P. 43.

l. 207 _attled_, endowed.

215 _metȝ_ = _mess_ (?), pity.

216 _tynt þe tyþe dool_, lost the tenth part.

222 _weued_, cut off. _swap_, blow.

230 _þe wrech saȝtled_, appeased the vengeance.

231 _wylnesful_, wilfulness.

233

_For-þy þaȝ þe rape were rank, þe rawþe watȝ lyttel_,

Wherefore, though the blow were smart, the sorrow was little.

237 _in obedyent_ = _in-obedyent_ (?), disobedient.

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