Part
1. Introduction. 1. Early English Versions of the Rule of St. Benet.
2. Two Rituals for the Ordination of Nuns.
3. General Remarks on the Origin and Character of the Texts Here Published.
4. Survey of the Leading Points of the Rule.
5. Description of the MSs. And the Caxton Volume.
6. Manner of Editing.
7. Observations on the Language of the (Northern) Texts. Part
2. Texts.
1. The Northern Prose Version of the Rule of St. Benet.
2. The Northern Metrical Version of the Same.
3. The Caxton Abstract of the Same.
4. The Northern Lansdowne Ritual (the Form, How a Novice Shall be Received).
5. The Vespasian Ritual (the Method of Making a Nun).