. not hitherto collated. For the Translation, the Editors are indebted to a friend who prefers concealing his name. It is hoped that the two remaining Volumes will appear in 1845 and 6, and that in due time the Original Text may also be reprinted with some few corrections. CM. Oriel Coll. Feast of St. AndreWy 1844.