For love who that list to wake
Be nyhte, he mai ensample take
Of Cephalus, whan that he lay
[Sidenote: Hic dicit quod vigilia in Amantibus et non
Sompnolencia laudanda est. Et ponit exemplum de Cephalo
filio Phebi, qui nocturno cilencio Auroram amicam suam
diligencius amplectens, Solem et lunam interpellabat,
videlicet quod Sol in circulo ab oriente distanciori currum
cum luce sua[1391] retardaret, et quod luna spera sua
longissima orbem circuiens noctem continuaret; ita vt[1392]
ipsum Cephalum amplexibus Aurore volutum, priusquam dies
illa[1393] illucesceret, suis deliciis adquiescere diucius
permittere dignarentur.[1394]]
With Aurora that swete may[1395] 3190
In armes all the longe nyht.
Bot whanne it drogh toward the liht,
That he withinne his herte sih
The dai which was amorwe nyh,
Anon unto the Sonne he preide
For lust of love, and thus he seide:
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 109=]
‘O Phebus, which the daies liht
Governest, til that it be nyht,
And gladest every creature
After the lawe of thi nature,-- 3200
Bot natheles ther is a thing,
Which onli to the knouleching
Belongeth as in privete
To love and to his duete,
Which asketh noght to ben apert,
Bot in cilence and in covert[1396]
Desireth forto be beschaded:
And thus whan that thi liht is faded
And Vesper scheweth him alofte,
And that the nyht is long and softe, 3210
Under the cloudes derke and stille
Thanne hath this thing most of his wille.
Forthi unto thi myhtes hyhe,
As thou which art the daies yhe,
Of love and myht no conseil hyde,
Upon this derke nyhtes tyde
With al myn herte I thee beseche
That I plesance myhte seche
With hire which lith in min armes.
Withdrawgh the Banere of thin Armes, 3220
And let thi lyhtes ben unborn,[1397]
And in the Signe of Capricorn,
The hous appropred to Satorne,
I preie that thou wolt sojorne,
Wher ben the nihtes derke and longe:
For I mi love have underfonge,
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 110=]
Which lith hier be mi syde naked,
As sche which wolde ben awaked,
And me lest nothing forto slepe.
So were it good to take kepe 3230
Nou at this nede of mi preiere,
And that the like forto stiere
Thi fyri Carte, and so ordeigne,[1398]
That thou thi swifte hors restreigne
Lowe under Erthe in Occident,
That thei towardes Orient
Be Cercle go the longe weie.
And ek to thee, Diane, I preie,
Which cleped art of thi noblesse
The nyhtes Mone and the goddesse, 3240
That thou to me be gracious:
And in Cancro thin oghne hous
Ayein Phebus in opposit
Stond al this time, and of delit[1399]
Behold Venus with a glad yhe.
For thanne upon Astronomie
Of due constellacion
Thou makst prolificacion,
And dost that children ben begete:
Which grace if that I mihte gete,[1400] 3250
With al myn herte I wolde serve
Be nyhte, and thi vigile observe.’[1401]
[Sidenote: Confessor.]
Lo, thus this lusti Cephalus
Preide unto Phebe and to Phebus
The nyht in lengthe forto drawe,[1402]
So that he mihte do the lawe
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 111=]
In thilke point of loves heste,
Which cleped is the nyhtes feste,
Withoute Slep of sluggardie;[1403]
Which Venus out of compaignie 3260
Hath put awey, as thilke same,
Which lustles ferr from alle game
In chambre doth fulofte wo[1404]
Abedde, whanne it falleth so
That love scholde ben awaited.
But Slowthe, which is evele affaited,
With Slep hath mad his retenue,
That what thing is to love due,
Of all his dette he paieth non:
He wot noght how the nyht is gon 3270
Ne hou the day is come aboute,
Bot onli forto slepe and route
Til hyh midday, that he arise.
Bot Cephalus dede otherwise,
As thou, my Sone, hast herd above.
[Sidenote: Amans.]
