This large world forth with the hevene
[Sidenote: Hic in anno quartodecimo Regis Ricardi orat
pro statu regni, quod a diu diuisum nimia aduersitate
periclitabatur.[1782]]
Of his eternal providence
Hath mad, and thilke intelligence
In mannys soule resonable
Hath schape to be perdurable,
Wherof the man of his feture
Above alle erthli creature
Aftir the soule is immortal,
To thilke lord in special, 2980
[Sidenote: =P. iii. 379=]
As he which is of alle thinges
The creatour, and of the kynges
Hath the fortunes uppon honde,
His grace and mercy forto fonde
Uppon my bare knes y preie,
That he this loud in siker weie
Wol sette uppon good governance.[1783]
For if men takyn remembrance
What is to live in unite,[1784]
Ther ys no staat in his degree 2990
That noughte to desire pes,
With outen which, it is no les,
To seche and loke in to the laste,
Ther may no worldes joye laste.[1785]
[Sidenote: [EVIL OF DIVISION IN THE LAND.]]
Ferst forto loke the Clergie,
Hem oughte wel to justefie
Thing which belongith to here cure,
As forto praie and to procure
Oure pes toward the hevene above,
And ek to sette reste and love 3000
Among ous on this erthe hiere.
For if they wroughte in this manere
Aftir the reule of charite,
I hope that men schuldyn se
This loud amende.
And ovyr this,[1786]
To seche and loke how that it is[1787]
Touchende of the chevalerie,
Which forto loke, in som partie
Is worthi forto be comendid,
And in som part to ben amendid, 3010
[Sidenote: =P. iii. 380=]
That of here large retenue
The lond is ful of maintenue,
Which causith that the comune right[1788]
In fewe contrees stant upright.
Extorcioun, contekt, ravine[1789]
Withholde ben of that covyne,
Aldai men hierin gret compleignte
Of the desease, of the constreignte,
Wher of the poeple is sore oppressid:
God graunte it mote be redressid. 3020
For of knyghthode thordre wolde
That thei defende and kepe scholde
The comun right and the fraunchise[1790]
Of holy cherche in alle wise,
So that no wikke man it dere,
And ther fore servith scheld and spere:[1791]
Bot for it goth now other weie,
Oure grace goth the more aweie.
And forto lokyn ovyrmore,
Wher of the poeple pleigneth sore, 3030
Toward the lawis of oure lond,
Men sein that trouthe hath broke his bond
And with brocage is goon aweie,
So that no man can se the weie
Wher forto fynde rightwisnesse.
And if men sechin sikernesse
Uppon the lucre of marchandie,[1792]
Compassement and tricherie
Of singuler profit to wynne,
Men seyn, is cause of mochil synne, 3040
[Sidenote: =P. iii. 381=]
And namely of divisioun,
Which many a noble worthi toun
Fro welthe and fro prosperite
Hath brought to gret adversite.
So were it good to ben al on,
For mechil grace ther uppon[1793]
Unto the Citees schulde falle,
Which myghte availle to ous alle,
If these astatz amendid were,
So that the vertus stodyn there 3050
And that the vices were aweie:
Me thenkth y dorste thanne seie,
This londis grace schulde arise.
[Sidenote: [THE DUTY OF A KING.]]
Bot yit to loke in othre wise,[1794]
Ther is a stat, as ye schul hiere,
Above alle othre on erthe hiere,
Which hath the loud in his balance:
To him belongith the leiance
Of Clerk, of knyght, of man of lawe;
Undir his hond al is forth drawe[1795] 3060
The marchant and the laborer;
So stant it al in his power
Or forto spille or forto save.[1796]
Bot though that he such power have,
And that his myghtes ben so large,
He hath hem nought withouten charge,[1797]
To which that every kyng ys swore:
So were it good that he ther fore
First un to rightwisnesse entende,
Wherof that he hym self amende 3070
[Sidenote: =P. iii. 382=]
Toward his god and leve vice,
Which is the chief of his office;
And aftir al the remenant
He schal uppon his covenant
Governe and lede in such a wise,
So that ther be no tirandise,
Wherof that he his poeple grieve,
Or ellis may he nought achieve
That longith to his regalie.
