163.

Gg. Harl. O. supply Yit; Cx. Yf; rest om. F. yet thou maist hyt; O. mayst thowe; rest yit mayst (may) thou.

165.

F. Ff. om. for.

166.

Gg. wher; rest whether.

167.

Gg. Cx. tendite; F. Trin. to endite.

169.

F. And with; rest om. And.

170.

Gg. confort. Gg. that as; rest went in.

172.

F. om. that ( but over-al ov’r-al).

173.

F. Weren; rest Were.

174.

Gg. O. Ff. of; F. Cx. with ( from line above ).

175.

F. Emerawde. Gg. sothe ( for Ioye, wrongly ).

177.

Cx. O. piler; Gg. pilere; Trin. pylor; F. Harl. peler.

178.

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.

180.

Gg. Ew; rest ewe.

183.

Harl. O. blosmy; Gg. blospemy ( for blossemy); Cx. blossome; Trin. blossom; F. Ff. blossomed.

185.

O. that; Gg. ther; rest omit. Gg. Ff. I-now; O. I-nowe; F. ynowh.

188.

Ff. That swommen; Harl. That swommyn; Gg. That swemyn; Trin. That swymen; Cx. O. That swymmen; F. And swymmynge.

192.

F. That; Gg. Ff. So ( error for Som ); rest Som, Some, Som m e.

193.

Gg. gunne; F. gunnen; rest gan, cane.

194.

F. Trin. om. al.

196.

Cx. Squerels; F. Squerel; rest Squyrelis (Squyrell is, Squerellis).

197.

F. Cx. On; rest Of. Gg. Cx. O. strengis; Trin. stryngys; F. strynge. Gg. a-cord; rest accorde, acorde.

198.

F. om. so. F. Gg. and ( for a, wrongly ); Ff. om.; rest a.

201.

F. om. be; rest have it.

203.

Gg. bryddis; rest foules.

205.

F. ther of; rest of.

206.

Gg. wex; Ff. waxed; F. growen; rest was ( error for wex).

207.

Trin. Cx. Harl. Ne; rest omit.

208.

F. more Ioye; rest Ioye more.

209.

F. No; rest Then ( or Than). F. om. ne; rest ( except Ff. ) retain it. Trin. was ( for wolde).

214.

Gg. Th. wel; F. O. wille; Cx. Trin. wylle; Harl. whill e; see note.

215.

Gg. and rest hire (hir, hyr); F. harde. F. fyle; Trin. vyle ( for fyle); Harl. wyel; rest wile.

216.

F. shul; rest shuld, shulde.

217.

F. om. for.

221.

O. doon by force; Trin. Cx. do by force; Harl. done be force; Gg. don be fore ( sic ); F. goo before.

222.

F. Ff. Disfigured. Gg. Harl. nyl; Cx. Trin. Ff. wil; O. woll e; F. shal.

225.

Gg. saw; F. sawgh. Gg. with outyn; Cx. Ff. with outen; F. with oute.

228.

F. Ff. Trin. omit 1 st and.

229.

F. Ff. Trin. omit here.

230.

F. pelers; rest pilers (pileris, pylors).

231.

F. sawgh. F. glas; rest ( except Ff. ) bras or brasse. Gg. Harl. O. I-founded; Trin. enfoundyd; F. founded.

232.

Gg. daunsedy n; F. daunced.

233.

F. O. om. ther.

234.

F. om. were; rest retain.

236.

Gg. ȝer be ȝeere; Trin. Cx. Harl. yere by yere; F. fro yere to yere.

237.

Trin. O. of douys; Gg. of dowis; Cx. of duues; Harl. of dofes; Ff. of dowfs; F. saugh I ( sic ).

238.

F. Of dowves white ( sic ); Ff. Saw I sitte; rest Saw I syttynge. Trin. Cx. Harl. O. thousand ( for hundred).

240.

F. om. with.

241.

Gg. and rest by hire syde ( for hir besyde).

244.

F. om. eek; rest retain.

246.

Gg. sykys.

248.

Gg. sikis.

250.

Trin. Cx. flame. F. om. wel; rest retain it.

252.

Gg. Cam; O. Com; F. Come; Cx. Comen; Trin. Harl. Ff. Cometh. Gg. Trin. Cx. goddesse; Harl. goddes (i. e. goddess ); F. O. goddys.

253.

F. sawgh.

255.

Gg. swich; F. suche.

256.

Trin. Cx. Ff. by; rest be.

260.

Gg. priue; F. prevy.

264.

F. saugh.

267.

Gg. goldene; Ff. golden; F. and rest golde or gold.

271.

Cx. wel couerd; Harl. wel couered; Gg. was wel keuerede; Trin. was well e coueryd; F. keuered wel.

272.

Harl. Trin. Ff. sotil. Trin. O. kerchyff; F. keuerchefe; Gg. couercheif; Cx. couerchef.

273.

Gg. nas ( for was). Gg. Harl. alone insert 2 nd no ( but it is wanted ).

275.

Trin. Cx. Bachus; rest Bacus. Gg. wyn; F. wyne.

277.

F. Gg. Harl. Cipride ( rightly ); the rest Cupide (!); see l. 279.

278.

Gg. Cx. O. two; Ff. to; F. the; Trin. Harl. om. Gg. O. Ff. folk ther ( for folkes).

279.

Gg. Trin. let; O. lat; Ff. lett; F. B. Cx. Harl. lete.