Mi fader, who that hath his love
Abedde naked be his syde,
And wolde thanne hise yhen hyde
With Slep, I not what man is he:
Bot certes as touchende of me, 3280
That fell me nevere yit er this.
Bot otherwhile, whan so is
That I mai cacche Slep on honde
Liggende al one, thanne I fonde
To dreme a merie swevene er day;
And if so falle that I may
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 112=]
Mi thought with such a swevene plese,
Me thenkth I am somdiel in ese,[1405]
For I non other confort have.
So nedeth noght that I schal crave 3290
The Sonnes Carte forto tarie,
Ne yit the Mone, that sche carie
Hire cours along upon the hevene,
For I am noght the more in evene
Towardes love in no degree:
Bot in mi slep yit thanne I se
Somwhat in swevene of that me liketh,
Which afterward min herte entriketh,
Whan that I finde it otherwise.
So wot I noght of what servise 3300
That Slep to mannes ese doth.
[Sidenote: Confessor.]
Mi Sone, certes thou seist soth,
Bot only that it helpeth kinde
Somtyme, in Phisique as I finde,
Whan it is take be mesure:
Bot he which can no Slep mesure
Upon the reule as it belongeth,
Fulofte of sodein chance he fongeth[1406]
Such infortune that him grieveth.
Bot who these olde bokes lieveth, 3310
Of Sompnolence hou it is write,
Ther may a man the sothe wite,
If that he wolde ensample take,
That otherwhile is good to wake:
Wherof a tale in Poesie
I thenke forto specefie.
[Sidenote: [ARGUS AND MERCURY.]]
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 113=]
Ovide telleth in his sawes,
How Jupiter be olde dawes
[Sidenote: Hic loquitur in amoris causa contra istos qui
Sompnolencie dediti ea que seruare tenentur amittunt. Et
narrat quod, cum Yo puella pulcherima a Iunone in vaccam
transformata et in Argi custodiam sic deposita fuisset,
superueniens Mercurius Argum dormientem occidit, et ipsam
vaccam a pastura rapiens, quo voluit secum perduxit.]
Lay be a Mayde, which Yo
Was cleped, wherof that Juno 3320
His wif was wroth, and the goddesse
Of Yo torneth the liknesse[1407]
Into a cow, to gon theroute
The large fieldes al aboute
And gete hire mete upon the griene.
And therupon this hyhe queene
Betok hire Argus forto kepe,
For he was selden wont to slepe,
And yit he hadde an hundred yhen,
And alle alyche wel thei syhen. 3330
Now herkne hou that he was beguiled.
Mercurie, which was al affiled
This Cow to stele, he cam desguised,
And hadde a Pipe wel devised
Upon the notes of Musiqe,
Wherof he mihte hise Eres like.
And over that he hadde affaited[1408]
Hise lusti tales, and awaited
His time; and thus into the field
He cam, where Argus he behield 3340
With Yo, which beside him wente.[1409]
With that his Pype on honde he hente,
And gan to pipe in his manere
Thing which was slepi forto hiere;
And in his pipinge evere among
He tolde him such a lusti song,
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 114=]
That he the fol hath broght aslepe.
Ther was non yhe mihte kepe
His hed, the which Mercurie of smot,[1410]
And forth withal anon fot hot 3350
He stal the Cow which Argus kepte,
And al this fell for that he slepte.
Ensample it was to manye mo,
That mochel Slep doth ofte wo,
Whan it is time forto wake:[1411]
For if a man this vice take,
In Sompnolence and him delite,
Men scholde upon his Dore wryte
His epitaphe, as on his grave;
For he to spille and noght to save 3360
Is schape, as thogh he were ded.[1412]
[Sidenote: Confessor.]
Forthi, mi Sone, hold up thin hed,
And let no Slep thin yhe englue,
Bot whanne it is to resoun due.
[Sidenote: Amans.]
Mi fader, as touchende of this,
Riht so as I you tolde it is,[1413]
That ofte abedde, whanne I scholde,
I mai noght slepe, thogh I wolde;
For love is evere faste byme,
Which takth no hiede of due time.[1414] 3370
For whanne I schal myn yhen close,
Anon min herte he wole oppose
And holde his Scole in such a wise,
Til it be day that I arise,
That selde it is whan that I slepe.
