E. turtle.
Cp. Pt. Ln. alle (al); rest om.
Cp. Pt. Ln. in ( for of).
E. som; rest our (oure).
Ln beforne; rest biforn; read biforen.
E. Hn. Cm. Hl. to dyen; Cp. Pt. Ln. om. to.
E. Hn. shal; Pt. Cm. Hl. shul.
E. though.
E. Pt. om. that.
E. though.
E. Benyngnely.
Cp. Pt. Ln. With ( for By).
Cm. Cp. Pt. Ln. can ( for han).
E. Hl. coughen; Hn. coghen; Cm. coghe.
E. hadde toold.
Pt. pirry; Hn. purye; rest pyrie (pirie, pyry).
Hn murye; Cp. myry; Hl. mirye; Cm. Pt. Ln. merie (mery).
E. Hn. Cm. Hl. put hath before of gold; Cp. Pt. Ln. doun hath his stremes sent. E. Hn. Hl. ysent; rest sent.
Cp. Pt. Ln. the; rest om. Cp. Hl. fayerye; rest fairye.
Cm. ony; E. Hl. a ( for any). Cp. Pt. Ln. have Which that he rauysshed out of Proserpyna (!).
Hl. story; rest stories.
E. And; rest How. E. grisely. E. Hn. Cm. sette; rest fette.
Cp. Pt. Ln. om. thanne.
E. seye.
E. tresons.
I supply stories. Pt. Ln. telle; rest tellen.
E. Hn. Cm. Hl. wys and; Cp. Pt. Ln. om. both wys and and.
E. foond.
E. foond.
E. Thanne.
Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. and wol ( for wol).
Pt. Hl. yen; rest eyen (eyȝen).
Cp. Pt. Ln. so ( for wommen).
E. visage it ( for chyde, by mistake ).
E. Foond; fooles.
E. foond.
E. Hn. Cm. Hl. eek maken; rest om. eek.
E. foond.
Hn. Cp. Pt. Ln. but neither he ne she ( for that . . . Trinitee).
So all.
E. lecchour.
E. Hn. Cm. Hl. om. that.
E. Cm. om. him.
E. Hn. Cm. Hl. sette right noght.
Cp. Hl. fayerye; rest fairye (fayre).
E. Hn. Cm. murier.
Hl. agaynes; rest agayns.
Pt. Ln. Hl. On ( for An).
Pt. Ln. Hl. his sight ageyn ( and miss ll. 2356, 2357, by confusion with agayn in 2357).
E. Hn. Cm. stoore; Pt. stoor; Cp. Ln. Hl. stoure.
Ln. Hl. yen; rest eyen (eyȝen).
Ln. Hl. yen; rest eyen (eyȝen).
E. Pt. Ln. Hl. om. al.
E. hadde.
E. hadde.
Cm. Pt. om. his.
Cp. Pt. Hl. I-stabled; Ln. stablid.
E. om. to.
Heading. E. The Prologe of the Squieres Tale; Hn. Here folwen the Wordes of the Worthy Hoost to the Frankeleyn; Pt. The prologe of the Fraunkeleyn.
E. oure Hoost; Hl. our hoste.
Hl. subtilitees; E. Hn. subtiltees.
E. Hn. sooth; Pt. Hl. soth ( not sothe); see G. 167, 662.
Hn. Pietous and Iust and euere moore yliche; E. Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. And pitous and Iust alwey yliche ( with first syllable deficient ).
and strong] E. strong and.
nin] Cp. Pt. Ln. ne in; Hl. ne.
E. I moste, miswritten; Hl. He moste; rest It moste.
Hn. thurghout; rest thurgh.
E. Hn. foweles.
E. Hl. om. ne.
E. nor; rest ne.
E. Hn. mystrals.
E. spoken; Cm. spokyn; rest spoke.
E. Saleweth; Hn. Cm. Salueth; rest salued.
E. Cm. comen.
Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. it; E. Hn. Cm. omit.
E. Hn. Arabe.
E. feeste, heeste.
E. feeste, heeste.
E. Hn. weel.
E. natureel.
E. whan þat; rest omit þat.
E. Pt. in; rest on.
E. vn-to; Cm. on-to; rest to.
E. wol hym; rest omit hym.
E. a; Cm. that; rest the.
Hn. platte; rest plat ( see 164). E. Cm. that; rest thilke.
E. Cm. Pt. plat; rest platte.
E. Cm. Strike; rest Stroke.
Hl. as stille; rest om as.
E. vn-to; the rest to.
E. Cm. this; rest the.
E. ne; rest or.
Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. swarmed.
E. Poilleys.
E. go.
E. Hn. a; Cm. as; rest of. E. Cm. al the; rest omit al.
they] Hn. Cp. Pt. han; Ln. haue.
E. heddes; Hn. heuedes; Cp. heedes; rest hedes (hedis). Hl. om. ther.
thise] Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. the.
E. that it; rest omit that.
Hl. may; rest omit.
E. Cm. it; rest for it.
E. lewednesse; Hl. lewednes.
E. hye; Cm. hyghe; rest maister.
E. Cm. with; rest for.
All Hadde (Had).
Hl. i-knowen; rest knowen.
E. Hl. on alle; rest om. on.
E. Hn. the bord; rest his bord.
Hn. Aldiran; Hl. adryan; rest Aldrian.
Hl. repeats this; rest omit 2nd this.
E. parementz, Instrumentz.
E. parementz, Instrumentz.
Hl. Ln. heuen; rest heuene.
E. Cm. vp in; rest vp on.
E. Hn. of; rest ouer.
Hl. the; rest omit.
E. me; the rest yow.
Hn. Cp. Pt Ln. that at; E. Cm. Hl. om. at.