283.

Gg. Harl. gunne; F. gonne; rest gan, can.

285.

Gg. Cx. Ff. Ful ( for Of).

288.

Cx. O. Semiramis; Ff. Semiriamis; rest Semiramus ( as in Leg. Good Women, Tisbe, l. 2). Gg. Hercules.

289.

Trin. Harl. Tysbe; F. Cx. Tesbe; Gg. Thisbe.

295.

F. Cx. comen; rest come. F. Ff. that; rest the.

298.

Gg. that; which rest omit ( though wanted ).

303.

F. O. wrongly insert of before Nature.

307.

Gg. Trin. Cx. Ff. they; F. Harl. O. there. After were ( dissyllabic ) Gg. inserts al; needlessly.

308.

Gg. dom; rest dome.

310.

Gg. bryd ( for foul); Cx. birde.

311.

F. On; rest Of. Ff. thenke; rest thynke ( not so well ).

313.

Gg. Ff. eyr ( for see).

316.

F. Alayne; Trin. Alen; rest Aleyn.

317.

Gg. in ( for of). All but Gg. Ff. needlessly insert suche before aray ( caught from line below ).

318.

Gg. swich; F. suche. MSS. myghte, myght; but read mighten.

320.

Gg. Ff. his; rest her, hir ( wrongly ). Cx. owen; Gg. owene; F. ovne; rest owne.

325.

Gg. Cx. hem; Ff. them; O. om.; rest that.

327.

Trin. vale ( for dale).

330.

Gg. ryal; Cx. Harl. O. rial.

338.

F. om. hardy. All eke ( for eek); exceptionally.

343.

Trin. bood; Cx. bodword; rest bode ( dissyllabic ).

344.

Gg. Ff. om. the.

345.

Trin. chowgh; F. choghe; Cx. choughe; Harl. chowhe; Gg. O. Ff. crow ( wrongly ).

346.

Harl. Ff. eles; Gg. O. elis; Trin. elys; F. Cx. egles (!). Trin. Harl. O. insert the before heroun; rest omit.

347.

Gg. false; F. fals. Trin. Cx. lapwynk; O. lappewynk.

348.

Gg. starlyng; rest stare. Gg. bewreye ( but note the rime ).

349.

Gg. rodok.

350.

Gg. orloge; F. orlogge. Gg. thorpis; F. thropes.

352.

Gg. Cx. Ff. grene ( for fresshe).

353.

Trin. Th. flyes; Ff. bryddis; Gg. O. foulis; rest foules (fowles). But flyes is right; see Cant. Ta. I. 468, Boeth. iii. met. 7.

355.

F. his; O. om.; rest hire, hir, her.

356.

Gg. clothis ( for fethers).

357.

F. be ( for by).

359.

F. papiay; Gg. popyniay.

361.

F. Cx. Ff. om. the.

363.

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 ).

367.

Gg. myghtyn; F. myghte.

368.

F. that; Ff. this; Harl. om.; rest the. All but Gg. Ff. ins. of bef. Nature.

369.

Gg. eueriche; O. Ff. euery; F. eche ( badly ).

370.

Gg. Benygnely; F. Benyngly ( sic ).

374.

fonde is pt. t. subjunctive.

375.

Gg. Cx. the ( after and); Ff. moste; rest om.

378.

Gg. bek; F. beke.

379.

Ff. Cx. vicair e; F. vyker.

380.

I insert and after light. Gg. Cx. dreye; rest drye.

381.

Trin. Cx. by; F. be; Gg. with.

383.

Cx. Ff. kepe ( for hede).

384.

Gg. ese; F. ease.

385.

Gg. Ff. ȝow; Cx. you ( for me).

386.

F. Cx. Harl. insert that after how.

387.

Gg. By; F. Be.

389.

F. Trin. Cx. Harl. O. insert With before Your; Gg. Ff. rightly omit.

390.

Gg. Cx. Ff. ordenaunce; rest gouernaunce ( see l. 387).

391.

F. Trin. Harl. O. let (i. e. let go ); Gg. breke; Ff. suffre; Cx. lette.

393.

Gg. terslet ( for tercel). Gg. ful wel; F. wele.

394.

Gg. ryal.

395.

Gg. stel; F. stele.

396.

All have formed.

411.

Cx. yere by yere ( for fro yeer to yere).

413.

Gg. cam.

414.

Gg. O. Ff. om. ful; rest retain.

415.

Trin. Ff. Royall e; F. real; Gg. ryal.

424.

Gg. I may.

426.

Read al-only?

428.

Gg. And if that I to hyre be founde; F. And yf I be founde to hir.

436.

F. As though; rest Al be.

438.

F. knette; Gg. areete; rest knytte, knyt.

439.

Gg. Cx. O. Ne ( for For).

445.

So all. Read whan that she?

446.

Gg. She neythir; Cx. Harl. O. Ff. She neyther; F. Trin. Neyther she.

450.

Gg. O. Ff. shal; rest shulde, shuld.

460.

Gg. that; rest omit.

462.

Gg. the; Trin. Harl. ye; rest she.

463.

Gg. thredde; Trin. Ff. thryd; F. thirdde.

467.

F. om. Nature.

473.

Gg. yeer and as ( for winter and).

476.

F. om. ful.

479.

Gg. seyn; F. say.

480.

Gg. Ff. ese; rest plese.