For if a kyng wol justifie 3080
His lond and hem that beth withynne,[1798]
First at hym self he mot begynne,
To kepe and reule his owne astat,
That in hym self be no debat
Toward his god: for othre wise[1799]
Ther may non erthly kyng suffise
Of his kyngdom the folk to lede,
Bot he the kyng of hevene drede.
For what kyng sett hym uppon pride
And takth his lust on every side 3090
And wil nought go the righte weie,
Though god his grace caste aweie
No wondir is, for ate laste
He schal wel wite it mai nought laste,[1800]
The pompe which he secheth here.
Bot what kyng that with humble chere
Aftir the lawe of god eschuieth
The vices, and the vertus suieth,[1801]
His grace schal be suffisant
To governe al the remenant 3100
[Sidenote: =P. iii. 383=]
Which longith to his duite;
So that in his prosperite
The poeple schal nought ben oppressid,
Wherof his name schal be blessid,
For evere and be memorial.
[Sidenote: [THE BOOK COMPLETED.]]
And now to speke as in final,
Touchende that y undirtok
[Sidenote: Hic in fine recapitulat super hoc quod in
principio libri primi promisit se in amoris causa
specialius tractaturum. Concludit enim quod omnis amoris
delectacio extra caritatem nichil est. Qui autem manet in
caritate, in deo manet.]
In englesch forto make a book
Which stant betwene ernest and game,
I have it maad as thilke same 3110
Which axe forto ben excusid,
And that my bok be nought refusid
Of lered men, whan thei it se,[1802]
For lak of curiosite:
For thilke scole of eloquence
Belongith nought to my science,
Uppon the forme of rethoriqe
My wordis forto peinte and pike,
As Tullius som tyme wrot.
Bot this y knowe and this y wot, 3120
That y have do my trewe peyne
With rude wordis and with pleyne,
In al that evere y couthe and myghte,
This bok to write as y behighte,
So as siknesse it soffre wolde;
And also for my daies olde,
That y am feble and impotent,
I wot nought how the world ys went.
So preye y to my lordis alle
Now in myn age, how so befalle, 3130
[Sidenote: =P. iii. 384=]
That y mot stonden in here grace:[1803]
For though me lacke to purchace
Here worthi thonk as by decerte,
Yit the symplesse of my poverte
Desireth forto do plesance
To hem undir whos governance
I hope siker to abide.
[Sidenote: [FAREWELL TO EARTHLY LOVE.]]
But now uppon my laste tide
That y this book have maad and write,
My muse doth me forto wite, 3140
And seith it schal be for my beste
Fro this day forth to take reste,
That y nomore of love make,
Which many an herte hath overtake,
And ovyrturnyd as the blynde
Fro reson in to lawe of kynde;
Wher as the wisdom goth aweie[1804]
And can nought se the ryhte weie
How to governe his oghne estat,
Bot everydai stant in debat[1805] 3150
Withinne him self, and can nought leve.
And thus forthy my final leve
I take now for evere more,
Withoute makynge any more,
Of love and of his dedly hele,
Which no phisicien can hele.
For his nature is so divers,
That it hath evere som travers
Or of to moche or of to lite,
That pleinly mai noman delite,[1806] 3160
[Sidenote: =P. iii. 385=]
Bot if him faile or that or this.
Bot thilke love which that is
Withinne a mannes herte affermed,
And stant of charite confermed,
[Sidenote: [HEAVENLY LOVE.]]
Such love is goodly forto have,
Such love mai the bodi save,
Such love mai the soule amende,
The hyhe god such love ous sende
Forthwith the remenant of grace;[1807]
So that above in thilke place 3170
Wher resteth love and alle pes,
Oure joie mai ben endeles.