Hath ( so; for Is; cf. French il y a.)
E. Cm. the; Hl. his; rest a.
Cm. preyede; Hn. preyed; E. preyde.
E. Hn. Cm. yow telle; rest telle yow.
E. ther; Cm. theere; rest ther-inne, ther-in.
Cp. Hl. abyde; Hn. abiden; Pt Ln. abide; E. Cm. stonde; see l. 320.
E. Hn. nor; the rest ne.
Cp. liste; Ln. luste; Hl. lust to; Cm. wit; E. Hn. Pt. list.
Hl. by; rest omit.
E. Cm. Thus; rest Ful. E. Cm. omit doughty.
E. Iueles.
E. heddes; Cm. heedys.
Hn. Cm. Nor; E. Hl Ne; Cp. Pt. Ln. For [ for Nor].
E. Avisioun; rest a visioun.
E. omits is.
E. Hn. on; Cm. at; rest in.
E. Hn. an; Cm. Hl. a.
E. Cm. foure ( rightly ); Hn. 4; rest ten.
E. fordryed; Cm. fordreyed; but Hn. Cp. Pt. Ln. for-drye; Hl. for-druye.
E. Cm. hath; rest hadde (had).
E. Cm. omit as.
E. Hn. Ft. beest, forest; rest beste, foreste.
E. Hn. outher; rest eyther.
E. Hn. outher; rest eyther.
E. Pt. she; the rest he.
So Cp. Hl.; E. Hn. Cm. neuere man yet; Pt. Ln. neuere yit man.
E. Hn. baar.
E. fowel.
Hl. rewthe; Ln. reuthe; rest routhe.
E. Hn. pyne; rest peyne.
E. the; rest this.
E. causeth; rest causen.
E. Hn. outher; rest either.
E. Hn. Est, beest; Cp. est, best; Cm. est, beste; rest este, beste.
E. Hn. Est, beest; Cp. est, best; Cm. est, beste; rest este, beste.
E. passioun; rest compassioun.
E. the grete; rest omit the.
Hn. Cp. Pt. yet moore; E. Cm. moore yet; Hl. Ln. more.
Cm. swow a-breyde.
E. Hl. omit it.
E. Cm. omit that.
E. yset; Cm. I-set; the rest set, sette.
E. omits to.
E. Hn. chasted; rest chastysed; I should propose to read is chasted; but authority is lacking.
So Hl.; rest and for that.
E. Hn. wille; rest tille (!)
E. Cm. That; rest Ther.
MSS. trouthe, trowthe.
E. I ne; Cm. I not; rest no wight.
E. Hn. Cp. Hl. colours.
hit] Hl. hut; Ln. hideth.
Pronounced kep’th.
E. the; the rest this.
Hl. crouned; Hn. Cp. Pt. crowned; E. corouned.
MSS. vp-on ( for on).
Cm. Ln. Hl. and al; rest omit al.
E. for myn; rest of myn.
Hl. Pt. trew; rest trewe.
All yaf his herte.
Only Cm. om. and.
E. Cm. Troilus; rest Iason.
Cm. wrytyn; rest writen.
E. vnbokelen.
E. Cp. dide; Cm. dede; rest did.
E. Cm. omit so.
E. Hn. lief; Ln. lefe; rest leef.
Cp. om. that.
Hn. Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. wel seyd; Cm. I-seyd; E. seyd.
E. Hn. Cm. hire; rest him.
Hl has here lost 8 leaves, to l. 1223.
E. nouelrie; the rest have the plural, except Ln. none leu er es, a corruption of nouelries.
I supply ne.
Hn. and fressh; rest omit and.
E. Hn. goodlich; rest goodly. E. Pt. om. and before humble.
E. Hn. Cp. barm, harm; rest barme, harme.
E. Hn. Cp. barm, harm; rest barme, harme.
E. Hn. saues; the rest salues.
E. hire fulle; the rest al hir.
Slo. velowetys.
E. ther were ypeynted; rest were peynted.
E. Hn. tidyues; Ln. tideues; rest tidifs.
Transposed by Tyrwhitt.
Transposed by Tyrwhitt.
And] Cp. Pt. Ln. om.
Slo. Ln. whiche; rest which. Hn. of which I to yow tolde.
E. Theodera.
Here the MSS. fail. Ln. has 8 spurious lines in place of ll. 671, 672. Heading. So E.; Hn. The prologe of the Marchauntes tale.
E. allowethe; Hn. allowthe.
E. listneth; rest listeth, lusteth.
Laud 600 has host, wost; E. Hn. Pt. hoost, woost.
Laud 600 has host, wost; E. Hn. Pt. hoost, woost.
Heading. So E.; Ln. Incipit prologus de le Frankeleyne; Hn. Pt. Here bigynneth the Frankeleyns tale. Hl. omits ll. 709-1223.
E. whiche.
E. Hn. Scithero.
Cp. Ln. ben me to; Pt. bene to me; Hn. they ben to; E. been to.
E. auantate ( sic ).
E. Heere.
E. Thanne.
Ln. penmarke; rest Pedmark.
Pt. Ln. had; rest hadde.
Cm. er ( for eek); Pt. om.
E. stynten.
Cm. preyede; Cp. preyed; E. Hn. preyde; Pt. preiden.
E. Hn. Seillynge.
E. thanne.
E. thanne.
E. Thanne.
MSS. eest, est.
MSS. beest, best.
E. Thanne. Pt. cheerte.
E. thanne.
E. om. ne.
Cm. Cp. Pt. this is (this = this is).