And thus fro Sompnolence I kepe
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 115=]
Min yhe: and forthi if ther be
Oght elles more in this degre,
Now axeth forth.
[Sidenote: Confessor.]
Mi Sone, yis:
For Slowthe, which as Moder is 3380
The forthdrawere and the Norrice
To man of many a dredful vice,
Hath yit an other laste of alle,
Which many a man hath mad to falle,
Wher that he mihte nevere arise;
Wherof for thou thee schalt avise,
Er thou so with thiself misfare,
What vice it is I wol declare.
[Sidenote: [vii. TRISTESSE OR DESPONDENCY.]]
ix. _Nil fortuna iuuat, vbi desperacio ledit;_[1415]
_Quo desiccat humor, non viridescit humus._
_Magnanimus set amor spem ponit et inde salutem_
_Consequitur, quod ei prospera fata fauent._
Whan Slowthe hath don al that he may
[Sidenote: Hic loquitur super vltima specie Accidie, que
Tristicia siue Desperacio dicitur, cuius obstinata condicio
tocius consolacionis spem deponens, alicuius remedii, quo
liberari poterit,[1416] fortunam sibi euenire impossibile
credit.]
To dryve forth the longe day, 3390
Til it be come to the nede,
Thanne ate laste upon the dede
He loketh hou his time is lore,
And is so wo begon therfore,
That he withinne his thoght conceiveth
Tristesce, and so himself deceiveth,
That he wanhope bringeth inne,
Wher is no confort to beginne,
Bot every joie him is deslaied:
So that withinne his herte affraied 3400
A thousend time with o breth[1417]
Wepende he wissheth after deth,
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 116=]
Whan he fortune fint adverse.
For thanne he wole his hap reherce,
As thogh his world were al forlore,
And seith, ‘Helas, that I was bore!
Hou schal I live? hou schal I do?
For nou fortune is thus mi fo,
I wot wel god me wol noght helpe.
What scholde I thanne of joies yelpe, 3410
Whan ther no bote is of mi care?
So overcast is my welfare,
That I am schapen al to strif.
Helas, that I nere of this lif,
Er I be fulliche overtake!’
And thus he wol his sorwe make,
As god him mihte noght availe:
Bot yit ne wol he noght travaile
To helpe himself at such a nede,
Bot slowtheth under such a drede, 3420
Which is affermed in his herte,
Riht as he mihte noght asterte
The worldes wo which he is inne.
Also whan he is falle in Sinne,
Him thenkth he is so ferr coupable,
That god wol noght be merciable
So gret a Sinne to foryive;[1418]
And thus he leeveth to be schrive.
And if a man in thilke throwe
Wolde him consaile, he wol noght knowe 3430
The sothe, thogh a man it finde:
For Tristesce is of such a kinde,
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 117=]
That forto meintiene his folie,
[Sidenote: Obstinacio est contradiccio veritatis agnite.]
He hath with him Obstinacie,
Which is withinne of such a Slouthe,
That he forsaketh alle trouthe,
And wole unto no reson bowe;[1419]
And yit ne can he noght avowe
His oghne skile bot of hed:
Thus dwyneth he, til he be ded, 3440
In hindringe of his oghne astat.
For where a man is obstinat,
Wanhope folweth ate laste,[1420]
Which mai noght after longe laste,
Till Slouthe make of him an ende.
Bot god wot whider he schal wende.
[Sidenote: Confessor.]
Mi Sone, and riht in such manere
Ther be lovers of hevy chiere,
That sorwen mor than it is ned,[1421]
Whan thei be taried of here sped 3450
And conne noght hemselven rede,
Bot lesen hope forto spede
And stinten love to poursewe;
And thus thei faden hyde and hewe,
And lustles in here hertes waxe.
Hierof it is that I wolde axe,
If thou, mi Sone, art on of tho.
[Sidenote: Confessio Amantis.]