481.

Gg. shorte; F. short.

482.

Ff. hyres; F. hirse (!).

487.

I supply so. Gg. hadde; F. had.

488.

F. rehersen; rest reherse (reherce).

490.

Gg. drow; Cx. wente; rest went ( badly ).

494.

Cx. Harl. wil; F. wol.

495.

Gg. pletynge; Trin. Cx. Harl. pletyng.

498.

So Gg. ; rest The goos, the duk, and the cukkowe also ( wrongly; see next line ).

501.

F. seyde tho; rest omit tho. Gg. Ff. nys not; Trin. O. ys nat; Cx. is not; F. Harl. om. not.

503.

Gg. Cx. I; rest om.

507.

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.

510.

Trin. Seyde; Cx. Said; rest Quod.

511.

F. good; Cx. better ( for as good); rest fayr.

514.

Gg. bet; rest better.

515.

Gg. entirmety n; F. entremete.

517.

All but Gg. Cx. ins. hyt (it, yt) bef. doth.

518.

Ff. vncom m aundet; O. vnconveyid; Gg. onquit (!); rest vncommytted.

520.

Gg. om. behynde; Trin. Harl. blynde; Cx. by kynde; rest behynde.

523.

F. O. Ff. for to ( for to). F. delyueren; rest delyuere (deliver). F. Gg. Harl. from; rest fro.

524.

Cx. charge ( for Iuge).

527.

Most MSS. insert the before foules; which Gg. Th. and Longleat MS. omit.

530.

All but Cx. Ff. ins. to after list.

534.

Trin. Th. preue; Gg. proue; F. preven.

536.

Gg. swich; F. suche.

537.

Gg. non by skillis; F. and rest by skilles may non ( badly ).

540.

Cx. terselis egles.

543.

Gg. ne; rest omit.

544.

F. om. gon.

545.

Gg. Cx. Oure; rest Oures, Ours.

549.

Gg. O. hath; rest had.

551.

Gg. sittyngest; rest sittynge.

553.

Cx. Harl. ethe ( for light).

556.

Gg. O. gole; Ff. goler; Cx. golye; Ff. golee; Trin. Harl. wyll e.

558.

Gg. facounde so; Ff. facounde; Cx. faconde; F. faucond.

560.

F. Cx. Ff. needlessly insert to after preyd-e.

564.

All but Gg. insert forth before bringe.

569.

For Quod read Seyde?

570.

Gg. sich ( for swich); F. suche.

575.

F. laughtre.

576.

F. Harl. Ff. foules; Trin. fowle; Cx. fowl; O. foule; Gg. ful (!).

577.

Gg. gunne; Ff. gonne; rest gan.

588.

Harl. hires; Gg. hire; Cx. hers; rest hirs. Trin. Harl. om. that ( perhaps rightly ).

589.

Gg. Cx. Ff. doke; F. duk.

590.

F. Ff. shulden.

592.

F. Gg. murye; rest mery.

594.

Gg. O. yit; Ff. yet; rest om.

599.

Gg. by; F. be (1 st time ).

602.

Gg. Th. nat; F. neyther.

603.

F. put; Gg. putte.

606.

Cx. Ff. recche; F. Gg. Harl. reche; Trin. O. rek.

611.

Gg. Merlioun; Trin. O. Merlyon; Cx. merlion; F. Ff. Emerlyon.

612.

F. om. 1 st the. Harl. heysugge; O. heysugg; Cx. heysug; Ff. haysugge; F. haysogge; Gg. heysoge; Trin. heysoke.

613.

Gg. reufulles (!); Pepys rowthfull; rest rewful (!).

621.

Gg. han; rest haue. Gg. Cx. the; rest hir, hyr.

623.

F. cheest; Gg. chesith; Trin. cheseth; Harl. chesithe. F. han hir; Gg. hire han; Trin. hyr hafe; Cx. Harl. Ff. her haue.

626.

Gg. hire this fauour; Trin. Harl. to hyr thys fauour; F. and rest thys fauour to hir.

630.

Ff. ye; Harl. yee; Trin. ey; rest eye.

632.

F. Gg. I ( for hit). Gg. certis; rest omit.

637.

All but Gg. Cx. insert hit ( or it) after That or yow. Th. ben; Cx. haue ben; rest to ben (be).

641.

Gg. As is a-nothir lyuis creature. O. alone ins. Like bef. As.

642.

Gg. mot; rest moste (muste).

643.

Gg. grau n tyth; rest graunte, graunt ( badly ).

644.

Trin. Cx. Harl. I wyll yow; O. I woll ȝewe; F. Ff. yow wol I.

652.

F. Cipride; Harl. Cypride; Ff. Sypryde; rest Cupide ( cf. ll. 212, 277).

654.

F. other weyes; Cx. other wayes; O. othir wey ( perhaps best ); Gg. othirwise; Ff. other-wyse; Trin. Harl. other ( sic ).

655.

Gg. Harl. tho; rest om.

659.

F. terceletys; Th. tercelets.

660.

F. al; Gg. alle.

665.

F. O. entremesse; Ff. entremeese; Th. entremes; Gg. entyrmes; Harl. entermes.

666.

F. wroght; rest brought, broght.

669.

F. A; Gg. But; rest And. Gg. Ioye; F. Ioy.

672.

Gg. Thankynge; F. Thonkyng. Gg. queen; rest goddesse, goddes.