E. al this; rest om. this.
E. hadde.
E. in; rest on.
E. hadde.
So Cm. ( see Group F, l. 396); E. Hn. maked, and om. for to; Cp. Pt. Wold han made ony pensif herte light.
Cp. biforen; Hn. Cm. bifore; E. biforn.
E. hadde.
E. Hn. tellen.
E. Cm. a furye; Hn. Pt. a fuyre; Cp. fuyre; Ln. fire.
E. Hn. yong.
E. Hn. this; rest his.
E. Hn. Cm. Ln. Hadde.
E. Hn. gerdon.
E. Hn. Taak.
Cm. remoue; Cp. Ln. remewe; Pt. remeue.
E Thanne.
E Thanne.
MSS. anon, anone.
E. Hn. coome.
Ln. the orizonte.
Cm. kneis; Cp. Pt. knees.
E. Hn. or; rest and. Pt. hie; E. Hn. Cp. heighe; Cm. hyghe; Ln. hihe.
Pt. ye; Cm. Iye; E. Hn. Cp. eighe; Ln. eyhe.
E. om. that.
E. holpen.
E. Lucina, glossed i. luna.
E. Emperisse.
Hn. lighted; Cm. lyghtenyd.
E. Hn. Cm. Cp. Thanne.
E. Hn. Cm. Cp. Thanne.
E. Hn. dirke.
E. teeris.
E. wheither.
Cp. Pt. Ln. ther-of ( for of it).
E. Cm. I wol (wele) yow; rest wol (wil) I.
E. Hn. Cm. furyus.
E. Hn. baar.
Cm. whil; rest whiles. Ln. Cp. Pt. Orliaunce.
E. natureel.
Pt. om. the ( which seems better ).
E. whce (!); for whiche.
Cm. tregettourys; Cp. tregetoures; rest tregetours.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit these two lines.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit these two lines.
E. Cm. Ln. hym; rest hem.
E. thanne.
E. natureel.
E. Hn. Pt. enduren. Hn. Cm. day; E. wowke; Cp. Pt. Ln. yeer.
E. Thanne.
E. Thanne.
E. Hn. Cm. put forth before is.
E. Hn. maden.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit six lines.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit six lines.
Cm. Iye; E. Hn. eye.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit six lines.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit six lines.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit six lines.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit six lines.
E. though; Hn. thogh.
E. Hn. Cm. thanne.
E. Hn. hir reste; rest om. hir.
E. Hn. Cm. gerdou n.
Cm. remeuy n; Cp. remewe; Ln. remoue.
Here Hl. begins again.
So all; see 1184.
E. Hn. thise; Hl. these; rest the.
Cm. Pt. wex; E. Hn. Hl. Cp. wax.
Hl. Cm. Cp. braun; Pt. brawne; E. Hn. brawen.
E. chiere; Cm. Ln. Hl. chier.
E. Hn. Cm. wayten.
E. Cm. maken.
E. a ( for an).
E. ellis.
E. Hn. tolletanes; Hl. tollitanes; rest colletanes (!). E. brought; Hn. broght.
E. nought; Hn. noght.
E. yeeris.
So all: (E. hise, rootes, geris).
Ln. centres; rest centris.
Hn. Hl. proporcionels; E. -cioneles; Cm. -ciounnys; Cp. Pt. -cions.
E. speere.
Cm. nynte; Hl. fourthe (!); rest 9.
E. he hadde kalkuled; rest om. hadde.
E. hadde.
Cp. Pt. Hl. vsed; E. Hn. vseden.
E. Hn. Cm. wyke; Hl. Cp. wike; Pt. Ln. weke.
Hl. om. alle.
E. Cm. hise.
Pt. Cp. giltelees; Hl. gulteles; rest giltless (-les).
E. Hn. Hl. do; rest don.
E. Hn. shal; Ln. schal.
Hl. oon; Pt. on ( for a).
E. Hn. Cm. shal.
Hl. Fro; rest For.
E. Hn. Pt. Ln. om. elles.
Pt. Hl. om. to.
Cm. bere.
Cm. thretty; Hl. thritty; rest xxx.
E. Hadde. E. Hn. Cm. Atthenes. E. at; rest atte, at the.
Cp. Ln. pament.
Cm. Messene; E. Hn Hl. Mecene.
E. Hl. heet; Hn. Cm. highte; Cp. Ln. that hight (hiht); Pt. which hiȝt.
Hl. whanne; E. Hn. Cm. whan; Cp. Pt. there; Ln. thare.
Hn. Cm. Hl. hadde; rest had.
Hn. Cp. Ln. Milesie; E. Cm. Melesie.
Hn. Cm. Hl. verray; rest om.
Hn. Hl. habradace; Cp. Pt. habradas; Ln. Abradas.
All hem-self; see l. 1420.
Cm. Massedoyne; Ln. Macedoyne; Cp. Macedoigne; Pt. Masidoigne; Hl. Macidone; E. Hn. Macidonye.
Hn. Hl. Niceratis; Cm. Nycherates.
Cm. al ( for that); E. om.
Cp. Ln. Alcestem; Pt. Alcesteyn; rest Alceste.
E. Penalopee; rest Penolopee (-pe).
Hn. Hl. Laodomya; E. Cm. Lacedomya; rest Leodamya.
Cp. Cm. Hl. yiue; E. Hn. Pt. yeue.
E. Honured
Cm. Cp. Hl. queen; rest queene (quene).
These two lines are in E. and edd. only. E. Bilyea ( edd. Bilia; see note ).
These two lines are in E. and edd. only. E. Bilyea ( edd. Bilia; see note ).
E. pleyne; rest pleyned.
E. I was; rest was I.
E. Hl. chiere.
Hl. on; E. Hn. Cm. vp on.
