2017 Reprint of 1931 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. The fourteenth-century mystic Richard Rolle is one of the founders of literary English, and his English writings possess not only a devotional but also an artistic value. The text of the material selected in this collection is designed primarily for the student of Middle English literature. The introduction contains a summary of Rolle's life and writing. The frontispiece is of Rolle taken from a book of devotion.