678.

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.

680.

Digb. Nowe welcome.

681.

Gg. wintres wedres; Digb. wynter wedirs.

682.

Gg. And; Digb. Hast. Digb. drevyn; Gg. dreuyne. Digb. nyghtis; Gg. nyghtes.

684.

Digb. syngen; Fowlis.

687.

Gg. O. Wele.

688.

Gg. O. hem; Digb. them.

689.

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).

693.

F. showtynge.

694.

Gg. mady n; Ff. maden; F. made.

698.

Trin. fynde ( for mete).

699.

Ff. nyl; Gg. nele; F. O. wol; Trin. wyll e; Cx. wil.

1.

Sh. nightes; see l. 8.

2, 3.

hir] Sh. theyre.

7.

Ed. (1561) dispaired.

12.

Sh. me; Ed. my.

14.

All insert now before doth.

16.

Sh. This loue that hathe me set; I omit that, and supply eek.

17.

I supply he (i. e. Love).

19.

Sh. and yit my; I omit yit, and supply fro.

31.

Sh. is eek.

32.

Sh. The wyse eknytte; Ph. The wise I-knyt ( corrupt? )

33.

Sh. hir she; I omit she.

36.

Corrupt? Perhaps read richest creature.

40.

Sh. fury.

42.

Read of alle his?

44.

Sh. In; I read With-in.

45.

I supply eek.

54.

Sh. ins. lo after is.

55.

Sh. ins. lo after fere.

57.

Sh. ins. lo after lede.

68.

Sh. euer do.

70.

I supply that.

71.

I supply a.

72.

Sh. ins. of after bothe.

76.

Sh. koude best; Ph. om. best.

77.

Sh. noon fayner.

78.

Sh. youre; read yow.

79.

Sh. wist that were; om. that. Sh. your hyenesse ( repeated from l. 76; wrongly ); read yow distresse.

82.

Sh. ins. þane before is.

83.

Sh. wille; Ph. Ed. wil.

86.

Sh. better.

88.

Sh. leuethe; Ph. lovith.

96.

I supply now.

98.

Sh. ne wil ( for nil).

100.

Ed. (1561) has set so hy vpon your whele.

102.

Sh. beon euer.

103.

Sh. man can; I omit man. I supply here; the line is imperfect.

104.

Sh. But the; I omit But.

113.

Ed. om. a.

114.

Sh. nought; read nothing.

116.

Sh. whyles.

118.

I supply me.

120.

Sh. no trewer so verrayly; Ed. no trewer verely ( false rime ).

121.

I supply Why.

126.

I supply is.

127.

Ph. For wele; omit For.

129.

Ph. That yow myght offenden.

132.

Ph. no blisse.

133.

Ph. dwelle withyn. Colophon. Ph. Explicit Pyte: dan Chaucer Lauteire (?).

1.

Tn. ferse; F. fers.

3.

Harl. D. Cx. temple; rest temples.

6.

F. songe. F. contynew; D. contynue. F. guye; Tn. gye.

7.

F. I to the; Harl. Tn. D. to the I.

9.

Cx. for tendyte; Harl. for to endite; rest to endyte.

11.

F. Analida; Cx. Anelida; Tn. D. Annelida.

12.

Harl. that; Cx. that ( for which); rest om.

15.

F. eke. Harl. Polymea; rest Polymya, Polymia; Th. Polymnia.

16.

Harl. Cx. with; rest hath (!). Harl. Cx. sustren.

17.

F. B. Cx. Cirrea; D. Cirea; Tn. Circa ( wrongly ).

20.

Tn. ship; F. shippe. After l. 21, 3 Latin lines are quoted from Statius (see note).

23.

F. folke. Cx. Cithye.

24.

Harl. D. Cx. Lt. With; F. The ( caught from l. 23). D. crowned; F. corovned.

25.

All Home. Tn. ycome; F. he come.

27.

Cx. cryeden; but rest cryden, criden. Harl. unto; rest to. Tn. wente; F. went.

28.

Tn. entente; F. entent.

29.

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.

31.

Cx. tokening. Harl. and tokenyng of his glorie.

32.

F. sene; Harl. seen.

33.

Tn. many; F. mony (5 times ).

35.

on] Harl. Cx. and.

36.

Tn. Ypolita. F. wife.

37.

Harl. D. Cithea. D. hadde; Lt. hade; rest had.

39.

F. chare. D. ladde; Lt. lade; rest lad.

40.

Harl. ground; F. grounde. D. spradde; rest sprad.

41.

Harl. Cx. the; rest omit.

42.

F. Fulfilled; al.

43.

D. Cx. Lt. crowned; rest corouned.

44.

F. yevyng; Tn. gifeynge.

45.

F. B. Let; rest Lete.

46.

F. ryding; Tn. ridinge.

47.

F. bring; Tn. brynge.

48.

D. slye ( rightly ); Tn. sly; F. sley.

50.

F. thro. Harl. Tn. D. furious; F. furiouse.

51.

Harl. Tn. wrath; F. wrethe.

52.

F. hertis.

53.

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.

55.

D. among; F. amonge. D. bothe; F. both ( but wrothe in l. 56).

56.

F. eueriche.

58.

Harl. Parthonopee; Cx. Parthonope; D. Partonope; Tn. Partinope; F. B. Prothonolope (!).

59.

