Gg. Harl. O. supply Yit; Cx. Yf; rest om. F. yet thou maist hyt; O. mayst thowe; rest yit mayst (may) thou.
F. Ff. om. for.
Gg. wher; rest whether.
Gg. Cx. tendite; F. Trin. to endite.
F. And with; rest om. And.
Gg. confort. Gg. that as; rest went in.
F. om. that ( but over-al ov’r-al).
F. Weren; rest Were.
Gg. O. Ff. of; F. Cx. with ( from line above ).
F. Emerawde. Gg. sothe ( for Ioye, wrongly ).
Cx. O. piler; Gg. pilere; Trin. pylor; F. Harl. peler.
F. box pipe tre; Gg. and rest box tre pipere ( or piper). Trin. the holyn; Cx. holin; Ff. holye; Gg. O. holm; F. Harl. holme.
Gg. Ew; rest ewe.
Harl. O. blosmy; Gg. blospemy ( for blossemy); Cx. blossome; Trin. blossom; F. Ff. blossomed.
O. that; Gg. ther; rest omit. Gg. Ff. I-now; O. I-nowe; F. ynowh.
Ff. That swommen; Harl. That swommyn; Gg. That swemyn; Trin. That swymen; Cx. O. That swymmen; F. And swymmynge.
F. That; Gg. Ff. So ( error for Som ); rest Som, Some, Som m e.
Gg. gunne; F. gunnen; rest gan, cane.
F. Trin. om. al.
Cx. Squerels; F. Squerel; rest Squyrelis (Squyrell is, Squerellis).
F. Cx. On; rest Of. Gg. Cx. O. strengis; Trin. stryngys; F. strynge. Gg. a-cord; rest accorde, acorde.
F. om. so. F. Gg. and ( for a, wrongly ); Ff. om.; rest a.
F. om. be; rest have it.
Gg. bryddis; rest foules.
F. ther of; rest of.
Gg. wex; Ff. waxed; F. growen; rest was ( error for wex).
Trin. Cx. Harl. Ne; rest omit.
F. more Ioye; rest Ioye more.
F. No; rest Then ( or Than). F. om. ne; rest ( except Ff. ) retain it. Trin. was ( for wolde).
Gg. Th. wel; F. O. wille; Cx. Trin. wylle; Harl. whill e; see note.
Gg. and rest hire (hir, hyr); F. harde. F. fyle; Trin. vyle ( for fyle); Harl. wyel; rest wile.
F. shul; rest shuld, shulde.
F. om. for.
O. doon by force; Trin. Cx. do by force; Harl. done be force; Gg. don be fore ( sic ); F. goo before.
F. Ff. Disfigured. Gg. Harl. nyl; Cx. Trin. Ff. wil; O. woll e; F. shal.
Gg. saw; F. sawgh. Gg. with outyn; Cx. Ff. with outen; F. with oute.
F. Ff. Trin. omit 1 st and.
F. Ff. Trin. omit here.
F. pelers; rest pilers (pileris, pylors).
F. sawgh. F. glas; rest ( except Ff. ) bras or brasse. Gg. Harl. O. I-founded; Trin. enfoundyd; F. founded.
Gg. daunsedy n; F. daunced.
F. O. om. ther.
F. om. were; rest retain.
Gg. ȝer be ȝeere; Trin. Cx. Harl. yere by yere; F. fro yere to yere.
Trin. O. of douys; Gg. of dowis; Cx. of duues; Harl. of dofes; Ff. of dowfs; F. saugh I ( sic ).
F. Of dowves white ( sic ); Ff. Saw I sitte; rest Saw I syttynge. Trin. Cx. Harl. O. thousand ( for hundred).
F. om. with.
Gg. and rest by hire syde ( for hir besyde).
F. om. eek; rest retain.
Gg. sykys.
Gg. sikis.
Trin. Cx. flame. F. om. wel; rest retain it.
Gg. Cam; O. Com; F. Come; Cx. Comen; Trin. Harl. Ff. Cometh. Gg. Trin. Cx. goddesse; Harl. goddes (i. e. goddess ); F. O. goddys.
F. sawgh.
Gg. swich; F. suche.
Trin. Cx. Ff. by; rest be.
Gg. priue; F. prevy.
F. saugh.
Gg. goldene; Ff. golden; F. and rest golde or gold.
Cx. wel couerd; Harl. wel couered; Gg. was wel keuerede; Trin. was well e coueryd; F. keuered wel.
Harl. Trin. Ff. sotil. Trin. O. kerchyff; F. keuerchefe; Gg. couercheif; Cx. couerchef.
Gg. nas ( for was). Gg. Harl. alone insert 2 nd no ( but it is wanted ).
Trin. Cx. Bachus; rest Bacus. Gg. wyn; F. wyne.
F. Gg. Harl. Cipride ( rightly ); the rest Cupide (!); see l. 279.
Gg. Cx. O. two; Ff. to; F. the; Trin. Harl. om. Gg. O. Ff. folk ther ( for folkes).
