This copy begins 'Here bigynneth the soth to say | A noble book with out nay | The which is cald of conscience pricke': prol. beg. 'Byfore that any thyng was wrought': part 1 beg. 'Man of foulest matere God wrought': parts are transposed in binding, there is a gap after p. 6, and all after 'That hit may neuer slakid bee' in part 6 is lost: pp. 9, 45, 71, are mutilated.