_Explicit iste liber, qui transeat, obsecro liber_
_Vt sine liuore vigeat lectoris in ore._
_Qui sedet in scannis celi det vt ista Iohannis_
_Perpetuis annis stet pagina grata Britannis._
_Derbeie Comiti, recolunt quem laude periti,_[1808]
_Vade liber purus, sub eo requiesce futurus._[1809]
* * * * *
*Adieu, for I mot fro the wende.
And gret wel Chaucer whan ye mete,[1810] 2941*
As mi disciple and mi poete:
For in the floures of his youthe
In sondri wise, as he wel couthe,
Of Ditees and of songes glade,
The whiche he for mi sake made,
The loud fulfild is overal:
Wherof to him in special
Above alle othre I am most holde.[1811]
For thi now in hise daies olde 2950*
Thow schalt him telle this message,
That he upon his latere age,
To sette an ende of alle his werk,[1812]
As he which is myn owne clerk,
Do make his testament of love,
As thou hast do thi schrifte above,
So that mi Court it mai recorde.’
‘Madame, I can me wel acorde,’
Quod I, ‘to telle as ye me bidde.’
And with that word it so betidde,[1813] 2960*
Out of my sihte al sodeynly,[1814]
Enclosed in a sterred sky,
Up to the hevene Venus straghte,[1815]
And I my rihte weie cawhte,[1816]
Hom fro the wode and forth I wente,[1817]
Wher as with al myn hole entente,[1818]
Thus with mi bedes upon honde,[1819]
For hem that trewe love fonde
I thenke bidde whil I lyve
Upon the poynt which I am schryve. 2970*
[Sidenote: [THE AUTHOR PRAYS FOR THE KING.]]
iv.* _Ad laudem Cristi, quem tu, virgo, peperisti,_
_Sit laus Ricardi, quem sceptra colunt leopardi._
_Ad sua precepta compleui carmina cepta,_
_Que Bruti nata legat Anglia perpetuata._[1820]
He which withinne dayes sevene
This large world forth with the hevene
[Sidenote: Hic in fine libri honorificos que virtuosos
illustrissimi Principis domini sui Regis Anglie Ricardi
secundi mores, sicut dignum est, laude commendabili
describens, pro eiusdem status salubri conseruacione
cunctipotentem deuocius exorat.]
Of his eternal providence
Hath mad, and thilke intelligence[1821]
In mannes soule resonable
Enspired to himself semblable,
Wherof the man of his feture
Above alle erthly creature[1822]
After the soule is immortal,
To thilke lord in special, 2980*
As he which is of alle thinges
The creatour, and of the kinges
Hath the fortunes upon honde,[1823]
His grace and mercy forto fonde
Upon mi bare knees I preye,
That he my worthi king conveye,
Richard by name the Secounde,[1824]
In whom hath evere yit be founde[1825]
Justice medled with pite,
Largesce forth with charite. 2990*
In his persone it mai be schewed
What is a king to be wel thewed,
Touchinge of pite namely:
[Sidenote: [THE KING COMMENDED.]]
For he yit nevere unpitously
Ayein the liges of his lond,[1826]
For no defaute which he fond,
Thurgh cruelte vengaunce soghte;
And thogh the worldes chaunce in broghte[1827]
Of infortune gret debat,
Yit was he not infortunat: 3000*
For he which the fortune ladde,
The hihe god, him overspradde
Of his Justice, and kepte him so,[1828]
That his astat stood evere mo
Sauf, as it oghte wel to be;[1829]
Lich to the Sonne in his degree,
Which with the clowdes up alofte
Is derked and bischadewed ofte,[1830]
But hou so that it trowble in their,[1831]
The Sonne is evere briht and feir, 3010*
Withinne himself and noght empeired:[1832]
Althogh the weder be despeired,
The hed planete is not to wite.[1833]
Mi worthi prince, of whom I write,
Thus slant he with himselve clier,[1834]
And doth what lith in his power[1835]
Not only hier at hom to seke[1836]
Love and acord, but outward eke,[1837]
As he that save his poeple wolde.