E. om. of.
Hn. tel; rest telle; see l: 1591.
Found in E. only.
Found in E. only.
Found in E. only.
Found in E. only.
Found in E. only.
Found in E. only.
E. Hn. Cm. amorus.
E. bown; rest boun.
E. Hn. Cm. hadde
E. Hn. seyeth.
Hn. serement; Hl. seurement.
E. om. two.
E. Hn. Cp. a-begged; Ln. abigged; Hl. a begge; Cm. Pt. a beggere.
Cm. Cp. Hl. seurte; Pt. swerte; E. Hn. seuretee.
E. Thanne.
E. Hn. Hadde.
E. Hn. Hl. hadde herd; rest herde (herd).
E. Hn. This; rest This is.
E. releesse.
Cp. Hl. crope; Ln. crepe. Cm. om. the.
E. Cm. Cp. taken.
E. Hn. Cp. Ln. ins. thanne before wolde.
Colophon. From E.; Hn. Here endeth, c.; Pt. Thus endeth the Frankleyn his tale.
For ll. 11929-34 in Tyrwhitt’s text, see Note at the foot of p. 289; for ll. 11935-12902, see pp. 290-319; for ll. 12903-15468, see pp. 165-289.
Hn. Hl. hente; E. shente, Pt. shent, Ln. schent, wrongly.
E. Hn. Pt. Ln. Hl. roten; Cm. rote.
E. Hn. no good nencrees; Pt. Ln. non encrese; Hl. good encres; Cm. encrees.
Cm. hire; Pt. hure; Hn. Ln. hir; E. it; Hl. her.
Hn. Pt. of; E. Cm. Ln. Hl. with.
Hn. Cm. Pt. Ln. martir seinte (seint); Hl. martir; E. mooder.
Hn. mendite ( showing the scansion ).
E. eterneel; Hn. Cm. eternal.
E. Hn. Cm. Pt. sydis.
E. eterneel; Hn. Cm. eternal.
E. often; Hn. Cm. ofte.
Hn. Cm. tendite ( shewing the scansion ).
E. Hn. Cm. Hl. him; but Cp. Pt. Ln. hem.
Cm. folwe; E. Hn. Hl. folwen; Cp. Pt. Ln. folowen.
E. I pray; Cp. And pray I; rest And pray ( or prei, or preye).
E. omits yow.
E. favour; rest savour; see l. 229.
E. maneré.
E. Syen; Cp. Ln. Seyen; Hn. Sayen.
Hl. Hn. organs; Ln. orgens; E. Orgues; Cp. Orgles; Pt. Orgels.
E. it; rest I.
Hn. Cm. Cp. Hl. deyde; E. dyde.
E. Hn. and; rest or.
E. me; rest it; see l. 150.
E. aungel; but angel in 165, 170.
E. aungel; but angel in 165, 170.
on] E. in.
E. thynges; rest nedes, nedis, needes
E. Cp. Ln. Hl. whiche þat I; but Hn. Cm. Pt. omit that.
Ln. yen; rest eyen, eyhen.
E. Hn. hierde.
E. Hl. right; rest but.
E. bifore; Hl. to-forn; rest biforn, biforne, beforne.
E. Hn. Cm. O; Hl. On; Cp. Pt. Ln. Of.
E. omits and.
Hl. omits.
Hl. omits.
Hl. omits.
Hl. omits.
Hl. omits.
E. oother; rest sother.
Hl. omits.
Hl. omits.
E. Hn. Cm. this; Pt. that; Cp. Ln. the.
Hl. Pt. cristened; Cm. cristenede; E. Hn. Cp. cristned.
E. three; Hl. thre; rest quod he.
The MSS. have swete here; but in l. 247 we find only sote, soote, swote, suote, except swete in Pt.; in l. 229, E. Hl. soote; Hn. swote; Cm. sote; Cp. Pt. Ln. swete.
E. Ln. Hl omit the.
E. hym; rest it.
The MSS. have Cecilies, wrongly ( for Valerians); Lat. text —Ualeriani; cf. l. 281.
E. Hn. omit thise; the rest retain it, except Cm., which has brought hem to blysse.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit al.
E. Hn. Pt. beest; Hl. best; Cm. Cp. Ln. beste.
E. Hn. Cm. that I; rest omit that.
Hl. om. right.
Ln. Hl. Pt. better; E. Hn. bettre.
E. thyng ywroght; Hn. Cm. thynges wroght.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit.
Cp. Pt. Ln. omit.
E. omits o.
E. saugh; Hl. say.
Hl. apposed; the rest opposed, wrongly.
E. Cm. Hl. omit is.
E. Hn. Pt. Ln. tormentours.
E. Hn. Hl. ful stedefast; Cm. ful sobere; Cp. Pt. Ln. sobre.
Cp. Pt. Casteth; rest Cast.
E. Hn. Cm. ledde.
E. Hn. Cm. heuedes; rest hedes.
E. saugh; Hn. Cp. Hl. say.
E. this; rest his.
E. Hn. Cm. Hl. so bete; Cp Pt. Ln. so to-bete.
E. the; rest his.
E. omits al.
Cp. Pt. Ln. tho; rest omit.
Hn. Hl. this; Cm. Cp. Pt. Ln. thus; E. omits.
E. Hn. Cm. omit it.
E. and he; rest omit he.
E. speke; rest seye.
Hl. lewednes; rest boldnesse.
E. Ln. insert ne before mowe; E. mowen; Hn. mowe.
E. fyre; Hn. Cm. fyr.
Cm. felede; E. Hn. feled; Cp. Pt. Ln. felt of it.
E. Hn. a ful; Cm. a; rest ful.
Cp. Pt. smyten; rest smyte.
man (2)] E. men.
