Speculum Vitae Is The Hitherto Unedited Translation Into Middle English Verse Of Lorens D'orlean's Profoundly Influential Pastoral Treatise, 'somme Le Roi'. ... This Edition Is Based On A Collation Of The Five Early Manuscripts, All Yorkshire Productions ... The Introduction Contains A Full Discussion Of The Manuscripts, Authorship, Dialect And Date, With An Account Of Both Its Source And Other Works Which It Has Influenced. V. 1. Introduction And The First Half Of The Text -- V. 2. Second Half Of The Text, Together With The Notes And Glossary. Edited By Ralph Hanna, Using Materials Assembled By Venetia Somerset. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [lxxxix]-xcvi).