_Multiple Texts:_
This book exists in at least two forms, distinguished by minor
differences in the modern (1868) material. The title page(s),
verso and introduction give no hint that there were any changes or
additions; references to the "former" and "present" edition are to
Madden alone (Roxburghe, 1828) contrasted with Skeat (EETS, 1868). For
convenience the two 1868 variants will be called "preliminary" and
"final". The 1975 reprint used the "final" version.
Anglo-Saxon diphthongs are written as eá, eó with stress on second
vowel. The form "hung" (with the meaning "hanged") is used consistently.
_Preface:_
§ 7:
'Apres ceo vient [_open quote invisible_]
§ 9:
Seuene an tuenti fulle [gh]er.' / MS. Reg. 12. C. xii.
[_close quote printed after MS name_]
§ 13:
(the Latin text, viz. MSS. Harl. 655, Cott. Jul. E. 8, Reg. 13 E. 1)
[_close parenthesis missing_]
§ 18:
In his MSS. collections ["In his...]
he proceeds: / "that Hauelocke did sometymes
[_in the original, the quoted passage begins at mid-paragraph
in smaller type_]
§ 22:
his five children are yet alive [_inconsistent tense in original_]
§ 27:
_Nouns._ ... _bleikè_
[_è conjectural: printed text unclear_]
§ 28:
Here the syllables _-nes and_ in l. 3, _of a_ in l. 4, and _it wile_
in l. 5 [_printed as shown: errors for ll. 2, 3, 4_]
[Footnote 41]
_sawe_, _wowe_; _beþe_, _rede_; _knaue_, _plawe_; _sawe_, _hawe_
[_printed commas changed to semicolons for consistency_]
[Footnote 43]
1083, 1289, 1685, 2431 [_comma after 1289 invisible_]
§ 29
[Section C.1]
... various grammatical inflexions:--
[_paragraph break added by transcriber_]
[Section 3.d]
Observe hated = hated_e_, 40. [_final . missing_]
þinë cherlës, þinë hinë, 620; [_printed . for ;_]
each foot has _two_ or _three_ syllables in it [sylalbles]
_Emendations:_
p. 20, l. 640. For _ney_ ... [_text has 60 for 640_]
p. 24, l. 784. Perhaps we should, however, read _se-weren_, and the
note on the line (p. 93) may be wrong. See _Weren_ in the Glossary.
[_The preliminary version of the Emendations reads:_
... Perhaps there should be no stop in the line, and ...
_There are no differences in the body text or Note._]
Also, _Greting_ is wrongly placed before _Gres_.
[_This and the remainder of the Emendations-- _Hal_, _Shoten_
(_Schoten_), _Teyte_, _Bise_-- are missing from the preliminary
version._]
_HAVELOK:_
[_sidenote line numbers refer to their location in the e-text_]
[307 sidenote]
My son shall have England." [_close quote missing_]
[452 sidenote]
[Fol. 206b, col. 1.] [col 1.]
[1377]
Þat ihc haue ther-offe douthe and kare, [_see Glossary_]
[2897 sidenote]
Havelok remembers Bertram, the earl's cook,
[_comma after "cook" missing_]
_Notes:_
31. ... Pinkerton's Scotish Poems Reprinted [_not an error_]
939. ... "a coarse reedy shrub--like ours perhaps"
[_i.e. the kind we have in Suffolk (quoting Moor)_]
--. Isl. _staer_ [_unchanged: error for "stær"?_]
1838. ... Dogges, that wolden him to-tere.
[_text has superfluous closing bracket at end of line_]
2927. _Hire that was ful swete in bedde._]
[_mismatched closing bracket in original_]
_Glossary:_
[_A number of Glossary entries are missing the part of speech,
usually _n._ They have not been individually noted._]
[Abbreviations]
Su. G. Suio-Gothic.
[_unchanged: Glossary always hyphenates "Su.-G." or "Su.-Goth."_]
Al, _adv._ S. wholly, entirely, 34, 70, 139, 203, &c.
Al, _adj._ S. all, 203, 264, &c.
[_entries unchanged: "al" occurs only once in 203_]
Als, Also, Also
[_unchanged: error for two words "Al so"?_]
And, _conj._ if, 2862. [_"if" italicized_]
Aute, Awcte [_alphabetization may be intentional_]
Bise ... [_line number added from Emendations (final version only)_]
Datheit, _interj._ ... [from the O.F. _hait_, pleasure].
[_In the preliminary version, the bracketed addition reads
"possibly from _haïr_, to hate"._]
Dunten, _pa. t. pl._ S. struck, beat, 2448. [_see Emendations_]
Greting, _n._ S. weeping, 166.
[_see Emendations (final version only)_]
Hal ...
[_bracketed text added from Emendations (final version only)_]
Halue ... _See_ Bi-halue.
[_cross-referenced entry is one word "Bihalue"_]
Hul, _n._ S. hollow, i.e. vale, 2687. [_. after 2687 invisible_]
Hwil-gat ... _Howgates_, Skinner. [_final . missing_]
Keft ... _See_ Sure _and_ Coupe.
[_no Glossary entry for "Sure" or similar_]
Ladde, _n._ S. lad, 1786. [_period after 1786 missing_]
Lene ... _Yw. and Gaw._ 737. [_final . missing_]
Liue ... _See_ On-liue.
[_entry is two words "On liue" under "On"_]
Loken ... [_bracketed text added from Emendations_]
Offrende, Dan. Fr. offering, 1386. [_final . missing_]
Pastees ... Al of _pasteiis_ beth the walles.
[_The preliminary version has the apparent error "_pasteüs_"._]
Pyment, _n._ B.L. [_unchanged: usual form is "B. Lat."_]
Rathe, _v._ S. [_rædan_] to advise [_text has "raedan"_]
Schoten, Shoten ...
[_bracketed text added from Emendations (final version only)_]
Seken ... Sire, we ben knizttes fer i-fare
[_unchanged: z error for [gh]?_]
Shamelike ... Sir Tr. p. 93. [_final . missing_]
Spille ... _Of limes spille_ [_quoted "Of" not italicized_]
Teyte ...
[_second (shorter) bracketed section added from Emendations
(final version only)_]
Umbistode ... _See_ Bistode, Stonden.
[_no Glossary entry for "Bistode" or similar_]
Weren ...
[_The preliminary version is printed without brackets but is
otherwise identical._]
Wrathe ... _See_ Wroth. [_final . missing_]
_Index of Names:_
BIRKABEYN (spelt Bircabein, l. 494);
_gen._ Birkabeynes, 2150, 2209, 2296,
[_closing parenthesis printed after 2296 in second line_]