So ben we alle wel beholde[1838] 3020*
To do service and obeyssaunce
To him, which of his heyh suffraunce[1839]
Hath many a gret debat appesed,[1840]
To make his lige men ben esed;[1841]
Wherfore that his Croniqe schal
For evere be memorial
To the loenge of that he doth.[1842]
For this wot every man in soth,
What king that so desireth pes,[1843]
He takth the weie which Crist ches: 3030*
And who that Cristes weies sueth,
It proveth wel that he eschueth
The vices and is vertuous,[1844]
Wherof he mot be gracious
Toward his god and acceptable.
And so to make his regne stable,[1845]
With al the wil that I mai yive
I preie and schal whil that I live,
As I which in subjeccioun
Stonde under the proteccioun,[1846] 3040*
And mai miselven not bewelde,[1847]
What for seknesse and what for elde,[1848]
Which I receyve of goddes grace.
But thogh me lacke to purchace
[Sidenote: [THE AUTHOR PRESENTS HIS BOOK TO THE KING.]]
Mi kinges thonk as by decerte,[1849]
Yit the Simplesce of mi poverte
Unto the love of my ligance
Desireth forto do plesance:
And for this cause in myn entente
This povere bok heer I presente[1850] 3050*
Unto his hihe worthinesse,
Write of my simple besinesse,[1851]
So as seknesse it suffre wolde.[1852]
And in such wise as I ferst tolde,
Whan I this bok began to make,[1853]
In som partie it mai be take[1854]
As for to lawhe and forto pleye;
And forto loke in other weye,[1855]
It mai be wisdom to the wise:
So that somdel for good aprise[1856] 3060*
And eek somdel for lust and game[1857]
I have it mad, as thilke same[1858]
Which axe forto ben excused,[1859]
That I no Rethoriqe have used
Upon the forme of eloquence,
For that is not of mi science;
But I have do my trewe peyne
With rude wordes and with pleyne
To speke of thing which I have told.[1860]
[Sidenote: [FAREWELL TO EARTHLY LOVE.]]
But now that I am feble and old,[1861] 3070*
And to the worschipe of mi king
In love above alle other thing[1862]
That I this bok have mad and write,[1863]
Mi Muse doth me forto wite[1864]
That it is to me for the beste
Fro this day forth to take reste,[1865]
That I nomore of love make.[1866]
But he which hath of love his make[1867]
It sit him wel to singe and daunce,[1868]
And do to love his entendance 3080*
In songes bothe and in seyinges
After the lust of his pleyinges,
For he hath that he wolde have:
But where a man schal love crave[1869]
And faile, it stant al otherwise.[1870]
In his proverbe seith the wise,
Whan game is best, is best to leve:[1871]
And thus forthi my fynal leve,
With oute makyng eny more,[1872]
I take now for evere more 3090*
Of love and of his dedly hele,[1873]
Which no phisicien can hele.
For his nature is so divers,
That it hath evere som travers
Or of to moche or of to lite,
That fully mai noman delyte,
But if him lacke or that or this.[1874]
But thilke love which that is
Withinne a mannes herte affermed,
[Sidenote: [HEAVENLY LOVE.]]
And stant of charite confermed, 3100*
That love is of no repentaile;
For it ne berth no contretaile,
Which mai the conscience charge,
But it is rather of descharge,[1875]
And meedful heer and overal.