Gg. Trin. let; O. lat; Ff. lett; F. B. Cx. Harl. lete.
Gg. Harl. gunne; F. gonne; rest gan, can.
Gg. Cx. Ff. Ful ( for Of).
Cx. O. Semiramis; Ff. Semiriamis; rest Semiramus ( as in Leg. Good Women, Tisbe, l. 2). Gg. Hercules.
Trin. Harl. Tysbe; F. Cx. Tesbe; Gg. Thisbe.
F. Cx. comen; rest come. F. Ff. that; rest the.
Gg. that; which rest omit ( though wanted ).
F. O. wrongly insert of before Nature.
Gg. Trin. Cx. Ff. they; F. Harl. O. there. After were ( dissyllabic ) Gg. inserts al; needlessly.
Gg. dom; rest dome.
Gg. bryd ( for foul); Cx. birde.
F. On; rest Of. Ff. thenke; rest thynke ( not so well ).
Gg. Ff. eyr ( for see).
F. Alayne; Trin. Alen; rest Aleyn.
Gg. in ( for of). All but Gg. Ff. needlessly insert suche before aray ( caught from line below ).
Gg. swich; F. suche. MSS. myghte, myght; but read mighten.
Gg. Ff. his; rest her, hir ( wrongly ). Cx. owen; Gg. owene; F. ovne; rest owne.
Gg. Cx. hem; Ff. them; O. om.; rest that.
Trin. vale ( for dale).
Gg. ryal; Cx. Harl. O. rial.
F. om. hardy. All eke ( for eek); exceptionally.
Trin. bood; Cx. bodword; rest bode ( dissyllabic ).
Gg. Ff. om. the.
Trin. chowgh; F. choghe; Cx. choughe; Harl. chowhe; Gg. O. Ff. crow ( wrongly ).
Harl. Ff. eles; Gg. O. elis; Trin. elys; F. Cx. egles (!). Trin. Harl. O. insert the before heroun; rest omit.
Gg. false; F. fals. Trin. Cx. lapwynk; O. lappewynk.
Gg. starlyng; rest stare. Gg. bewreye ( but note the rime ).
Gg. rodok.
Gg. orloge; F. orlogge. Gg. thorpis; F. thropes.
Gg. Cx. Ff. grene ( for fresshe).
Trin. Th. flyes; Ff. bryddis; Gg. O. foulis; rest foules (fowles). But flyes is right; see Cant. Ta. I. 468, Boeth. iii. met. 7.
F. his; O. om.; rest hire, hir, her.
Gg. clothis ( for fethers).
F. be ( for by).
F. papiay; Gg. popyniay.
F. Cx. Ff. om. the.
Gg. The rauen wys, the crowe wit voice of care; Ff. same ( omitting wys); F. and rest The rauenes and the crowes with her voys of care ( badly ).
Gg. myghtyn; F. myghte.
F. that; Ff. this; Harl. om.; rest the. All but Gg. Ff. ins. of bef. Nature.
Gg. eueriche; O. Ff. euery; F. eche ( badly ).
Gg. Benygnely; F. Benyngly ( sic ).
fonde is pt. t. subjunctive.
Gg. Cx. the ( after and); Ff. moste; rest om.
Gg. bek; F. beke.
Ff. Cx. vicair e; F. vyker.
I insert and after light. Gg. Cx. dreye; rest drye.
Trin. Cx. by; F. be; Gg. with.
Cx. Ff. kepe ( for hede).
Gg. ese; F. ease.
Gg. Ff. ȝow; Cx. you ( for me).
F. Cx. Harl. insert that after how.
Gg. By; F. Be.
F. Trin. Cx. Harl. O. insert With before Your; Gg. Ff. rightly omit.
Gg. Cx. Ff. ordenaunce; rest gouernaunce ( see l. 387).
F. Trin. Harl. O. let (i. e. let go ); Gg. breke; Ff. suffre; Cx. lette.
Gg. terslet ( for tercel). Gg. ful wel; F. wele.
Gg. ryal.
Gg. stel; F. stele.
All have formed.
Cx. yere by yere ( for fro yeer to yere).
Gg. cam.
Gg. O. Ff. om. ful; rest retain.
Trin. Ff. Royall e; F. real; Gg. ryal.
Gg. I may.
Read al-only?
Gg. And if that I to hyre be founde; F. And yf I be founde to hir.
F. As though; rest Al be.
F. knette; Gg. areete; rest knytte, knyt.
Gg. Cx. O. Ne ( for For).
So all. Read whan that she?
Gg. She neythir; Cx. Harl. O. Ff. She neyther; F. Trin. Neyther she.
Gg. O. Ff. shal; rest shulde, shuld.
Gg. that; rest omit.
Gg. the; Trin. Harl. ye; rest she.
Gg. thredde; Trin. Ff. thryd; F. thirdde.
F. om. Nature.
Gg. yeer and as ( for winter and).
