P. 7.

l. 208 _flurted_, figured. Cf. _flurt_-silk, figured-silk.

210

_Her here heke al hyr vmbe-gon_,

Her hair eke (also) all her about gone.

212 _Her ble more blaȝt_, her complexion whiter.

213 _schorne golde schyr_, refined gold pure.

216 _porfyl_, hem of a dress, or rather an embroidered hem.

217 _poyned_, ornamented, trimmed.

223-4 _A manneȝ dom myȝt dryȝly demme,_

_Er mynde moȝt malte in hit mesure,_

A man’s judgment might greatly dim,

Before (his) mind could discourse of it in sufficient terms

of praise.

226 _No_ = _ne_ (nor) would be a better reading.

230 _wyþer half_, opposite side.

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