Ha, goode fader, it is so,
Outake a point, I am beknowe;[1422]
For elles I am overthrowe 3460
In al that evere ye have seid.
Mi sorwe is everemore unteid,
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 118=]
And secheth overal my veines;
Bot forto conseile of mi peines,
I can no bote do therto;
And thus withouten hope I go,
So that mi wittes ben empeired,
And I, as who seith, am despeired
To winne love of thilke swete,
Withoute whom, I you behiete, 3470
Min herte, that is so bestad,
Riht inly nevere mai be glad.
For be my trouthe I schal noght lie,
Of pure sorwe, which I drye
For that sche seith sche wol me noght,
With drecchinge of myn oghne thoght
In such a wanhope I am falle,
That I ne can unethes calle,
As forto speke of eny grace,[1423]
Mi ladi merci to pourchace. 3480
Bot yit I seie noght for this
That al in mi defalte it is;
For I cam nevere yit in stede,
Whan time was, that I my bede[1424]
Ne seide, and as I dorste tolde:
Bot nevere fond I that sche wolde,
For oght sche knew of min entente,
To speke a goodly word assente.
And natheles this dar I seie,[1425]
That if a sinful wolde preie 3490
To god of his foryivenesse
With half so gret a besinesse
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 119=]
As I have do to my ladi,
In lacke of askinge of merci
He scholde nevere come in Helle.
And thus I mai you sothli telle,
Save only that I crie and bidde,
I am in Tristesce al amidde
And fulfild of Desesperance:
And therof yif me mi penance, 3500
Min holi fader, as you liketh.
[Sidenote: Confessor.]
Mi Sone, of that thin herte siketh[1426]
With sorwe, miht thou noght amende,
Til love his grace wol thee sende,
For thou thin oghne cause empeirest
What time as thou thiself despeirest.
I not what other thing availeth,
Of hope whan the herte faileth,
For such a Sor is incurable,
And ek the goddes ben vengable: 3510
And that a man mai riht wel frede,
These olde bokes who so rede,
Of thing which hath befalle er this:
Now hier of what ensample it is.
[Sidenote: [TALE OF IPHIS AND ARAXARATHEN.]]
Whilom be olde daies fer
Of Mese was the king Theucer,
Which hadde a kniht to Sone, Iphis:
[Sidenote: Hic narrat qualiter Iphis, Regis Theucri filius,
ob amorem cuiusdam puelle nomine Araxarathen, quam neque
donis aut precibus vincere potuit, desperans ante patris
ipsius puelle ianuas noctanter se suspendit. Vnde dii
commoti dictam puellam in lapidem durissimum transmutarunt,
quam Rex Theucer vna cum filio suo apud Ciuitatem[1427]
Salamynam in templo Veneris pro perpetua memoria sepeliri
et locari fecit.]
Of love and he so maistred is,
That he hath set al his corage,
As to reguard of his lignage, 3520
Upon a Maide of lou astat.
Bot thogh he were a potestat
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 120=]
Of worldes good, he was soubgit
To love, and put in such a plit,
That he excedeth the mesure
Of reson, that himself assure
He can noght; for the more he preide,
The lasse love on him sche leide.
He was with love unwys constreigned,
And sche with resoun was restreigned: 3530
The lustes of his herte he suieth,[1428]
And sche for drede schame eschuieth,
And as sche scholde, tok good hiede
To save and kepe hir wommanhiede.
And thus the thing stod in debat[1429]
Betwen his lust and hire astat:
He yaf, he sende, he spak be mouthe,
Bot yit for oght that evere he couthe
Unto his sped he fond no weie,
So that he caste his hope aweie, 3540
Withinne his herte and gan despeire
Fro dai to dai, and so empeire,
That he hath lost al his delit
Of lust, of Slep, of Appetit,
That he thurgh strengthe of love lasseth
His wit, and resoun overpasseth.
As he which of his lif ne rowhte,
His deth upon himself he sowhte,
So that be nyhte his weie he nam,
Ther wiste non wher he becam; 3550
The nyht was derk, ther schon no Mone,
Tofore the gates he cam sone,
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 121=]
Wher that this yonge Maiden was,
And with this wofull word, ‘Helas!’