F. om. ful.
Gg. seyn; F. say.
Gg. Ff. ese; rest plese.
Gg. shorte; F. short.
Ff. hyres; F. hirse (!).
I supply so. Gg. hadde; F. had.
F. rehersen; rest reherse (reherce).
Gg. drow; Cx. wente; rest went ( badly ).
Cx. Harl. wil; F. wol.
Gg. pletynge; Trin. Cx. Harl. pletyng.
So Gg. ; rest The goos, the duk, and the cukkowe also ( wrongly; see next line ).
F. seyde tho; rest omit tho. Gg. Ff. nys not; Trin. O. ys nat; Cx. is not; F. Harl. om. not.
Gg. Cx. I; rest om.
Gg. O. profit; rest spede. Trin. For comon spede, take the chargë now. F. Cx. Harl. O. ins. on me bef. the; Ff. ins. vpon me. Gg. tak on no (!) for take the.
Trin. Seyde; Cx. Said; rest Quod.
F. good; Cx. better ( for as good); rest fayr.
Gg. bet; rest better.
Gg. entirmety n; F. entremete.
All but Gg. Cx. ins. hyt (it, yt) bef. doth.
Ff. vncom m aundet; O. vnconveyid; Gg. onquit (!); rest vncommytted.
Gg. om. behynde; Trin. Harl. blynde; Cx. by kynde; rest behynde.
F. O. Ff. for to ( for to). F. delyueren; rest delyuere (deliver). F. Gg. Harl. from; rest fro.
Cx. charge ( for Iuge).
Most MSS. insert the before foules; which Gg. Th. and Longleat MS. omit.
All but Cx. Ff. ins. to after list.
Trin. Th. preue; Gg. proue; F. preven.
Gg. swich; F. suche.
Gg. non by skillis; F. and rest by skilles may non ( badly ).
Cx. terselis egles.
Gg. ne; rest omit.
F. om. gon.
Gg. Cx. Oure; rest Oures, Ours.
Gg. O. hath; rest had.
Gg. sittyngest; rest sittynge.
Cx. Harl. ethe ( for light).
Gg. O. gole; Ff. goler; Cx. golye; Ff. golee; Trin. Harl. wyll e.
Gg. facounde so; Ff. facounde; Cx. faconde; F. faucond.
F. Cx. Ff. needlessly insert to after preyd-e.
All but Gg. insert forth before bringe.
For Quod read Seyde?
Gg. sich ( for swich); F. suche.
F. laughtre.
F. Harl. Ff. foules; Trin. fowle; Cx. fowl; O. foule; Gg. ful (!).
Gg. gunne; Ff. gonne; rest gan.
Harl. hires; Gg. hire; Cx. hers; rest hirs. Trin. Harl. om. that ( perhaps rightly ).
Gg. Cx. Ff. doke; F. duk.
F. Ff. shulden.
F. Gg. murye; rest mery.
Gg. O. yit; Ff. yet; rest om.
Gg. by; F. be (1 st time ).
Gg. Th. nat; F. neyther.
F. put; Gg. putte.
Cx. Ff. recche; F. Gg. Harl. reche; Trin. O. rek.
Gg. Merlioun; Trin. O. Merlyon; Cx. merlion; F. Ff. Emerlyon.
F. om. 1 st the. Harl. heysugge; O. heysugg; Cx. heysug; Ff. haysugge; F. haysogge; Gg. heysoge; Trin. heysoke.
Gg. reufulles (!); Pepys rowthfull; rest rewful (!).
Gg. han; rest haue. Gg. Cx. the; rest hir, hyr.
F. cheest; Gg. chesith; Trin. cheseth; Harl. chesithe. F. han hir; Gg. hire han; Trin. hyr hafe; Cx. Harl. Ff. her haue.
Gg. hire this fauour; Trin. Harl. to hyr thys fauour; F. and rest thys fauour to hir.
Ff. ye; Harl. yee; Trin. ey; rest eye.
F. Gg. I ( for hit). Gg. certis; rest omit.
All but Gg. Cx. insert hit ( or it) after That or yow. Th. ben; Cx. haue ben; rest to ben (be).
Gg. As is a-nothir lyuis creature. O. alone ins. Like bef. As.
Gg. mot; rest moste (muste).
Gg. grau n tyth; rest graunte, graunt ( badly ).
Trin. Cx. Harl. I wyll yow; O. I woll ȝewe; F. Ff. yow wol I.
F. Cipride; Harl. Cypride; Ff. Sypryde; rest Cupide ( cf. ll. 212, 277).
F. other weyes; Cx. other wayes; O. othir wey ( perhaps best ); Gg. othirwise; Ff. other-wyse; Trin. Harl. other ( sic ).
Gg. Harl. tho; rest om.
F. terceletys; Th. tercelets.
F. al; Gg. alle.
F. O. entremesse; Ff. entremeese; Th. entremes; Gg. entyrmes; Harl. entermes.
F. wroght; rest brought, broght.
F. A; Gg. But; rest And. Gg. Ioye; F. Ioy.
Gg. Thankynge; F. Thonkyng. Gg. queen; rest goddesse, goddes.