Harl. Tn. dede; F. ded. I supply was, which sense and metre require; Cx. supplies and. F. proude.

60.

So F. Tn. B. Lt. ; Harl. D. Cx. put wrechid (wrecchid) for wrecches.

61.

Cx. hom; rest home.

62.

F. stode.

66.

F. helde.

70.

F. folke.

72.

Tn. dwellynge; F. duellyng.

73.

F. sunne; Harl. Tn. D. Cx. sonne.

74.

D. Through; F. Thorogh. Tn. sprynge; F. spring.

75.

Tn. likynge; F. likyng.

77.

Harl. Tn. D. Cx. the; F. thes.

78.

twenty is written xxii in the MSS. D. olde; Cx. olde; Lt. of olde; Harl. eld; rest of elde.

79.

Tn. mydell e; F. mydil. F. suche.

80.

F. Ioy.

81.

D. stedfastnesse; F. stidfastnesse.

82.

F. B. both; rest hath. Harl. Th. penelope; F. and others penolope.

84.

Harl. ne; rest om. Tn. myghte; F. myght.

85.

I supply Arcite; line too short. F. seyne.

86.

Harl. yong; F. yonge. Harl. there with all e ( so D. Cx. Lt. ); rest therto with al.

87.

F. pleyne.

88.

Harl. any; F. eny.

89.

D. Lt. Cx. wan; F. whan (!).

90.

F. ferforthe. F. can; rest gan.

91.

Th. Tn. Harl. trusteth; rest trusted; read trust. D. any; F. eny.

93.

F. eny throw.

94.

F. thoght; hert.

95.

F. bane.

96.

F. hert.

101.

Harl. Tn. D. B. swore ( for swoor); Cx. sware; F. sworne.

105.

Tn. thenketh; F. thinketh.

106.

F. fonde; suche.

107.

F. B. wrongly insert both before moche; rest omit. F. B. and; rest or.

109.

Harl. Cx. that; rest omit.

110.

F. wiche; myght.

111.

Tn. yeuen; F. yevin.

112.

F. dyd her hert an ese; Harl. Cx. omit hert an; others vary.

114, 118.

D. any; F. eny.

116.

Tn. D. B. full e; rest ful.

119.

( See 126.) Harl. Cx. heste; rest herte, hert.

120.

F. eke. Tn. Ielous; F. Ielouse. D. Cx. here ( for the rime ); F. her.

121.

Harl. any; F. eny. F. seyde.

123.

F. worde. Harl. Tn. apayde; F. apaied; D. B. apaid.

124.

F. wend. Cx. brayd; Tn. breyde; F. breyed.

125.

Harl. Cx. this nas; rest was. D. sleight; Cx. sleyght; F. sleght.

126.

Harl. Withouten; F. With out; ( and so in 119).

127.

F. toke. F. B. as; rest so.

128.

Harl. Tn. wille; F. wil. F. thoght. Koch proposes to omit hit.

129.

All ins. she after lenger; it is not wanted.

131.

F. ringe.

132.

Harl. Cx. So; rest For so. Harl. Tn. entente; F. entent.

133.

Tn. herte; F. hert. Harl. Tn. wente; F. went.

135.

F. toke; kepe.

136.

Harl. Cx. that; rest omit. Harl. D. Cx. reste; F. rest.

137.

Tn. thoghte; F. thoght. Harl. Tn. Cx. alwey; F. ay. F. slepe.

138.

F. wepe.

139.

Cx. fayr; F. feire.

141.

D. newfangilnesse; Tn. newfangulnes; F. new fanglesse.

143.

F. Toke. D. sted-; F. stid-.

144.

F. proude.

145.

Harl. D. cladde; F. clad.

146.

F. whethir.

148.

F. lesse grete.

149.

Harl. Cx. omit the, which F. and others insert after is.

152.

Harl. Tn. firste; F. first.

154.

F. founde.

156.

Harl. Tn. D. couer; Cx. couere; F. coueren.

157.

F. Tn. pleyn.

159, 161.

All swore.

160.

Harl. Tn. mente; F. ment.

161.

D. Cx. theef; F. thefe. Harl. Tn. wente; F. went.

162.

Tn. herte; F. hert. Cx. enduren; rest endure.

167.

F. feir.

169.

Cx. swowneth; D. sownyth; F. swoneth.

170.

Harl. Tn. D. grounde; F. ground. F. dede; ston.

171.

Harl. Al; rest om. Cx. Crampissheth; Lt. Crampuissheth; Tn. Crampicheth; F. cravmpyssh e.

172.

F. agon.

174.

Harl. Noon; Cx. None; the rest insert Ne before Noon. For she speketh, all the MSS. have speketh she.

175.

F. mercie; hert.

178.

F. B. for; rest forth.

179.

Tn. D. nothir; F. nouther.

180.

F. wher; rest where.

182.

Harl. nought; Cx. not ( for never). Harl. D. Cx. whether; but wher is short for whether. Cf. Compt. unto Pite, 110; see note.

183.

All but Harl. Cx. Th. insert up before so; see next line.

184.

F. bridil.

185.

F. worde. B. D. Lt. dredith; F. Tn. dred hit; Harl. Cx. drad; read dradde hit.

187.

Tn. Cx. liste; Harl. lyste; F. lust.

190.

Harl. Cx. vnnethe; F. vnneth. F. list.

191.

All un-to; read to.

192.