Forthi this love in special[1876]
Is good for every man to holde,[1877]
And who that resoun wol beholde,[1878]
Al other lust is good to daunte:
Which thing the hihe god us graunte[1879] 3110*
Forth with the remenant of grace
So that of hevene in thilke place
Wher resteth love and alle pes,[1880]
Oure joye mai ben endeles.[1881]
FOOTNOTES:
[1454] 13 the _om._ AM ... B₂, AdBTΔΛ, W
[1455] 37 wiste AJ, F wist C, B
[1456] 48 his A
[1457] 60 Cham AJ Chaym (Caym) H₁ ... B₂, AdBT, W
[1458] 71 Cham AJM Chaym (Caym) H₁ ... B₂, AdBT, W
[1459] 72 Delbora H₁ ... B₂ (Debora E), Δ, W
[1460] 77 into A, FW vnto CLB₂, B
[1461] 79 the _om._ A
[1462] 98 Habraham J, FK _rest_ Abraham
[1463] 100 was þo AML
[1464] 136 tribus MH₁CB₂, TΔ, W Irahel (Irael) J, FK _rest_ Israel
[1465] 145 bode H₁ ... B₂, AdBT
[1466] 148 it _om._ GC, BΔ
[1467] 170 in such AdBTΔ
[1468] 177 I myhte AM
[1469] 185 The AM, W
[1470] 188 such AJ, B suche F
[1471] 210 _margin_ impune _om._ BT, W inpunitu_m_ E
[1472] 212 _margin_ priuauit] preliauit H₁ ... B₂
[1473] 205 so _om._ AdBT
[1474] 228 vnto MCL, BT
[1475] 231 and made] he made AM ... B₂, AdTB
[1476] 237 gret AC, B grete F
[1477] 239 not (nought) goode AM ... B₂, AdBT
[1478] 245 Irahel _as in_ l. 136
[1479] 257 And þat AdBT
[1480] 262 ago AM ... B₂, AdBTΔ
[1481] 280 _margin_ ipse prius FK, _om._ A ... B₂, BT (_Lat. om._ AdΔ,
W)
[1482] 291 chambre (chamber) MH₁XEC, AdBTΔ, WK
[1483] 293 and] of AM ... B₂, AdBT
[1484] 298 The king H₁ ... B₂, AdBT
[1485] 310 which _om._ B
[1486] 337 S _resumes_
[1487] 354 the _om._ AdBT, W
[1488] 355 how þat H₁ ... B₂, AdB
[1489] 358 soghte (soughte) A ... CB₂, SAdTB (In al wise he him be þowt
Δ)
[1490] 362 that _om._ BTΔ, W
[1491] 371 þis wise EB₂, BΔ
[1492] 403 sturne F sterne A, SB lok] word B
[1493] 416 of of F
[1494] 419 this] þat AdBT the B₂
[1495] 428 _margin_ Indignacio--Appolini _om._ SΔ (_as also the
marginal notes following down to_ l. 1020)
[1496] 443 his _om._ B
[1497] 446 esmaied JEC, S, FK amaied (amayed) AMH₁XGRLB₂, AdBT dismaied
Δ, W
[1498] 462 tyde AMX, W
[1499] 467 _margin_ mare _om._
[1500] F as evere he] as he H₁ ... B₂, Ad as þey BT
[1501] 469 In] Her(e) AdBTΛ be] ben wiþ AdBTΔΛ, W
[1502] 471 hale up] haleþ AM ... B₂, AdBTΛ
[1503] 483 deelful (deleful) AML, W deedful (dedful) H₁ ... CB₂, AdTΛ
dedly B
[1504] 492 stonden B₂, AdBTΔ, WK
[1505] 496 _margin_ Nota _om._ A ... B₂, BT (_Lat. om._ SAdΔ)
[1506] 505 Taliart F Thaliart AJ, SB
[1507] 507 box AM ... B₂, AdBT
[1508] 510 spare he FK _rest_ spare
[1509] 513 Taliart J, F Thaliart A, SB
[1510] 535 He] His F
[1511] 539 which B
[1512] 548 him H₁, AdBT