Gg. sweche ( for swiche); F. suche. Th. Qui; miswritten Que in F. Cx. ; Qe in Trin. ; rest omit. aime; F. ayme. tard; F. tarde. Lines 680-692 only occur in Gg. Th. and Digby 181; lines 683, 684, 687-9 in O. I follow Digby 181 mainly.
Digb. Nowe welcome.
Gg. wintres wedres; Digb. wynter wedirs.
Gg. And; Digb. Hast. Digb. drevyn; Gg. dreuyne. Digb. nyghtis; Gg. nyghtes.
Digb. syngen; Fowlis.
Gg. O. Wele.
Gg. O. hem; Digb. them.
Digb. Full e blisfully they synge and endles ioy thei make ( wrongly ); Gg. Ful blisseful mowe they ben when they wake; O. Th. Ful blesfull may they synge when they wake ( Th. awake).
F. showtynge.
Gg. mady n; Ff. maden; F. made.
Trin. fynde ( for mete).
Ff. nyl; Gg. nele; F. O. wol; Trin. wyll e; Cx. wil.
Sh. nightes; see l. 8.
hir] Sh. theyre.
Ed. (1561) dispaired.
Sh. me; Ed. my.
All insert now before doth.
Sh. This loue that hathe me set; I omit that, and supply eek.
I supply he (i. e. Love).
Sh. and yit my; I omit yit, and supply fro.
Sh. is eek.
Sh. The wyse eknytte; Ph. The wise I-knyt ( corrupt? )
Sh. hir she; I omit she.
Corrupt? Perhaps read richest creature.
Sh. fury.
Read of alle his?
Sh. In; I read With-in.
I supply eek.
Sh. ins. lo after is.
Sh. ins. lo after fere.
Sh. ins. lo after lede.
Sh. euer do.
I supply that.
I supply a.
Sh. ins. of after bothe.
Sh. koude best; Ph. om. best.
Sh. noon fayner.
Sh. youre; read yow.
Sh. wist that were; om. that. Sh. your hyenesse ( repeated from l. 76; wrongly ); read yow distresse.
Sh. ins. þane before is.
Sh. wille; Ph. Ed. wil.
Sh. better.
Sh. leuethe; Ph. lovith.
I supply now.
Sh. ne wil ( for nil).
Ed. (1561) has set so hy vpon your whele.
Sh. beon euer.
Sh. man can; I omit man. I supply here; the line is imperfect.
Sh. But the; I omit But.
Ed. om. a.
Sh. nought; read nothing.
Sh. whyles.
I supply me.
Sh. no trewer so verrayly; Ed. no trewer verely ( false rime ).
I supply Why.
I supply is.
Ph. For wele; omit For.
Ph. That yow myght offenden.
Ph. no blisse.
Ph. dwelle withyn. Colophon. Ph. Explicit Pyte: dan Chaucer Lauteire (?).
Tn. ferse; F. fers.
Harl. D. Cx. temple; rest temples.
F. songe. F. contynew; D. contynue. F. guye; Tn. gye.
F. I to the; Harl. Tn. D. to the I.
Cx. for tendyte; Harl. for to endite; rest to endyte.
F. Analida; Cx. Anelida; Tn. D. Annelida.
Harl. that; Cx. that ( for which); rest om.
F. eke. Harl. Polymea; rest Polymya, Polymia; Th. Polymnia.
Harl. Cx. with; rest hath (!). Harl. Cx. sustren.
F. B. Cx. Cirrea; D. Cirea; Tn. Circa ( wrongly ).
Tn. ship; F. shippe. After l. 21, 3 Latin lines are quoted from Statius (see note).
F. folke. Cx. Cithye.
Harl. D. Cx. Lt. With; F. The ( caught from l. 23). D. crowned; F. corovned.
All Home. Tn. ycome; F. he come.
Cx. cryeden; but rest cryden, criden. Harl. unto; rest to. Tn. wente; F. went.
Tn. entente; F. entent.
F. Harl. Beforne; Cx. Biforn; Tn. D. B. Lt. Before. Harl. duk; F. duke. Harl. inserts hie (= hy); Addit. 16165 has his; the rest wrongly omit; accent o in victórie.
Cx. tokening. Harl. and tokenyng of his glorie.
F. sene; Harl. seen.
Tn. many; F. mony (5 times ).
on] Harl. Cx. and.
Tn. Ypolita. F. wife.
Harl. D. Cithea. D. hadde; Lt. hade; rest had.
F. chare. D. ladde; Lt. lade; rest lad.
Harl. ground; F. grounde. D. spradde; rest sprad.
Harl. Cx. the; rest omit.