Cm. is went; rest he wente ( or he went) against the rime.
E. at; rest of; see G 621.
E. This; rest The.
E. Hn. Ln. seinte.
E. Hn. Pt. seinte; Cp. seintz; Pt. seintes.
Colophon. From E. Hn.; Hl. Here endeth the secounde Nonne hir tale of the lif of seint Cecilie.
E. toold was al; Cm. told was; rest ended was. E. Pt. seinte.
So E.; rest And vnder that he hadde a whit surplys.
E. which þat; rest omit which.
E. as he; Cm. that he; rest he.
E. hakeney; rest hors.
E. omits ll. 564, 565.
E. Hn. vpon; rest on.
E. to wondren; rest omit to.
E. Hn. heeng; Hl. heng; Cm. Cp. hyng.
E. som; rest this.
E. Hn. saugh; Pt. segh.
E. omits that.
E. omits good.
E. certein; rest certes.
E. Cm. craftily; rest thriftily.
E. for; Hl. of; rest at.
E. this tale; Cm. this; rest thus.
Cm. Hl. yit; rest omit. E. telle; Cm. speke; rest talke.
E. Cm. lakke; rest lakken. E. of oure; rest omit of.
E. omits it.
E. Cm. Which this; rest Which that this; cf ll. 684, 691, 701 (yemán).
E. his; rest this. E. Cm. rekke; Cp. recche I; Hl Pt. Ln. recche the.
So Hl. Cp. Pt. Ln.; E. omits after, having heer only.
E. that; rest so.
E. And; rest But.
E. omits a.
E. Pt. Ln. Hl. For so; but Cp. omits For.
E. omits how.
E. Cm. papeer; Ln. papere; Lich. papire; Cp. Pt. Hl. paupere. (Tyrwhitt reads pepere.)
The MSS. have lampe, laumpe, lamp.
Lich. Pt. eyre; Ln. eyere; E. eyr; Cm. ayr; Cp. Hl. aier.
E. in; Cm. ; rest on.
E. And; rest Of.
E. Cm. a; Ln. in; rest on.
Cm. Pt. Ln. weye, leye; rest way, lay.
Cm. Pt. Ln. weye, leye; rest way, lay.
E. vertgrees; Li. Cm. Cp. Hl. verdegres; Pt. verdegrees.
E. Li. Hl. vrinals; Cm. vrynallis; Cp. Pt. vrinales.
E. purpos if; rest craft if that.
The MSS. all retain an.
Miswritten pottes in E.; Hl. poketts.
E. and; rest or.
Accent alum on the u.
E. And of oure; rest omit And of.
E. seuene; rest foure.
E. omits so.
E. oght hath; rest hath oght (ought).
E. Cm. Hl. Askauns; Ln. Ascance; rest Ascaunce
E. Cm. And; rest Al.
E. Pt. Hl. ynowe, rowe; Li. ynogh, rogh; Cm. I-nogh, rogh; Cp. ynough, rough.
E. Pt. Hl. ynowe, rowe; Li. ynogh, rogh; Cm. I-nogh, rogh; Cp. ynough, rough.
we (2)] E. it.
E. With; rest And.
Cm. I-mad vs; Hl. I-made vs; E. maad vs; rest vs made.
E. omits euer.
Cm. to; rest omit.
E. Inne at; rest in a.
E. brat; rest bak.
E. Li. the; rest this.
E. a Mile from hem; rest from hem a myle.
E. truste; rest trusteth.
E. And; rest Lo. E. smel; rest smellyng.
E. Ln. Lich. that; rest than.
dar] E. Ln. dare.
E. oft.
E. Cm. synke; rest sinken.
E. lepte; rest lepe, lepen.
E. lord is; rest is lord.
So E. Cm.; rest Nis ther no more wo ne anger ne ire.
E. Cm. along; rest long
E. fourthe; see l. 824.
Cm. Hl. long; rest along; see l. 922.
E. vs is; rest is vs.
Cm. I-swepid; Ln. yswepped; E. sweped; Cp. Pt. Hl. yswoped.
E. shal; rest wol, wil, wele.
E. bryngen; rest bringe.
E. omits sirs.
E. And; rest But.
E. eu er y; rest al, alle. Cm. schynyth; Ln. schyneth; Hl. schineth; E. seineth; Cp. semeth.
Cp. Pt. Ln. it; E. Cm. Hl. omit it.
E. to; rest at.
E. Nis; rest Ne is.
E. omits lo.
E. Cm. wiseste; rest wisest.
E. was; rest is. Cf. l. 987.
E. sleighte; Hl. sleight; rest sleightes.
E. lyne myghte; rest myghte lyuen.
E. nas; Ln. ne is; rest nis, nys.
Cp. Pt Ln. tellen; rest telle.
E. desclaundre; rest sclaundre; see l. 998.
E. Al-though that; rest omit that.
E. o; rest a.
Cm. apostellis; Li. aposteles; E. apostles.
E. Hl. a blame; rest omit a.
Cm. Remeuyth; E. Remoeueth.
F. herketh.
E. omits an.
E. had dwelled; rest dwelled hadde ( or had).
E. Cm. a thyng; rest omit a.
E. Ln. In-to; rest Vn-to.
E. or; rest and.
E. the; Hl. your; rest is your.
E. if that; rest and if ( or yif.)
Cp. Hl. heed; E. Li. heede.
After sir, E. wrongly inserts quod he.
E. Cm. false; rest fals.
Hn. Hl. conceyt, deceyt; E. conceite, deceite.
Hn. Hl. conceyt, deceyt; E. conceite, deceite.