Cx. proud; F. proude. Harl. Cx. held; F. helde.

193.

Harl. withouten; F. with out. Harl. Cx. mete; rest fee. F. B. Lt. shippe; D. ship e; Cx. sype; Harl. shepe (!); Tn. shep (!).

195.

D. yaf; F. yafe.

196.

Harl. owne; F. ovne.

197.

Harl. Tn. D. thrifty; F. thrifte.

198.

B. here; F. her (i. e. here ); Tn. D. here of; Cx. Lt. hede of.

199.

Tn. Cx. liste ( pt. t. ); F. list. Harl. Cx. dere herte; F. her der hert.

200.

All meke.

201.

All kynde (kinde). F. hert.

203.

Harl. Cx. he ( twice ); F. and others wrongly have they the 2nd time.

205.

F. Tn. be; rest by.

206.

F. sawe.

208.

Harl. Tn. caste; F. cast.

209.

Harl. owne; F. ovne.

210.

Th. sente; D. Cx. sende; rest sent. F. B. omit hit; rest retain.

211.

Harl. thirllethe; Cx. thirleth; F. B. thirled (!).

212.

B. swerd; F. suerde. F. y-whet; B. I-whet; rest whet;

213.

Tn. herte; F. hert. Harl. Tn. D. blak; F. blake.

214.

Harl. Cx. in. rest to; see 215.

215.

Tn. B. Lt. surete; F. suerte. F. B. in to; rest in. D. Cx. a whaped; Harl. a whaaped; F. a waped.

216.

Harl. for; rest om.

217.

Harl. trewest; F. truest. Harl. hir; Cx. her; F. and others him ( but see l. 218).

218.

F. dothe.

220.

Harl. any; F. eny.

221.

F. hert.

223.

F. B. cleped; rest called. F. hertis life.

227.

Harl. D. Cx. B. plight; F. I-plyght.

229.

So Tn. Harl. Cx. D. ; F. B. Alas now hath he left me causeles.

232.

Tn. herte, pees; F. hert, pes.

233.

B. caught; F. caght. Tn. D. Cx. lees; F. thought.

234.

F. B. me (!); rest him.

235.

F. hert.

238.

F. pleyn. Harl. Tn. harde; F. hard.

239.

F. yafe; hert.

240.

F. harme.

241.

F. certis. All be founde; but be is copied in from the line above; see l. 47.

242.

F. helpe.

243.

Tn. desteny; F. destany. F. B. om. ful.

246.

F. seide ( twice ).

252.

F. souereigne.

253.

I supply and from Cx. ; Harl. has And is there nowe neyther.

254.

Lt. vouchesauf; Cx. vouchen sauf; F. vouchesafe.

256.

F. certis.

257.

F. B. causer ( for caus-e); rest cause.

258.

F. dedely.

259.

F. oght.

260.

Harl. Lt. slee; Tn. D. Cx. sle; F. slene. F. frende.

263.

Harl. wot; F. wote.

264, 265.

Harl. Cx. But for I was so pleyne, Arcyte, In all e my werkes, much and lyte; and omit was in l. 266.

267.

F. honor. Tn. saue; F. D. safe; Harl. Cx. sauf.

268.

F. put.

269.

Harl. Tn. recche; F. rek.

270.

F. B. om. that. F. suerde.

271.

Tn. herte; F. hert. F. thro.

272.

F. suete.

274.

Harl. Tn. vntrewe; F. vntrew.

275.

Harl. putte; F. put.

278.

Tn. D. Ff. Lt. turne; rest come.

279.

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.

280.

F. foryeve; Tn. foryife; Harl. 372, foryiue ( rightly ).

281.

F. hert. Harl. seyne ( gerund ); F. seyn.

282.

F. wheder; prey; pleyn.

284, 5, 8.

F. cheyn, tweyn, peyn.

288.

D. verily; F. verrely.

290.

Harl. Cx. omit this stanza. F. dethe ( wrongly ); rest deth. All soght, sought; read y-soght.

291.

D. B. mordre; F. mo ur dre.

292.

F. vnkyndnesse.

293.

Tn. D. faste; F. fast.

296.

F. avaunt. Tn. B. Lt. bet; F. bet er.

298.

Tn. Lt. With oute; F. With out.

299.

Some of the final rimes in this stanza are forced ones. F. B. shal; rest sholde (shulde). F. prey.

300.

F. dethe; Harl. Cx. dye. F. foule.

301.

F. mercie. Tn. gilteles; F. giltles.

302.

Harl. pleyne; F. pleyn. F. lyfe. Harl. Cx. ins. that; F. and others omit.

304.

Tn. D. unto; F. to.

305.

F. skorne.

306.

F. B. om. hit.

307.

F. and others insert to before have; Tn. D. Lt. Cx. omit.

308.

D. hadde; F. had.

309.

F. Apprile; Harl. Aueryll.

310.

F. B. yow be; rest om. be. F. stidfast.

311.

F. souereigne.

312.

F. slayn.

313.

Tn. D. Lt. She; Harl. Sheo; rest Who. F. B. insert she before shal.

314.

F. om. 1 st a.

315.

Is] F. this (!)

316.

Harl. fleen; Cx. fle ( for renne). F. lest.

317.

Harl. Cx. But; rest Now. F. mercie. F. myssey ( omitting e in -eye throughout, wrongly ); Harl. myssaye, c.

318.