F. Fulfilled; al.
D. Cx. Lt. crowned; rest corouned.
F. yevyng; Tn. gifeynge.
F. B. Let; rest Lete.
F. ryding; Tn. ridinge.
F. bring; Tn. brynge.
D. slye ( rightly ); Tn. sly; F. sley.
F. thro. Harl. Tn. D. furious; F. furiouse.
Harl. Tn. wrath; F. wrethe.
F. hertis.
F. B. Tn. insert and after Grece; which D. Lt. Harl. Cx. omit. Harl. yche othir for to kylle ( a good reading ). Cf. l. 56. F. eneriche.
D. among; F. amonge. D. bothe; F. both ( but wrothe in l. 56).
F. eueriche.
Harl. Parthonopee; Cx. Parthonope; D. Partonope; Tn. Partinope; F. B. Prothonolope (!).
Harl. Tn. dede; F. ded. I supply was, which sense and metre require; Cx. supplies and. F. proude.
So F. Tn. B. Lt. ; Harl. D. Cx. put wrechid (wrecchid) for wrecches.
Cx. hom; rest home.
F. stode.
F. helde.
F. folke.
Tn. dwellynge; F. duellyng.
F. sunne; Harl. Tn. D. Cx. sonne.
D. Through; F. Thorogh. Tn. sprynge; F. spring.
Tn. likynge; F. likyng.
Harl. Tn. D. Cx. the; F. thes.
twenty is written xxii in the MSS. D. olde; Cx. olde; Lt. of olde; Harl. eld; rest of elde.
Tn. mydell e; F. mydil. F. suche.
F. Ioy.
D. stedfastnesse; F. stidfastnesse.
F. B. both; rest hath. Harl. Th. penelope; F. and others penolope.
Harl. ne; rest om. Tn. myghte; F. myght.
I supply Arcite; line too short. F. seyne.
Harl. yong; F. yonge. Harl. there with all e ( so D. Cx. Lt. ); rest therto with al.
F. pleyne.
Harl. any; F. eny.
D. Lt. Cx. wan; F. whan (!).
F. ferforthe. F. can; rest gan.
Th. Tn. Harl. trusteth; rest trusted; read trust. D. any; F. eny.
F. eny throw.
F. thoght; hert.
F. bane.
F. hert.
Harl. Tn. D. B. swore ( for swoor); Cx. sware; F. sworne.
Tn. thenketh; F. thinketh.
F. fonde; suche.
F. B. wrongly insert both before moche; rest omit. F. B. and; rest or.
Harl. Cx. that; rest omit.
F. wiche; myght.
Tn. yeuen; F. yevin.
F. dyd her hert an ese; Harl. Cx. omit hert an; others vary.
D. any; F. eny.
Tn. D. B. full e; rest ful.
( See 126.) Harl. Cx. heste; rest herte, hert.
F. eke. Tn. Ielous; F. Ielouse. D. Cx. here ( for the rime ); F. her.
Harl. any; F. eny. F. seyde.
F. worde. Harl. Tn. apayde; F. apaied; D. B. apaid.
F. wend. Cx. brayd; Tn. breyde; F. breyed.
Harl. Cx. this nas; rest was. D. sleight; Cx. sleyght; F. sleght.
Harl. Withouten; F. With out; ( and so in 119).
F. toke. F. B. as; rest so.
Harl. Tn. wille; F. wil. F. thoght. Koch proposes to omit hit.
All ins. she after lenger; it is not wanted.
F. ringe.
Harl. Cx. So; rest For so. Harl. Tn. entente; F. entent.
Tn. herte; F. hert. Harl. Tn. wente; F. went.
F. toke; kepe.
Harl. Cx. that; rest omit. Harl. D. Cx. reste; F. rest.
Tn. thoghte; F. thoght. Harl. Tn. Cx. alwey; F. ay. F. slepe.
F. wepe.
Cx. fayr; F. feire.
D. newfangilnesse; Tn. newfangulnes; F. new fanglesse.
F. Toke. D. sted-; F. stid-.
F. proude.
Harl. D. cladde; F. clad.
F. whethir.
F. lesse grete.
Harl. Cx. omit the, which F. and others insert after is.
Harl. Tn. firste; F. first.
F. founde.
Harl. Tn. D. couer; Cx. couere; F. coueren.
F. Tn. pleyn.
All swore.
Harl. Tn. mente; F. ment.
D. Cx. theef; F. thefe. Harl. Tn. wente; F. went.
Tn. herte; F. hert. Cx. enduren; rest endure.
F. feir.
Cx. swowneth; D. sownyth; F. swoneth.
Harl. Tn. D. grounde; F. ground. F. dede; ston.
Harl. Al; rest om. Cx. Crampissheth; Lt. Crampuissheth; Tn. Crampicheth; F. cravmpyssh e.
F. agon.
Harl. Noon; Cx. None; the rest insert Ne before Noon. For she speketh, all the MSS. have speketh she.
F. mercie; hert.
F. B. for; rest forth.
Tn. D. nothir; F. nouther.
