Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments This transcription of MS Doncaster f. 26 is published by permission of the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. I wish to thank the staff of Duke Humfrey's Library for efficient assistance during my stay in Oxford and to Dr. B.C. Barker-Benfield, Senior Assistant Librarian in the Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts, for his quick response to my queries about permission to publish the transcription and images from the manuscript. I also thank the Research and Development Committee and the English Department at the College of Charleston for granting financial assistance to prepare this edition. Thanks are also due to my graduate assistants, Lori Schnaiter, and Nicole Fisk, who helped with everything from library grunt work to proofreading. Professor Jeffrey Powers-Beck of East Tennessee University very graciously gave his blessing for me to work on this edition after he decided not to continue the project. For this, much thanks. For putting up with me while I worked on this project and kept them from using the home computer, I thank my husband Michael and my son Joey. For his patience, encouragement, and keen editorial acumen, I thank my editor, Sidney Gottlieb. Needless to say, any mistakes that remain in this printed edition are mine alone. My greatest debt, of course, is to my dear friend Chauncey Wood, who introduced me to Henry Herbert and told me that it was perfectly fine for a medievalist to work on George and Henry Herbert. Chauncey gave encouragement and advice at various stages of this undertaking, and so to him I dedicate this edition. ...