E. for; rest to.
E. his; Cm. heigh; rest thy.
Cm. that, which seems required; rest omit.
E. heede; Hl. heed; Cm. hed.
E. Cm. hadde it; rest it hadde.
Cm. Cp. say; E. saugh.
E. Cm. soothly; rest schortly.
Hl. took; E. toke.
E. Cm. hem; rest it.
E. to the; rest omit to.
Hl. Cp. Tak; E. Taake.
E. to whiche; Cm. to whiche that; rest whiche that.
E. I wol nat; Hl. with-outen; Cm. w i t h -outyn; the rest withoute ( or without.)
E. omits it.
E. to yow; rest omit to.
Hl. Cp. Pt. schitte.
Cm. Hl. croslet; E. Li. crosselet. So in 1153.
other (2)] E. Li. or; Pt. or ellis.
Cm. Hl. that; E. om.; rest as. E. Cm. heer; rest om.
E. Cm. cole; rest coles. E. that; Cm. that the; rest the.
Li. Pt. Ln. fals; rest false.
E. he took; rest omit he.
E. lemaille; but Cm. lymayle, lymayl; see l. 853.
E. lemaille; but Cm. lymayle, lymayl; see l. 853.
E. lemaille; but Cm. lymayle, lymayl; see l. 853.
E. terned; Cm. ternede; rest torned, turned. E. he coude.
E. Cp. that he; rest omit that.
E. this; rest his; see l. 1189.
Cm. couchede; Cp. couchide; rest couched.
Cm. Pt. whilis; Hl. Lichf. whiles; E. whils.
So E.; Cm. with sory grace ( see l. 665). Most MSS. have I shrewe his face, and make l. 1188 end with him wyped has.
E. has aboue vp on; Cm. the same, but omitting it; Hl. abouen on; the rest vpon abouen.
Cm. Hl. croslet; E. Cp. crosselet.
E. myrie; Cm. Cp. merye; rest mery.
E. abouen it; rest aboue.
the] E. that.
Lichf. Cp. Pt. stondeth; Ln. Hl. stonde; Cm. stand; E. sit.
ye] E. I.
E. conceite.
Cm. ne; rest omit.
E. taak; rest taketh.
E. eek; rest omit.
Tyrwhitt reads Of thilke; I propose —As of this teyne.
E. What that heer is; rest Look what ther is.
E. omits ll. 1238, 1239. From Lichf.
E. Hl. omit that; found in Cm. Cp. Pt. Ln.
Hl. subtilite; Cm. sotylete; E. subtiltee; rest sotilte, sotiltie; see l. 620.
E. preest; rest chanoun.
E. he; rest om.
Hl. keep; E. kepe; Cm. keepe; rest hede.
E. omits Was.
Lichf. Ln. pouder; Cm. poudere; E. Cp. poudre.
E. terve; Cm. Pt. turne; rest torne.
E. Cm. Iet (= jet); Hl. get; Ln. gett; Cp. Pt. gette.
Cm. goode: E. good; see l. 1295. Cp. Pt. Ln. The preest supposede nothing but wel.
Cp. Pt. Ln. But busyed him faste, and was wonder fayn.
E. ne kan; rest omit ne.
So all.
Cm. Hl. goode; E. good; rest omit.
E. Cm. alle; rest omit; read al.
Cm. his; E. the; rest this.
E. the water; rest water and.
E. omits he.
Cp. Hl. took; Cm. tok; E. tooke.
E. a; rest I.
E. it shal; Ln. schal he; rest shal it.
E. seye; Cm. sey.
E. man; rest noon (non).
E. receite; Lichf. Cp. Hl. receyt.
E. Cp. knewen; Cm. knewyn; rest knewe. Ln. subtilite; Cm. subtilete; E. soutiltee; see ll. 620, 1247.
E. or; rest and.
E. Cm. omit hir.
E. Hl. vnnethe; rest vnnethes.
E. as that doon; Cm. as don; rest as doon thise.
E. Cp. heuye; rest hevy.
E. omits O.
E. blondreth.
E. Cm. no thyng wynne; Hl. nought wynne (upon); rest nat wynne a myte.
Cm. What that ȝe; rest What that the ( badly ).
E. fader first was; rest omit first.
Cm. Cp. Hl. heed; rest heede, hede.
E. Cm. of the secretes; Cp. Pt. of secrees; Hl. of secretz; Ln. of secretees.
Lichf. Ln. magnesia; rest magnasia.
Lichf. Ln. magnesia; rest magnasia.
E. roote; rest roche, rooche, roches.
Cm. that it; rest omit that.
E. lief; Lichf. Cp. Pt. Hl. leef; Cm. lef.
Hl. syn; Lichf. Cm. syn that; E. sith that; Cp. Pt. sithens that; rest sith that, sithens that.
E. vs; the rest as.
E. werken; Cm. werkyn; Hl. werke; rest worche.
E. Hn. Woot; Cp. Hl. Wot; Cm. Wote; Pt. Ln. Wete; Wite is better, as in l. 82.
Cm. here; E. Hn. Hl. al; rest omit.
So Cp. Hl.; E. see how for; Hn. se how for; Cm. so how for.
E. omits as.
E. Hn. Hl. daswen; Cm. daswe; Cp. dasewen; Pt. dasen; Ln. dasoweþe.
Cp. Ln. vs swolwe; rest swolwe vs.
E. thou; rest thee or the.
Cm. Pt. Ln. wex; rest wax.
E. Hn. vp hym; rest him vp.
E. vnweeldy.
E. Cm. Ln. put lewedly before he.
So E. Hn. Cp. Ln. Hl.; Cm. sneseth; Pt. galpeth.