F. wher; rest where.
Harl. nought; Cx. not ( for never). Harl. D. Cx. whether; but wher is short for whether. Cf. Compt. unto Pite, 110; see note.
All but Harl. Cx. Th. insert up before so; see next line.
F. bridil.
F. worde. B. D. Lt. dredith; F. Tn. dred hit; Harl. Cx. drad; read dradde hit.
Tn. Cx. liste; Harl. lyste; F. lust.
Harl. Cx. vnnethe; F. vnneth. F. list.
All un-to; read to.
Cx. proud; F. proude. Harl. Cx. held; F. helde.
Harl. withouten; F. with out. Harl. Cx. mete; rest fee. F. B. Lt. shippe; D. ship e; Cx. sype; Harl. shepe (!); Tn. shep (!).
D. yaf; F. yafe.
Harl. owne; F. ovne.
Harl. Tn. D. thrifty; F. thrifte.
B. here; F. her (i. e. here ); Tn. D. here of; Cx. Lt. hede of.
Tn. Cx. liste ( pt. t. ); F. list. Harl. Cx. dere herte; F. her der hert.
All meke.
All kynde (kinde). F. hert.
Harl. Cx. he ( twice ); F. and others wrongly have they the 2nd time.
F. Tn. be; rest by.
F. sawe.
Harl. Tn. caste; F. cast.
Harl. owne; F. ovne.
Th. sente; D. Cx. sende; rest sent. F. B. omit hit; rest retain.
Harl. thirllethe; Cx. thirleth; F. B. thirled (!).
B. swerd; F. suerde. F. y-whet; B. I-whet; rest whet;
Tn. herte; F. hert. Harl. Tn. D. blak; F. blake.
Harl. Cx. in. rest to; see 215.
Tn. B. Lt. surete; F. suerte. F. B. in to; rest in. D. Cx. a whaped; Harl. a whaaped; F. a waped.
Harl. for; rest om.
Harl. trewest; F. truest. Harl. hir; Cx. her; F. and others him ( but see l. 218).
F. dothe.
Harl. any; F. eny.
F. hert.
F. B. cleped; rest called. F. hertis life.
Harl. D. Cx. B. plight; F. I-plyght.
So Tn. Harl. Cx. D. ; F. B. Alas now hath he left me causeles.
Tn. herte, pees; F. hert, pes.
B. caught; F. caght. Tn. D. Cx. lees; F. thought.
F. B. me (!); rest him.
F. hert.
F. pleyn. Harl. Tn. harde; F. hard.
F. yafe; hert.
F. harme.
F. certis. All be founde; but be is copied in from the line above; see l. 47.
F. helpe.
Tn. desteny; F. destany. F. B. om. ful.
F. seide ( twice ).
F. souereigne.
I supply and from Cx. ; Harl. has And is there nowe neyther.
Lt. vouchesauf; Cx. vouchen sauf; F. vouchesafe.
F. certis.
F. B. causer ( for caus-e); rest cause.
F. dedely.
F. oght.
Harl. Lt. slee; Tn. D. Cx. sle; F. slene. F. frende.
Harl. wot; F. wote.
Harl. Cx. But for I was so pleyne, Arcyte, In all e my werkes, much and lyte; and omit was in l. 266.
F. honor. Tn. saue; F. D. safe; Harl. Cx. sauf.
F. put.
Harl. Tn. recche; F. rek.
F. B. om. that. F. suerde.
Tn. herte; F. hert. F. thro.
F. suete.
Harl. Tn. vntrewe; F. vntrew.
Harl. putte; F. put.
Tn. D. Ff. Lt. turne; rest come.
Tn. Harl. Cx. D. Lt. And then shall this that now is mis ben (be); F. B. And turne al this that hath be mys to.
F. foryeve; Tn. foryife; Harl. 372, foryiue ( rightly ).
F. hert. Harl. seyne ( gerund ); F. seyn.
F. wheder; prey; pleyn.
F. cheyn, tweyn, peyn.
D. verily; F. verrely.
Harl. Cx. omit this stanza. F. dethe ( wrongly ); rest deth. All soght, sought; read y-soght.
D. B. mordre; F. mo ur dre.
F. vnkyndnesse.
Tn. D. faste; F. fast.
F. avaunt. Tn. B. Lt. bet; F. bet er.
Tn. Lt. With oute; F. With out.
Some of the final rimes in this stanza are forced ones. F. B. shal; rest sholde (shulde). F. prey.
F. dethe; Harl. Cx. dye. F. foule.
F. mercie. Tn. gilteles; F. giltles.
Harl. pleyne; F. pleyn. F. lyfe. Harl. Cx. ins. that; F. and others omit.
Tn. D. unto; F. to.
F. skorne.
F. B. om. hit.
F. and others insert to before have; Tn. D. Lt. Cx. omit.
D. hadde; F. had.
F. Apprile; Harl. Aueryll.
F. B. yow be; rest om. be. F. stidfast.
F. souereigne.
F. slayn.
Tn. D. Lt. She; Harl. Sheo; rest Who. F. B. insert she before shal.