Hise dedli pleintes he began
So stille that ther was noman
It herde, and thanne he seide thus:
‘O thou Cupide, o thou Venus,
Fortuned be whos ordinaunce
Of love is every mannes chaunce,[1430] 3560
Ye knowen al min hole herte,
That I ne mai your hond asterte;
On you is evere that I crie,
And yit you deigneth noght to plie,
Ne toward me youre Ere encline.
Thus for I se no medicine
To make an ende of mi querele,
My deth schal be in stede of hele.
Ha, thou mi wofull ladi diere,
Which duellest with thi fader hiere 3570
And slepest in thi bedd at ese,
Thou wost nothing of my desese,
Hou thou and I be now unmete.
Ha lord, what swevene schalt thou mete,
What dremes hast thou nou on honde?
Thou slepest there, and I hier stonde.[1431]
Thogh I no deth to the deserve,
Hier schal I for thi love sterve,
Hier schal a kinges Sone dye
For love and for no felonie; 3580
Wher thou therof have joie or sorwe,
Hier schalt thou se me ded tomorwe.
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 122=]
O herte hard aboven alle,
This deth, which schal to me befalle
For that thou wolt noght do me grace,
Yit schal be told in many a place,[1432]
Hou I am ded for love and trouthe[1433]
In thi defalte and in thi slouthe:
Thi Daunger schal to manye mo
Ensample be for everemo, 3590
Whan thei my wofull deth recorde.’
And with that word he tok a Corde,
With which upon the gate tre
He hyng himself, that was pite.
The morwe cam, the nyht is gon,
Men comen out and syhe anon[1434]
Wher that this yonge lord was ded:
Ther was an hous withoute red,
For noman knew the cause why;
Ther was wepinge and ther was cry. 3600
This Maiden, whan that sche it herde,
And sih this thing hou it misferde,
Anon sche wiste what it mente,
And al the cause hou it wente
To al the world sche tolde it oute,
And preith to hem that were aboute
To take of hire the vengance,
For sche was cause of thilke chaunce,
Why that this kinges Sone is spilt.
Sche takth upon hirself the gilt, 3610
And is al redi to the peine
Which eny man hir wole ordeigne:[1435]
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 123=]
And bot if eny other wolde,
Sche seith that sche hirselve scholde
Do wreche with hire oghne hond,
Thurghout the world in every lond
That every lif therof schal speke,
Hou sche hirself it scholde wreke.
Sche wepth, sche crith, sche swouneth ofte,
Sche caste hire yhen up alofte 3620
And seide among ful pitously:
‘A godd, thou wost wel it am I,[1436]
For whom Iphis is thus besein:
Ordeine so, that men mai sein
A thousend wynter after this,
Hou such a Maiden dede amis,
And as I dede, do to me:[1437]
For I ne dede no pite
To him, which for mi love is lore,
Do no pite to me therfore.’ 3630
And with this word sche fell to grounde
Aswoune, and ther sche lay a stounde.[1438]
The goddes, whiche hir pleigntes herde
And syhe hou wofully sche ferde,
Hire lif thei toke awey anon,
And schopen hire into a Ston
After the forme of hire ymage
Of bodi bothe and of visage.[1439]
And for the merveile of this thing
Unto the place cam the king 3640
And ek the queene and manye mo;
And whan thei wisten it was so,
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 124=]
As I have told it hier above,
Hou that Iphis was ded for love,
Of that he hadde be refused,
Thei hielden alle men excused
And wondren upon the vengance.
And forto kepe in remembrance,
This faire ymage mayden liche
With compaignie noble and riche 3650
With torche and gret sollempnite
To Salamyne the Cite
Thei lede, and carie forth withal
The dede corps, and sein it schal
Beside thilke ymage have
His sepulture and be begrave:[1440]
This corps and this ymage thus
Into the Cite to Venus,
Wher that goddesse hire temple hadde,
Togedre bothe tuo thei ladde. 3660
This ilke ymage as for miracle
Was set upon an hyh pinacle,
That alle men it mihte knowe,
And under that thei maden lowe
A tumbe riche for the nones
Of marbre and ek of jaspre stones,[1441]
Wherin this Iphis was beloken,[1442]
That evermor it schal be spoken.
