![]() ![]() ![]() I beseche you take all unto the best and praye for the olde wretched brother of Syon Rycharde Whytforde), and an edition without date (Emprynted at Westmester by Wynkyn de Worde). de Worde: London, 1499? (date om.), 1511 (title: The thre Kynges of Coleyne, Imprynted MCCCCCXI), 1526 (Imprynted at London in Fletestrete at the sygne of the sonne by Wynkyn de Worde, The yere of our lorde god MCCCCCI and XXVI), 1530 (Colophon: This was brought unto me in englysshe of an olde translacyon rugh and rude, and requyred to amend it, I thought lesse labour to wryte newe the whole. Besides, there exist several old prints, by W. Ee the first page is unreadable from blackness. 3 leaves, in Chapters 26, 32, and at the end in MS. 153, 24) Douce wants the first and the last, and several other leaves Harl. at Bedford (written in 1442) Patrik Papers 43 Cambr. XVI, a literal copy of the former, though written by a northmidland scribe. are still extant, many more are lost, as those interlinking the several versions. THE English legend of the 3 Kings must have been very popular: many MSS. LIBER DE GESTIS ET TRANSLACIONIBUS TRIUM REGUM.READINGS IN WYNKYN DE WORDE'S EDITION, A.D. ![]()
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