F. om. 1 st a.
Is] F. this (!)
Harl. fleen; Cx. fle ( for renne). F. lest.
Harl. Cx. But; rest Now. F. mercie. F. myssey ( omitting e in -eye throughout, wrongly ); Harl. myssaye, c.
So F. B. ; rest Have I ought seyd out of the weye. F. seyde.
Harl. Cx. half ( for al).
F. dothe; songe. F. chaunt plure; Harl. Chaunte pleure.
F. pleyn.
F. borne.
Harl. Cx. nys; F. B. D. ther is no; Tn. ther nis no ( too many syllables ).
F. furlonge. F. B. other ( for or); rest or.
F. thenketh; Tn. thynketh.
Tn. stant; F. stont.
Harl. Cx. To profren efte; D. Tn. Lt. Efte to profre; F. B. To suere yet. Tn. D. Cx. Lt. assure; F. asure.
F. trew; mercie. Harl. and love me til I dye; Cx. and love me til he deye.
F. B. this; D. Tn. suche; Harl. Cx. thilke.
F. reche; Tn. D. recche; and so with feche, c.
F. destany; Tn. destyne ( for the rime ).
F. weyke.
Harl. D. Cx. yeve; F. yf; Tn. gife.
F. efte. Tn. Cx. putten; F. put.
Tn. deth; F. dethe. Tn. D. Lt. Ff. insert in; rest om.
Harl. Tn. destenye; D. destynye; F. destany.
F. Analida. F. B. to; rest so.
This stanza only occurs in Tn. D. Lt. Ff. Th. ; I follow Tn. mainly. Tn. Annelida; wofull.
Tn. Lt. Ff. of; D. with.
D. Th. deed; rest dede. D. betwixe; Th. betwyxe; Ff. bitwixte; Tn. Lt. betwix.
Tn. felle; Th. fel. Ff. a swowe; Tn. a swow.
Lt. Th. avoweth; D. avowith; Tn. avoyth.
Tn. With-Inne; rest With-in. Tn. sorofull e.
Tn. shapyn; aftyr. shal after] Lt. Th. may plainly.
T. scryveyne; byfalle.
T. Troylus for to; nuwe.
T. thy long lokkes ( see note); thowe.
T. affter; makyng thowe wryte more truwe ( see note).
T. offt; renuwe.
T. It; corect; Stowe has correcte. T. eke.
T. thorugh; neclygence.
I. Blysful; paysyble.
I. poeples; Hh. peplis.
I. paied of the; Hh. paied with the ( but omit the). I. fructes; Hh. frutes.
I. Whiche.
I. weere; Hh. were. I. Hh. owtrage.
I. Onknowyn. I. quyerne; Hh. qwerne. I. ek.
I. swych pownage.
I. grownd; wownded; plowh.
I. gnodded; Hh. knoddyd; read gniden; see note. I. I-nowh.
I. knewe; Hh. knew.
I. owt; flynt; fonde.
I. spices.
I. sawse; Hh. sause. I. galentyne; Hh. galantine.
I. madyr; Hh. madder. Hh. wellyd ( wrongly ). I. wod; Hh. woode.
I. knewh. I. fles; Hh. flese ( for flees). I. is ( for his); Hh. hys.
I. flessh; wyste.
I. knewh. Hh. was; I. is.
I. inserts batails ( Hh. batayllys) after No.
I. owt-.
I. towres; rownde.
I. profyt; rychesse.
I. corsed; Hh. cursyd.
I. fyrst; Hh. first. I. dede; bysynesse.
I. lurkynge. Hh. derknesse; I. dirkenesse.
I. Ryuerys fyrst gemmys sowhte.
I. cursydnesse.
Hh. couetyse; I. coueytyse. I. fyrst owr; browhte.
I. Thyse tyrau n tz. Both put.
I. inserts places ( Hh. place of) after No. I. wynne.
I. vitayle; ek.
I nat ( for noght); Hh. nowt.
I. synne.
I. Cyte. I. forto asayle; Hh. for to asayle.
Hh. were; I. was.
I. kaues. I. Hh. om. 2 nd in; which I supply.
I. Sleptin; blyssed; withowte.
Hh. On; I. Or. I. parfyt Ioye reste and quiete (!); Hh. parfite Ioy and quiete (!).
I. down.
I. kyd. I. surte; Hh. surt.
I. weere; on; -owte.
I. Euerych; oother.
I. hawberke.
I. lambyssh. I. poeple; Hh. pepyl. Hh. voyd; I. voyded. Hh. vice; I. vyse.
I. fantesye.
I. eche; oother.
I. pride.
I. tyranye.
Hh. Humblesse; I. Vmblesse. I. pes.
Not in the MSS.; I supply it. Koch suggests —Yit hadden in this worlde the maistrye.
I. Iuppiter; Hh. Iupiter. I. lykerous.
I. fyrst; fadyr; delicasie.
I. desyrous.
I. regne; towres.
Hh. men; which I. omits.
