This volume presents critical, old-spelling editions of two versions of Elizabeth Tyrwhit's Morning and Evening Prayers. The edition also includes an extensive introduction that provides background on Tyrwhit's life and family and sets her work within the context of sixteenth- century English prayerbooks; an autograph note by Tyrwhit; and several versions of the rhymed Hours of the Cross as background to Tyrwhit's rendition entitled, "An Hymne of the Passion of Christ."

Susan M. Felch is Professor of English at Calvin College, USA. She is the editor of The Collected Works of Anne Vaughan Lock (1999) and several other books as well as the author of numerous articles on sixteenth-century British literature.

Contents: Introduction: the life and times of Elizabeth Oxenbridge Tyrwhit; A brief history of English private prayerbooks; The sources for 'Morning and Evening Prayers'; Texts composed by Elizabeth Oxenbridge Tyrwhit; Editorial procedure; The Wycliffe Bible manuscript note (1572); Morning and Evening Prayers (1582); Textual notes (1574); 'Morning and Evening Prayers' (1574); Textual notes (1574); Appendices; Index.