[1513] 553 whan (when) AJC, B whanne S, F
[1514] 565 the _om._ AMH₁XRL, Ad a B
[1515] 566 him FWK it ACLB₂, B
[1516] 568 So as] So þat AM ... B₂ (So as G)
[1517] 573 _margin_ prenunciauit B preminuit M
[1518] 571 a route AM ... B₂, AdBT
[1519] 574 the which on knees] which on his knees E, B which on knees
H₁XRLB₂, AdTΔ
[1520] 582 no] for no H₁E ... B₂
[1521] 590 As in telling(e) AM, AdT ffor as in telling(e) H₁ ... B₂
[1522] 598 ygon B
[1523] 620 avou (avow) A, B, F a vow (a vou) J, S, K
[1524] 624 altobroke A, S, F al tobroke C, B al to broke J
[1525] 633 Therof (Ther of) A ... B₂, AdBT Wherefore W
[1526] 635 a _om._ AMR
[1527] 636 was whilom AM ... B₂, AdBT was som tyme J
[1528] 667 Than (Thanne) AM ... B₂, AdBT afterward B
[1529] 677 As was herd AdBT
[1530] 680 game MH₁, AdBTΔ, W gamis X
[1531] 685 As] And AM ... B₂, AdBT tho] þe H₁ ... B₂, AdBT, WK _om._ Δ
[1532] 697 _margin_ aula A ... B₂, BT
[1533] 705 schulde (scholde) AdBT, W
[1534] 714 his Mareschal of h. J, S, FK his Marchal of his h. AM ...
CB₂, BT his marschal of the h. Δ, W þe Marchal of his h. Ad (ll.
704-714 _om._ L)
[1535] 718 hadde B
[1536] 732 _margin_ maxime ingemiscebat A ... B₂, BT (_Latin om._ SAdΔ)
[1537] 747 of þis worldes aghte J, SΔ, FWK þer of (þerof) which I
aughte AM ... B₂, AdBT
[1538] 748 I þer(e) H₁ ... B₂, AdBT
[1539] 772 taakþ (takeþ) AM
[1540] 782 he] it AM ... B₂, AdBT
[1541] 786 hou that] of þat AH₁ ... B₂, AdBT þat M howe W
[1542] 787 he was] it was H₁ ... B₂, AdBT
[1543] 809 that] þe H₁ ... B₂, AdBT
[1544] 817 he scholde AdB
[1545] 827 Hire] He AdBT
[1546] 829 of Citole] citole B and citole K
[1547] 830 tun] time X, B
[1548] 839 wolde AdBT
[1549] 845 Touching(e) AM ... B₂, AdBTΛ
[1550] 852 may so AMR
[1551] 856 and in game] what in game ME, B and what in game CLB₂, AdT
[1552] 859 and drinke MCL, BT of drinkyng W
[1553] 860 that _om._ AMH₁
[1554] 872 hir(e) honour AJH₁ ... L, AdBT
[1555] 875 to make AdBT
[1556] 892 put AJ, S, F putte C, B
[1557] 928 þe worldes A ... B₂, AdT
[1558] 946 fadres (faders) AM ... B₂ (_except_ E), AdΔ
[1559] 950 _Paragraph here_ F ther] al (alle) AM ... B₂, AdBT
[1560] 958 which was] þat was W was Ad was riht AM ... B₂, BT
[1561] 961 and gret AMH₁E ... B₂, BT and of gret X
[1562] 962 many man AH₁EC, AdBT many me_n_ X
[1563] 970 lede B
[1564] 975 spousales FK
[1565] 979 adai (aday) J, F a dai (a day) AC, SB
[1566] 994 was FWK is A ... B₂, S ... Δ
[1567] 1000 forto smyte AM
[1568] 1009 liuen in AH₁ ... B₂, AdBTΔ
[1569] 1024 lengerr F
[1570] 1047 here (her) AC, SB hire J, F
[1571] 1056 deide AdBT
[1572] 1060 a swoune JC, SB, F aswoune A
[1573] 1063 and my desir AdBT, W and desir J
