Abbreviations for the Latin and French addenda to the Confessio:

Ex ‘Explicit iste liber’

Qc ‘Quam cinxere’, with preceding prose rubric ‘Epistola super huius’

Q ‘Quia unusquisque’

P Carmen super Multiplici Viciorum Pestilencia

M Short Latin poems, occurring in various permutations

T Traitié pour Essampler les Amantz Marietz

Manuscripts in the United Kingdom

• 1. Cambridge University Library, MS Dd.8.19 (deliberate substantial omissions), s.xv, first quarter, missing V.1–1442, 2150–7184end, VII.3684–5438end, all of Book VIII. [Macaulay (ed.), Works, II.cl, Ic, sigil D]

• 2. Cambridge University Library, MS Mm.2.21, s.xv, first quarter, no losses. [Macaulay (ed.), Works, II.cxl–xli, Ia, sigil M]

• 3. Cambridge, Pembroke College, MS 307 (at present on deposit at the Cambridge UL), c. 1420–30, no losses. Ex Qc Q, also table of contents. [Not known to Macaulay]

• 4. Cambridge, St Catharine’s College, MS 7, s.xv, mid-century, missing I.3089–3276, II.3331–3518, V.1182–1363, 6225–6388, VI.107–460, VII.984–1155, VIII.2941*–3114*end. Ex Qc Q. Much disorder, without loss of text, in Books III–V. [Macaulay (ed.), Works, II.cxlvi–vii, Ib, sigil Cath]

• 5. Cambridge, St John’s College, MS B.12, s.xv, first quarter, missing I.631–814, V.57–213, 1615–1770. Ex Qc Q. [Macaulay (ed.), Works, II.cxxxix–xl, Ia, sigil J]

• 6. Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College, MS 63 (Δ. 4. 1), s.xv, second quarter, missing Prol. 1–140. Ex Qc, also Cato’s Distichs, in English. [Macaulay (ed.), Works, II.cliii–iv, IIa, sigil Δ]

• 7. Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R.3.2, s.xv, first quarter, missing entire Prologue, entire Book I, II.1–2686 (in all, the first five quires). Ex Qc Q P M T. [Macaulay (ed.), Works, II.cliv–v, IIb, sigil T]

• 8. Glasgow UL, Hunterian MS 7 (S. 1. 7), s.xv, first quarter, missing Prol. 504–657, 984–I.30, I.199–336, I.3402–II.108, V.7718–VI.40, VI.2343–VII.60, VII.5399–VIII.126, VIII.271–441, VIII.783–end. [Macaulay (ed.), Works, II.cxliv–v, Ib, sigil G]

• 9. London, British Library, MS Add. 12043, s.xv, first quarter, missing Prol. 1–786, IV.1–190, 559–932, V.4606–4983, VII.3071–3268, VIII.1440–1632, 2404–end. [Macaulay (ed.), Works, II.cliv, IIb, sigil Ad]

• 10. London, British Library, MS Add. 22139, s.xv, third quarter, missing Prol. 1–175, 455–78, 505–27, 716–26, 979–1061, I.199–II.156, III.1150–IV.1516, IV.1643–68, V.7807–44, VI.1–154. Ex Qc Q, with four short poems by Chaucer. [Macaulay (ed.), Works, II.cxlvi, Ib, sigil Ad2]