P. 5.

l. 131 _wayneȝ_, grants.

132 _hitteȝ_, seeks.

138 _gayn_, opposite.

142

_I hopede þat mote merked wore_,

I supposed that building was devised.

149 _stote & stare_, stand (loiter) and gape.

150-1

_To fynde a forþe, faste con I fonde,

Bot woþeȝ mo I-wysse þer ware,_

To find a way fast did I go,

But paths more indeed there were.

153 _wonde_, cease, abstain (from fear).

155 _nwe note_, a new matter.

163 _blysnande whyt_, glistening white. See 197.

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