So F. B. ; rest Have I ought seyd out of the weye. F. seyde.

319.

Harl. Cx. half ( for al).

320.

F. dothe; songe. F. chaunt plure; Harl. Chaunte pleure.

321.

F. pleyn.

323.

F. borne.

325.

Harl. Cx. nys; F. B. D. ther is no; Tn. ther nis no ( too many syllables ).

328.

F. furlonge. F. B. other ( for or); rest or.

329.

F. thenketh; Tn. thynketh.

330.

Tn. stant; F. stont.

331.

Harl. Cx. To profren efte; D. Tn. Lt. Efte to profre; F. B. To suere yet. Tn. D. Cx. Lt. assure; F. asure.

332.

F. trew; mercie. Harl. and love me til I dye; Cx. and love me til he deye.

334.

F. B. this; D. Tn. suche; Harl. Cx. thilke.

335.

F. reche; Tn. D. recche; and so with feche, c.

339.

F. destany; Tn. destyne ( for the rime ).

341.

F. weyke.

343.

Harl. D. Cx. yeve; F. yf; Tn. gife.

344.

F. efte. Tn. Cx. putten; F. put.

347.

Tn. deth; F. dethe. Tn. D. Lt. Ff. insert in; rest om.

348.

Harl. Tn. destenye; D. destynye; F. destany.

349.

F. Analida. F. B. to; rest so.

351.

This stanza only occurs in Tn. D. Lt. Ff. Th. ; I follow Tn. mainly. Tn. Annelida; wofull.

352.

Tn. Lt. Ff. of; D. with.

353.

D. Th. deed; rest dede. D. betwixe; Th. betwyxe; Ff. bitwixte; Tn. Lt. betwix.

354.

Tn. felle; Th. fel. Ff. a swowe; Tn. a swow.

355.

Lt. Th. avoweth; D. avowith; Tn. avoyth.

356.

Tn. With-Inne; rest With-in. Tn. sorofull e.

357.

Tn. shapyn; aftyr. shal after] Lt. Th. may plainly.

1.

T. scryveyne; byfalle.

2.

T. Troylus for to; nuwe.

3.

T. thy long lokkes ( see note); thowe.

4.

T. affter; makyng thowe wryte more truwe ( see note).

5.

T. offt; renuwe.

6.

T. It; corect; Stowe has correcte. T. eke.

7.

T. thorugh; neclygence.

1.

I. Blysful; paysyble.

2.

I. poeples; Hh. peplis.

3.

I. paied of the; Hh. paied with the ( but omit the). I. fructes; Hh. frutes.

4.

I. Whiche.

5.

I. weere; Hh. were. I. Hh. owtrage.

6.

I. Onknowyn. I. quyerne; Hh. qwerne. I. ek.

7.

I. swych pownage.

9.

I. grownd; wownded; plowh.

11.

I. gnodded; Hh. knoddyd; read gniden; see note. I. I-nowh.

12.

I. knewe; Hh. knew.

13.

I. owt; flynt; fonde.

15.

I. spices.

16.

I. sawse; Hh. sause. I. galentyne; Hh. galantine.

17.

I. madyr; Hh. madder. Hh. wellyd ( wrongly ). I. wod; Hh. woode.

18.

I. knewh. I. fles; Hh. flese ( for flees). I. is ( for his); Hh. hys.

19.

I. flessh; wyste.

20.

I. knewh. Hh. was; I. is.

23.

I. inserts batails ( Hh. batayllys) after No.

22.

I. owt-.

24.

I. towres; rownde.

26.

I. profyt; rychesse.

27.

I. corsed; Hh. cursyd.

28.

I. fyrst; Hh. first. I. dede; bysynesse.

29.

I. lurkynge. Hh. derknesse; I. dirkenesse.

30.

I. Ryuerys fyrst gemmys sowhte.

31.

I. cursydnesse.

32.

Hh. couetyse; I. coueytyse. I. fyrst owr; browhte.

33.

I. Thyse tyrau n tz. Both put.

34.

I. inserts places ( Hh. place of) after No. I. wynne.

36.

I. vitayle; ek.

37.

I nat ( for noght); Hh. nowt.

39.

I. synne.

40.

I. Cyte. I. forto asayle; Hh. for to asayle.

41.

Hh. were; I. was.

42.

I. kaues. I. Hh. om. 2 nd in; which I supply.

43.

I. Sleptin; blyssed; withowte.

44.

Hh. On; I. Or. I. parfyt Ioye reste and quiete (!); Hh. parfite Ioy and quiete (!).

45.

I. down.

46.

I. kyd. I. surte; Hh. surt.

47.

I. weere; on; -owte.

48.

I. Euerych; oother.

49.

I. hawberke.

50.

I. lambyssh. I. poeple; Hh. pepyl. Hh. voyd; I. voyded. Hh. vice; I. vyse.

51.

I. fantesye.

52.

I. eche; oother.

53.

I. pride.

54.

I. tyranye.

55.

Hh. Humblesse; I. Vmblesse. I. pes.

56.

Not in the MSS.; I supply it. Koch suggests —Yit hadden in this worlde the maistrye.

57.

I. Iuppiter; Hh. Iupiter. I. lykerous.

58.

I. fyrst; fadyr; delicasie.

59.

I. desyrous.

60.

I. regne; towres.

61.

Hh. men; which I. omits.

62.

I. owre.

63.