E. of; rest of the.
All the 7 MSS. retain a: Hl. omits No.
E. Which that; rest omit that.
E. speke; rest spak.
E. Pt. if that; rest omit that.
So E.; Cm. nedith hym; Hn. Hl. neded it; rest needeth it.
E. Hn. Cm. this; rest his.
E. that; rest good.
So E. Hn.; Cm. Cp. Ln. Hl To acord; Pt. To pees.
E. world; rest erthe.
Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. Of ( for In).
Hn. Cp. bachelrye; E. Bachilrie.
E. hadde.
Hl. speken; rest speke.
E. om. is.
E. Hn. myrily.
E. hadde.
E. Cm. om. if; Hn. that. that] Hn. if.
E. Cm. in ydel; rest for naught.
E. Cm. that; Hn. for; rest by (be).
E. natureelly.
E. Taak.
Cp. Pt. Ln. wilde ( for rude); Hl. wyd.
Cp. when; Ln. Hl. whan; rest if.
E. Hn. Cm. this; rest the.
E. he hath; Cp. hath sche; rest hath he.
Hl. ins. him, and the rest that, before wol ( badly ).
Hl. Cm. souneth; rest sowneth.
Cp. Hl. Nought; E. Hn. Nat; rest Not; see l. 254.
E. Cp. dishoneste; Hn. deshoneste.
For a, Tyrwhitt reads any.
E. Cm. hir estaat (stat); rest om. hir.
In Hn., titlelees is glossed by sine titulo.
Hl. told was; rest was told.
E. textueel, deel.
E. textueel, deel.
E. they ( for that). E. heeng; Ln. honge; rest heng.
E Biheeld.
E. Hn. myrily.
E. Cm. Hl. om. 2 nd al.
E. Hn. Cm. om. as.
E. Hn. montance.
Cm. Hl. yen; Ln. eyȝen; rest eyen.
E. Hn. Cm. And; rest Him.
Cm. Hl. lyst thow; Pt. Ln. liest thou; Cp. lyes thou.
Cm. gylteles; Cp. Hl. gulteles; E. Hn. giltlees; rest giltles.
Cm. troubele; rest trouble.
E. smyteth; rest smytest. Cm. gilteles; Cp. Hl. gulteles; E. giltles.
E. voys ( for noyse).
is] Cp. Hl. was.
E. Cp. caas; Hn. Cm. Ln. cas; Pt. caus; Hl. cause.
E. Hn. Cm I; Hl. ye; rest that ye.
E. Hn. kepen; rest kepe. E Cm. weel.
E. textueel; Hl. tixted wel.
a] E. on; Hl. in
E. Hn. freend, feend.
E. Hn. freend, feend.
Hl. a; rest om.
E. Hn. Cm. tymes.
leef or] Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. neuer so.
E. Hn. al; rest om.
E. Cm. was; rest is.
E. ne nas, Cm. ne was; Cp. Pt. Ln. was.
The MSS. have Ten; but see the note.
Hn. swich; E. swiche.
Perhaps for the mones we should read Saturnes; see the note.
So all but Hl., which has In mena.
thropes] Hl. townes.
E Fulfilled; Hn. Cp. Fulfild; see l. 19.
Cm. art; E. Hn. arte; Hl. artow; rest art thou.
I supply him from ed. 1550.
E. Hn. Thymothee.
E. Hl. weyueth.
E. omits ful.
E. leefful; Hn. leueful; Pt. leefull; Cp. Ln. lefful.
E. geeste. rum] Hn. Cp. Ln. rom.
E. Hn. myrie.
E. textueel, weel.
E. textueel, weel.
E. omits the. Hl. sentens; rest sentence.
E. make a; rest omit a.
E. vs; rest it, which is inferior.
Colophon. So E. Hn. Ln.; Pt.—Thus endeth the prolog of the persons tale.
E. om. 2 nd to.
E. and seith; rest that seith.
E. Hn. Ln. shal; Pt. shul.
Pt. espiritual; Ln. spirituele.
E. om. 2 nd ful. E. to no man; rest om. no.
Ln. penance ( for 2 nd and 3 rd Penitence).
E. speces; Hl. spieces; rest spices.
E. om. the before gilt.
Ln. Hl. peyneth.
Hl. holt.
E. om. to bef. biwayle and continue.
Hl. doon; E. om.; rest do.
Hl. Ln. ende; E. Hn. Pt. om. E. taak ( glossed tene); siker ( glossed certum). Cm. sikerer. After wey, Cm. adds — the more certeyn.
All but E. om. accion of Penitence.
Hl. but if.
E. Hn. baptesme.
E. Hn. baptesme.
Hl. in-to venial synne.
E. Hn. speces ( glossed species); rest spices.
E. Hn. As to; rest as is to.
E. Another thyng is; rest om. thyng. Hl. streyneth.
E. Cm. om. comunly.
E. they shryue hem.
E. is bihouely; Cm. is behofly; rest bihoueth (behoueth). Hl. stondith.
Hl. humblete.
Hl. these thre wickid.
E. a grace ( for of grace).
E. om. is to him.
E. loued god; rest loueth god.
E. om. in spirit. up-on] E. in.
Cp. agult; Hl. agiltid.
E. looke he; rest om. he.
Hl. Ln. Ezechiel.
E. p er petueel.
E. And certes; rest om. And.
E. Hn. wrongly ins. god after that.
All seruitute.
E. om. vile and.
Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. Austyn.
Hl. men ( for they).
Cm. vileynly.
So Hl.; E. Hn. he seith likneth; Cp. he seith he likeneth; Cm. he seith likkenyth; Pt. He likneth. E. soughe; rest sowe.