And for men schal the sothe wite,
Thei have here epitaphe write, 3670
As thing which scholde abide stable:
The lettres graven in a table
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 125=]
Of marbre were and seiden this:
‘Hier lith, which slowh himself, Iphis,
For love of Araxarathen:
And in ensample of tho wommen,[1443]
That soffren men to deie so,
Hire forme a man mai sen also,[1444]
Hou it is torned fleissh and bon
Into the figure of a Ston: 3680
He was to neysshe and sche to hard.
Be war forthi hierafterward;
Ye men and wommen bothe tuo,
Ensampleth you of that was tho.’
[Sidenote: Confessor.]
Lo thus, mi Sone, as I thee seie,
It grieveth be diverse weie
In desespeir a man to falle,[1445]
Which is the laste branche of alle
Of Slouthe, as thou hast herd devise.
Wherof that thou thiself avise 3690
Good is, er that thou be deceived,
Wher that the grace of hope is weyved.
[Sidenote: Amans.]
Mi fader, hou so that it stonde,
Now have I pleinly understonde
Of Slouthes court the proprete,
Wherof touchende in my degre
For evere I thenke to be war.
Bot overthis, so as I dar,
With al min herte I you beseche,
That ye me wolde enforme and teche 3700
What ther is more of youre aprise
In love als wel as otherwise,
[Sidenote: =P. ii. 126=]
So that I mai me clene schryve.
[Sidenote: Confessor.]
Mi Sone, whyl thou art alyve
And hast also thi fulle mynde,
Among the vices whiche I finde
Ther is yit on such of the sevene,
Which al this world hath set unevene
And causeth manye thinges wronge,
Where he the cause hath underfonge: 3710
Wherof hierafter thou schalt hiere
The forme bothe and the matiere.
=Explicit Liber Quartus.=
LINENOTES:
[1091] _Latin Verses_ i. 6 ludet H₁ ... B₂
[1092] 12 to haue H₁XGRCLB₂
[1093] 30 the] þat A ... B₂, S ... ΔΛ
[1094] 45 þought to speke BΛ, W
[1095] 46 hield me] hielde (held) AM
[1096] 59 As AM
[1097] 69 to this] to my B of this H₃
[1098] 70 liere] hiere (here &c.) H₁ ... B₂, BTΛ
[1099] 84 qweene] a queene BTΛ
[1100] 109 day H₁ ... B₂, H₃
[1101] 111 Spraulende (Sprawland) M, WKH₃
[1102] 138 miht (myht) J, S mihte A, F
[1103] 143 euermore AM, Δ, WH₃
[1104] 168 is went(e) ML, ΔΛ, WH₃
[1105] 170 Had AMJXGERLB₂, BΛ, FH₃
[1106] 184 foroght A, F
[1107] 189 after noman AM
[1108] 205 resoun to H₁ ... B₂
[1109] 208 In part he was inly glad AM In partie (party) he was
inly glad H₁ ... B₂ In parti he was riht inly glad J In parti
was inli riht glad Δ
[1110] 214 flitt AJ, S, F flitte B
[1111] 215 Fro] ffor L, BΛ, WH₃ hadde him H₁ ... B₂
[1112] 226 no H₁ ... CB₂, BTΔ, W
[1113] 234 Lo of H₁ ... B₂ (of _om._ R)
[1114] 242 ffor ferst B
[1115] 254 that] it H₁ ... B₂
[1116] 255 the] þo H₁ ... L, SBTΔ no AM
[1117] 261 Ther of B, WH₃
[1118] 263 love] slouþe B
