P. 51.

l. 485 _downe_ = _dovene_ (see ll. 469, 481).

487 _What!_ lo!

490 _saȝtlyng_, reconciliation.

496 _woned_ = _waned_, decreased, gone down.

498 _tyned_, enclosed.

499 _godeȝ glam_, God’s message (word); _glod_, came, literally

glided.

501 _walt_ _wafte_ (?) (see B. l. 857).

504 _þroly þrublande in þronge_, quickly pressing in throng (crowd),

_i.e._, huddling together.

509 _breþe_, steam, savour.

511 _spedeȝ & spylleȝ_, prospers (speeds) and spoils.

517 _barnage_, childhood.

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