I. owre.
I. Hh. omit first And, which I supply. I. Hh. Dowblenesse.
I. Poyson and manslawtre; Hh. Poysonne manslawtyr. Finit, c.; in Hh. only.
F. pouerte; rest poure (poore, pore, poeere).
I. fynaly; deffye.
I. mochel; the rest muche, moche.
I. fors; thi reddowr.
I. stidfast chaumpyoun.
I. myht; thi tormentowr.
I. fownde thow.
I. the deseyte; A. T. H. om. the.
I. most.
I. knew; rest knowe. I. ek.
I. fynaly; the deffye.
H. seystow; I. seysthow. I. ( only ) om. to.
So I. ; rest Thou shalt not stryue.
I. woost thow; B. wostow; A. T. wostowe.
I. derkyd; rest derke (derk). T. from hir; H. from ther; A. frome theire; F. B. fro; I. for.
H. seestow; A. T. seestowe; I. partly erased.
I. Wolthow; B. Woltow.
I. most thow; H. thow must; the rest maystow, maisthow, maistow.
I. dempne; F. B. H. dampne.
I. maysthow; B. maistou; H. maystow.
I. thanke to; F. thanke yt; B. thanke it; H. thank it nat: (Lansdowne and Pepys also have thank it).
I. apresse; rest oppresse.
I. A. or; rest and.
I. welkne; A. B. H. welkin; F. welkene; T. sky.
I. brutelnesse; T. brutilnesse; F. B. H. brotelnesse; A. brittelnesse. After l. 64, a new rubric is wrongly inserted, thus: I. Le pleintif; F. B. H. Le pleintif encontre Fortune; A. The Pleyntyff ageinst Fortune; T. Thaunswer of the Lover ayenst Fortune; see note.
A. F. þexecucion; B. thexecucyon; I. excussyoun. I. maieste; rest magestee (mageste).
I. intersse ( sic ); (Lansd. and Pepys intresse); T. F. B. interesse; A. H. encresse.
I. gentilesses; the rest gentilesse.
A. F. B. H. And; I. T. That. I. lest; rest list (liste). At end — B. Explicit.
P. Yowre two yen; but read Your yen two; for in ll., 6, 11, the MS. has Your yen, c. P. wolle sle.
them; read hem.
wondeth it thorowout (out in the margin ).
will e.
Mi hertis wound while; it.
Yo ur yen, c.
trouth.
liffe; deth.
deth; trouth.
Yo ur yen, c.
yowr e.
nauailleth; pleyn.
danger.
deth.
soth; fayn.
So hath yo ur, c.
compased.
grete; atteyn.
peyn.
So hath yo ur beaute, c.
neu er e.
fre.
answer e sey.
Syn I fro loue, c.
I strike.
this is ( read ther is).
Syn I fro loue, c.
mapamonde.
cristall.
chekys.
ioconde.
Reuell; se; dance.
Thoght ( see 16); daliance.
semy ( sic ); read seemly; fynall, fo r final ( misreading of imal).
Makyth; ioy; blys.
curtaysly.
I wounde.
deuyne.
trew.
refreyde ( with be above the line, just before it ); affounde.
amorouse.
lyst; wyl.
daliance.
E. Suffise. E. good; T. goode; At. Ct. thing; Gg. þyng.
At. blent; T. blenteþe; Gg. blyndyþ; E. blyndeth; Ct. blindeth; see note.
E. the.
T. inserts thee before shal.
Tempest] Harl. F. T. Peyne.
E. trist; the rest trust.
Gg. Gret reste; T. Gret rest; E. For gret reste; Ct. For greet rest; At. Mych wele. E. bisynesse; rest besynesse.
E. ek; agayn.
E. Ct. Daunt; the rest Daunte.
T. inserts thee before shal.
E. the; boxomnesse.
Know thy contree] Harl. F. T. Loke vp on hie. E. lok; the rest loke, looke.
For Hold the hye wey, Harl. F. and others have Weyve thy lust. E. the ( for thee).
T. inserts thee before shal.
At. þine olde wrechedenesse.
At. world.
At. Crie hym; hys hie.
At. þe; nouȝt.
At. Drawe; hym.
At. þe; eke; heuenelyche.
At. schal delyuere. Colophon: so in F.
Cx. first; Harl. ffirste; Ct. firste. T. gentilesse; rest gentilnesse.
Cx. om. alle.
A. T. suwe; Harl. shew ( for sewe); Cx. folowe (!).
Cx. vertue; dignyte.
Cx. not; rest nouȝt, nought, noȝte.
Cx. mytor; A. T. Harl. Add. mytre. Cx. crowne; dyademe.
Cx. rightwisnes.
A. Ct. Ha. pitous; Cx. pyetous.
Cx. besynes.
A. Ageinst; T. Ageynst; Cx. Agayn. Cx. om. the. Cx. honeste.
Cx. eyer; rest heire, heyre, eyre.