7012. After this line, both in Th. and G. , come ll. 7109-7158.
7159. Both vpon. Before this line G. and Th. wrongly insert ll. 7013-7110, 7209-7304. 7164. Th. booke; G. book.
7173, 4. Supplied by conjecture; F. Par Pierre voil le Pape entendre.
7209. See note to l. 7159.
7385-7576. From Th. ; lost in G.
7577. G. begins again.
7694-8. From Th.
Explicit.
The MSS. used to form this text are: C. = MS. Ff. 5. 30 in the Camb. Univ. Library; Jo. = MS. G. 21, in St. John’s College, Cambridge; Gl. = Glasgow MS. Q. 2. 25; L. = MS. Laud 740, in the Bodleian Library; Gg. = MS. Gg. 4. 27 in the Camb. Univ. Library; F. = MS. Fairfax 16, in the Bodleian Library; B = MS. Bodley 638; Sion = Sion Coll. MS. The text closely follows the first of these; and all variations from it are recorded ( except sometimes i for y, and y for i).
Explicit carmen.
161. C. Xp̄c (= Gk. χρς).
163. All the MSS. insert suffred after eek, caught from the line above; see note.
The MSS. are: Tn. (Tanner 346); F. (Fairfax 16); B. (Bodley 638); Sh. (Shirley’s MS., Harl. 78); Ff. (Ff. 1. 6, in Camb. Univ. Library); T., here used for Trin. (Trin. Coll. Camb. R. 3. 19); also Ha. (Harl. 7578). I follow F. mainly, noting all variations of importance.
Title; in B.
Here endeth the exclamacion of the Deth of Pyte.
The MSS. are: F. (Fairfax 16); Tn. (Tanner 346); B. (Bodley 638); the fourth authority is Th. (Thynne’s edition of 1532). I follow F. mainly, and note all but very trifling variations from it. B. usually agrees with F.
Title: in F.