So Hl.; E. Hn. he seith likneth; Cp. he seith he likeneth; Cm. he seith likkenyth; Pt. He likneth. E. soughe; rest sowe.
E. soughe; om. she.
E. om. 2nd no.
Cp. Pt. Ln. repeat ( after god) wol nought ben corrupte and therefore saith Salamon.
E. Hn. stierne. moot] E. noot.
on] E. in. E. Ln. peyne; Cm. pit; rest pyne.
E. Hn. in; Hl. to; rest in-to.
Hl. oon; Cm. on; E. a; rest oo (o).
or] E. Cp. Ln. of. E. Hn. dirk.
E. Hn. woot; Cm. wote; Hl. witen; Cp. wite; Ln. weten.
Hl. displesen ( for despysen).
E. om. from ther shal to 2 nd greet.
E. with the bitter; rest om. the. Hl. teeth ( for deeth).
E. as of alle; rest om. as. E. ( only ) smale shetes and the softe shertes.
E. om. hem after love.
E. om. 1 st in helle.
Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. om. after.
Cp. Hl. Ln. gruntynge; Cm. grochynge; Pt. gnaistynge.
Hl. shal be yiue deth.
E. in the ordre.
E. Cm. Basilie; rest Basile.
E. Cm. and they (1 st time ).
E. the ( for these).
E. Pt. Ln. that he hath wroght (1 st time ).
Ln. mortified; Hl. amortised; rest mortefied. Cp. Pt. astonyed; Hl. astoneyed.
Ln. Hl. mortified; rest mortefied.
E. is for to seyn.
E. quyke.
Ln. mortified; Hn. Hl. amortised; rest mortefied.
All noght (nat) so; ed. 1550, in so ( better ).
Hl. for vs and for our synnes.
E. Cm. om. so.
E. Cm. his blood; rest the blood.
Hl. face ( for visage).
Cm. ( and ed. 1550) And therfore . . . manere; rest om.
E. disconcordances.
E. temporeel. bispet] E. dispeir (!).
E. om. first.
E. Ysaye that seith that he; rest om. that seith that.
E. Hn. gerdone; Cm. gerdounnyn.
E. om. is after that.
Hn. Cm. Hl. byheteth.
E. om. I woot certeinly.
E. continueel.
E. Ln. a man fro; rest om. a.
E. fieble.
Hl. Pt. Ln. thinges he prouith by.
Hl. herte ( for entente).
E. wheither.
him of his] E. Cm. thee of thy.
E. encreessen.
E. Hn. comaundementz; rest comaundement.
E. wheither.
Pt. þe astate; Ln. þe state; Cm. stat.
ne] E. and.
E. om. ye before shul.
E. Cm. a manere; rest in manere.
E. bynyneth; Hn. Pt. Hl. bynymeth.
E. norrissynge.
E. fieble; rest feble.
E. Ethiopeen; rest -pen.
E. encreesseth.
E. wheither.
E. Actueel.
E [Editor: illegible word] oghte.
sinnes] E. sinne.
E. Hn. Cm. in the botme.
E. wexeth ( for weyeth).
E. as he yeueth of his loue.
E. Cp. Pt. Ln. hem ( for him).
E. hym oghte ( for othere folk).
E. Hn. blandise.
Hl. body ( for mete). E. Cm. om. it.
Hl. talke of ( for tale).
Hn. Hl. acounte.
E. restreyne ( for refreyne); see 385.
E. om. by before othere. Heading. So in E.; but E. adds De Superbia, which should come at the head of § 24, as in Hn.
Hl. springers; Hn. sprynge; E. Pt. Ln. spryngen.
E. Hn. om. 2 nd the.
Pt. Hl. Imprudence; E. Hn. Inpudence. E. Hn. Pt. Inpatience; rest imperfect here.
E. om. 2 nd his.
Ln. Hl. Impacient; rest Inpatient ( or imperfect ). Pt. Hl. vices.
E. and this is. E. Hn. surquidie.
E. hise folies.
E. temporeel.
So E. Hn. Hl.; perhaps read and that other spece of pryde is; Pt. Ln. and ther-to other spices of pride bene.
Pt. Ln. Hl. spices. Hn. leuesel; Hl. leuesselle; Pt. leeuesell; Ln. leuesal.
Pt. disgisenesse; Ln. Hl. disgisinesse. or] E. and.
E om. that is.
Hn. Pt. enbrawdynge. E. om. or bef. barringe. E. owndynge.
E. powsonynge; Hn. pownsonynge; Ln. pounseinge; Hl. pounsyng. Pt chisels; E. Hn. chisel; rest chiseles (cheseles).
E. men; wo m men.
E. powsoned; Hn. pownsonyd; Pt. pounsoned; Ln. Hl. pounsed.
E. haynselyns; Hn. hanselyns; Ln. hanslynes; Pt. hanselynes; Hl. anslets; Harl. 1758, haunseleynys.
All but E. om. the bef. degysinge. E. flayne.
E. honestitee ( twice ); Hn. honestetee; rest honeste; so in 431, 436.
E. om. as.
Pt. anornement; Hl. here ornament.
E. sustenynge; Hn. sustenen; Cm. Hl. susteyne.
E. vp; Hn. vp on; Hl. vpon; Pt. Ln. on. E. al doun ( twice ); Hn. adown ( twice ); Cm. al doun ( once ).
All MSS. transpose Laban and Pharao. E. seruauntz.
Pt. Ln. Hl. espices.
E. om. 1 st sodeinly.
E. gentries; Hl. Pt. gentrie; rest genterye; see 461.
E. natureel.
E. Ln. richesse.
E. spiritueel.
So in all.
E. Cm. om. as.
E. man; rest a man.