monks, what SilverWook is referring to is that workprints to quite a few of the Renaissance-era features were leaked into the VHS trading market in the 90s. Some of them have been ripped and shared in the past (late 00s/early 10s), but the torrents and links are all dead/deleted/expired now.
Now the only way to obtain them seems to be through trading. Perhaps someone can rectify that...