[1119] 276 If] And B
[1120] 277 houre] honour MH₁GEC, W
[1121] 283 if] in SAdBTΔ
[1122] 296 this _om._ AM
[1123] 297 go AJ, S, F ago B
[1124] 310 To] Of B
[1125] _Latin Verses_ ii. 3 parcat H₁ ... B₂ parat H₃
[1126] 4 refert H₁ ... B₂
[1127] 328 the] his H₁ ... B₂, Ad
[1128] 342 tyrauntz (tirauntis &c.) YCB₂, B
[1129] 356 þo J, T, F þe AM ... B₂, SAdBΔ, WH₃
[1130] 359 Al þough C, B
[1131] 363 let AJ, S, F lete (lette) C, B
[1132] 372 Pymaleon AJ, S, F Pigmaleon EC, B, H₃
[1133] 384 hire] it B
[1134] 401 into his chambre H₁ ... B₂ (_except_ E)
[1135] 403 He] And AM
[1136] 411 he] it H₁, B
[1137] 453 f. grete: lete AJ, S, F gret: let B
[1138] 458 _margin_ Isus H₁GRCLB₂, T
[1139] 470 _line om._ B
[1140] 479 he and sche H₁ ... B₂ sche and he B
[1141] 481 a tyme B
[1142] 497 Hir B
[1143] 498 he] be BT
[1144] 499 the] his AdB _om._ L
[1145] 514 myht (might) J, B mihte A, S, F the] þi H₁ ... B₂ to
T
[1146] 515 that _om._ B
[1147] 517 Also fer as my E ... B₂ As (Als) fer as my H₁XG
[1148] 521 mihte ben] might(e) be non H₁ ... B₂
[1149] 535 himself fulofte A ... B₂ (fulle of M), W
[1150] _Latin Verses_ iii. 3 morabatur AM
[1151] 546 _margin_ se constituit B
[1152] 548 wit] herte A ... B₂
[1153] 555 therfore] forþer(e) BT
[1154] 560 cast J, SB, F caste A
[1155] 574 be holde R beholdeþ BT, W
[1156] 584 ouht fro F out of H₁ ... B₂, B
[1157] 588 abreid (abreide) A, F a breid JEC, B
[1158] 618 And B
[1159] 624 is] þis XCL
[1160] 627 Thow (þou) AM
[1161] 628 schal] it schal AJH₁ ... CB₂
[1162] 641 or wher (wheþer) I H₁G ... B₂ or where so I X or
elles T or Δ
[1163] 642 a mynut (minute) X, BΔ, W
[1164] 672 seie A, S, F sey (say) J, B
[1165] 676 erþis F
[1166] 684 That] To FWKH₃
[1167] 698-700 _om._ B
[1168] 708 whatt F
[1169] 713 which] þat M, B, W _om._ T
[1170] 740 _margin_ ob ipsa H₁XE ... B₂
[1171] 760 Ther while] The while BT, W þ_at_ while M Theke
while J
[1172] 766 al Innocent H₁ ... B₂ an Innocent M
[1173] 790 longe may not (nought) X ... B₂ longe nouht may H₁
[1174] 797 wold(e) AM wolde hym W
[1175] _Latin verses_ iv. 2 ipse] esse AM, W
[1176] 927 þe blad (blade) M, BTΔ, WH₃
[1177] 955 mihte] may hir B may T
[1178] 968 vice _om._ BT
[1179] 974 neuere ȝit AM
[1180] 984 _margin_ cum _om._ BT
[1181] 985 Clemenee] Element ERC Olement H₁XG Clement LB₂
Clemencee T Clemente M
[1182] 986 so that he] þat he sent H₁ ... B₂
[1183] 988 brihte] nyhte (niȝt) AM
[1184] 1002 up] vpon BT vp an Ad _om._ M
[1185] 1014 wel noght longe] nought longe wel C not longe W
[1186] 1029 þe flod (flood) E, B
[1187] 1035 _Paragr. in_ MSS. _begins at_ l. 1039
[1188] 1073 þis matiere B₂, BΛ
[1189] 1074 it _om._ H₁, B
[1190] 1075 and] as BT
[1191] 1082 slowe AJM, F slouþe H₁ ... B₂, S ... ΔΛ, WH₃