I. Hh. omit first And, which I supply. I. Hh. Dowblenesse.

64.

I. Poyson and manslawtre; Hh. Poysonne manslawtyr. Finit, c.; in Hh. only.

2.

F. pouerte; rest poure (poore, pore, poeere).

8, 16.

I. fynaly; deffye.

11.

I. mochel; the rest muche, moche.

13.

I. fors; thi reddowr.

17.

I. stidfast chaumpyoun.

18.

I. myht; thi tormentowr.

20.

I. fownde thow.

21.

I. the deseyte; A. T. H. om. the.

22.

I. most.

23.

I. knew; rest knowe. I. ek.

24.

I. fynaly; the deffye.

27.

H. seystow; I. seysthow. I. ( only ) om. to.

30.

So I. ; rest Thou shalt not stryue.

31.

I. woost thow; B. wostow; A. T. wostowe.

36.

I. derkyd; rest derke (derk). T. from hir; H. from ther; A. frome theire; F. B. fro; I. for.

37.

H. seestow; A. T. seestowe; I. partly erased.

43.

I. Wolthow; B. Woltow.

46.

I. most thow; H. thow must; the rest maystow, maisthow, maistow.

49.

I. dempne; F. B. H. dampne.

50.

I. maysthow; B. maistou; H. maystow.

51.

I. thanke to; F. thanke yt; B. thanke it; H. thank it nat: (Lansdowne and Pepys also have thank it).

60.

I. apresse; rest oppresse.

61.

I. A. or; rest and.

62.

I. welkne; A. B. H. welkin; F. welkene; T. sky.

63.

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.

65.

A. F. þexecucion; B. thexecucyon; I. excussyoun. I. maieste; rest magestee (mageste).

71.

I. intersse ( sic ); (Lansd. and Pepys intresse); T. F. B. interesse; A. H. encresse.

73.

I. gentilesses; the rest gentilesse.

77.

A. F. B. H. And; I. T. That. I. lest; rest list (liste). At end B. Explicit.

1.

P. Yowre two yen; but read Your yen two; for in ll., 6, 11, the MS. has Your yen, c. P. wolle sle.

2.

them; read hem.

3.

wondeth it thorowout (out in the margin ).

4.

will e.

5.

Mi hertis wound while; it.

6, 7.

Yo ur yen, c.

8.

trouth.

9.

liffe; deth.

10.

deth; trouth.

11-13.

Yo ur yen, c.

14.

yowr e.

15.

nauailleth; pleyn.

16.

danger.

17.

deth.

18.

soth; fayn.

19, 20.

So hath yo ur, c.

21.

compased.

22.

grete; atteyn.

23.

peyn.

24-26.

So hath yo ur beaute, c.

28.

neu er e.

29.

fre.

30.

answer e sey.

32, 33.

Syn I fro loue, c.

34.

I strike.

36.

this is ( read ther is).

37-39.

Syn I fro loue, c.

2.

mapamonde.

3.

cristall.

4.

chekys.

5.

ioconde.

6.

Reuell; se; dance.

8.

Thoght ( see 16); daliance.

11.

semy ( sic ); read seemly; fynall, fo r final ( misreading of imal).

12.

Makyth; ioy; blys.

13.

curtaysly.

18.

I wounde.

19.

deuyne.

20.

trew.

21.

refreyde ( with be above the line, just before it ); affounde.

22.

amorouse.

23.

lyst; wyl.

24.

daliance.

2.

E. Suffise. E. good; T. goode; At. Ct. thing; Gg. þyng.

4.

At. blent; T. blenteþe; Gg. blyndyþ; E. blyndeth; Ct. blindeth; see note.

5.

E. the.

7.

T. inserts thee before shal.

8.

Tempest] Harl. F. T. Peyne.

9.

E. trist; the rest trust.

10.

Gg. Gret reste; T. Gret rest; E. For gret reste; Ct. For greet rest; At. Mych wele. E. bisynesse; rest besynesse.

11.

E. ek; agayn.

13.

E. Ct. Daunt; the rest Daunte.

14.

T. inserts thee before shal.

15.

E. the; boxomnesse.

19.

Know thy contree] Harl. F. T. Loke vp on hie. E. lok; the rest loke, looke.

20.

For Hold the hye wey, Harl. F. and others have Weyve thy lust. E. the ( for thee).

21.

T. inserts thee before shal.

22.

At. þine olde wrechedenesse.

23.

At. world.

24.

At. Crie hym; hys hie.

25.

At. þe; nouȝt.

26.

At. Drawe; hym.

27.

At. þe; eke; heuenelyche.

28.

At. schal delyuere. Colophon: so in F.

1.

Cx. first; Harl. ffirste; Ct. firste. T. gentilesse; rest gentilnesse.

3.

Cx. om. alle.

4.

A. T. suwe; Harl. shew ( for sewe); Cx. folowe (!).

5.

Cx. vertue; dignyte.

6.

Cx. not; rest nouȝt, nought, noȝte.

7.

Cx. mytor; A. T. Harl. Add. mytre. Cx. crowne; dyademe.

8.

Cx. rightwisnes.

9.

A. Ct. Ha. pitous; Cx. pyetous.

10.

Cx. besynes.

11.

A. Ageinst; T. Ageynst; Cx. Agayn. Cx. om. the. Cx. honeste.

12.

Cx. eyer; rest heire, heyre, eyre.