[1192] 1086 yit on, which] on ȝit which A, W on ȝit þ_at_ M on
which þat H₁ ... B₂
[1193] 1093 be he ... be he C, BΔ, H₃ be ... be he H₁
[1194] 1095 oght _om._ B
[1195] 1133 to hire (hir) masse AMH₁, Ad to huyre masse B
toward hir masse X ... B₂
[1196] 1162 bidt F (_cp._ l. 2802) bit J, SB biddeþ A
[1197] 1174 And B
[1198] 1183 oþer JGC, S, F oþre AE, AdB, H₃ othere T
[1199] 1207 for to ride H₁ ... B₂
[1200] 1212 seide] say B
[1201] 1224 bot] but if H₁ ... B₂, Ad, W
[1202] 1249 _margin_ amoris] in amoris AC, H₃ in Amoris c_aus_a
W
[1203] 1251 _margin_ expectaret H₁ ... B₂
[1204] 1257 _margin_ diligencior _om._ B
[1205] 1266 how] of B
[1206] 1272 schrewed A
[1207] 1275 Cupide AJ, F Cupido SBT
[1208] 1310 faire GEC, BΛ, H₃
[1209] 1321 f. _Text thus in third recension_ (_but_ faire
WKH₃Magd _for_ faye F _and_ hir H₃ the W _for_ her):
faye--desface _in ras._ F
A _has_
The beaute of hire face schon
Wel bryht_er_e þan þe Cristall ston
_so the others of first recension, but most have_ here (her)
_for_ hire _and many_ (_as_ H₁GRCLB₂) _read_ faces
S _has_
The beaute of here faye face
Ther mai non erþly þing deface
_so_ AdBTΔΛ _with_ faire (fair) _for_ faye _and some_ (AdT) hir
_for_ here
[1210] 1341 a lynde L, BΛ
[1211] 1342 vpon hors XC, BΛ vpon an (a) hors H₁GLB₂, AdTΔ, W,
H₃ on an h. M
[1212] 1348 And B
[1213] 1361 f. _Thus in third recension_ (and _om._ W) F _has
the lines written over erasure, except_ womman
A _has_
The womman was riht fair of face
Al þogh hire lackede oþer grace
_so_ S _and the other copies of first and second recensions_
[1214] 1367 Which J, S, F Whiche A, B
[1215] 1393 And _om._ AM
[1216] 1397 now] mow (mowe) J, AdB, W
[1217] 1419 non AJ
[1218] 1454 f. _margin_ Non quia--Amantum _om._ G, BΔ
[1219] 1501 that hire] þat sche H₁ ... B₂ hir ΔΛ it M
[1220] 1507 duck A, F duk J, SB
[1221] 1519 _margin_ aliorum A ... B₂, S ... ΔΛ, H₃
[1222] 1511 auou (auov, avow) AJC, B, F a vou (a vowe) MH₁, S
[1223] 1521 wher that] so as B
[1224] 1525 Duc F duck A duk J, SB
[1225] 1532 Al AJ, S, F Alle C, BT
[1226] 1541 þi ... my B
[1227] 1543 non AJC, F no SB
[1228] 1555 as] and B
[1229] 1558 ground] world BΛ
[1230] 1567 had] kept BTΛ _om._ Δ
[1231] 1622 _margin_ nultenus F
[1232] 1625 Wher B
[1233] 1637 Som tidinge] Somtime (Som tyme) H₁XE ... B₂ Some
tydinges Λ
[1234] 1640 bet B
[1235] 1670 hem liken H₁XRCLB₂, W hym likeþ M
[1236] 1690 As] And B for to (forto) ride H₁ ... B₂
[1237] 1693 herd it] it herd A, Δ herd M
[1238] 1701 the _om._ AM
[1239] 1705 weie] werre B
[1240] 1706 go þan (þen) AM go þanne W
[1241] 1708 þe while H₁XE ... B₂, W my while G þat while M, Δ
[1242] 1738 that] which AJH₁ ... B₂
[1243] 1740 So þat I not H₁ ... B₂
[1244] 1752 that] it B
[1245] 1769 you] ȝe A ... B₂ (_except_ G)