[1574] 1069 it myhte FWK
[1575] 1076 For evere] Was euer(e) AH₁ ... B₂, AdBT Was neu_er_e M
[1576] 1098 _Latin here and at_ 1122, 1141, 1151, 1324, 1373, 1424
_om._ SΔ (_up to_ 2029 _om._ Δ)
[1577] 1102 _margin_ obtusa q_ue_ C, B obtusaq_ue_ A, F
[1578] 1106 _marg._ in mari A ... B₂, BT
[1579] 1107 þis AdBT
[1580] 1110 sich (siche, swiche) AJMRB₂, BΔ, W such (suche) H₁XECL,
SAdT, FK
[1581] 1120 of jeueals a] of Ieweles (Iewels) AM ... B₂, AdBT of the
Ieweles a W
[1582] 1128 tak AJ, S, F take C, B
[1583] 1131 whan (when) AJ, SB whan_n_e F
[1584] 1142 This prince AJM, SΔ
[1585] 1156 _margin_ suum _om._ A ... B₂, BT
[1586] 1168 the] þis BΔ, W
[1587] 1178 was iwounde (I wounde &c.) AM ... L was I bounde B₂ lay
ywounde AdBT
[1588] 1184 which ... is] þat ... was AM ... B₂, AdBT
[1589] 1206 Ha _om._ MXR, AdBT, W
[1590] 1222 hol (hool) C, B, F hole AB₂
[1591] 1224 _margin_ sacro] facto BT
[1592] 1240 sih] seiþ AML
[1593] 1252 _line om._ B
[1594] 1253 schal] haþ AdBT
[1595] 1258 took(e) LB₂ AdBT, W
[1596] 1260 made AH₁ ... B₂, AdBT
[1597] 1274 seiled AdBT
[1598] 1277 And FW Tho ACLB₂, B
[1599] 1293 whiche A, S, F which JC, B
[1600] 1315 And parceiuen þat it B
[1601] 1319 þe FW his ACLB₂, B
[1602] 1334 worþe J, F worþ AC, SB
[1603] 1364 wher þat AM ... B₂, AdBT, W
[1604] 1371 swer(e) E ... B₂, K sware X
[1605] 1373 _margin_ occideret A ... B₂, BT
[1606] 1374 cherlissh (cherlische &c.) H₁ ... B₂, AdBT, K
[1607] 1375 wher(e) H₁ ... B₂, AdBTΔ, W
[1608] 1378 _margin_ Pirate ibidem prope] Pirate ibidem A ... B₂ ibidem
BT
[1609] 1383 _margin_ reddiderunt AM
[1610] 1388 þat sche AM ... B₂, AdBT
[1611] 1389 and þis cry A
[1612] 1399 thei] sche B
[1613] 1413 fecchen (fechen) AM ... B₂, AdB sechen T
[1614] 1415 hir] he AM ... B₂, AdBT1
[1615] 1416 And þat he by (be) H₁ ... B₂ And þat by AM
[1616] 1423 _Paragraph here in_ MSS.
[1617] 1424 No wonder þough sche were wo B No wonder þogh sche be wo Ad
[1618] 1435 nomen wolde þer noght come K nomen wolden þeer (þer) come
AM no man (noman) wolde þer(e) come H₁ ... B₂, AdBT mo men wolde ther
none come W
[1619] 1447 kneled BTΔ
[1620] 1450 good BT
[1621] 1456 be of rel. AM ... B₂, BT
[1622] 1465 Which þat AM ... B₂, BT
[1623] 1476 fro] of AM ... B₂, BT
[1624] 1484 eny AM ... B₂, B
[1625] 1503 _margin_ configentes F
[1626] 1500 Theophile AJC, T, F Theophil B
[1627] 1505 ich haue AM
[1628] 1509 kepeþ BT
[1629] 1512 Now se her after B Now hiere after T
[1630] 1513 sorweth] crieþ BT
[1631] 1523 make BT _om._ W
[1632] 1534 the _om._ AM, Δ, W
[1633] 1544 forto clare] to declare AM ... B₂, BT
[1634] 1555 told A, B, F tolde C
[1635] 1593 _margin_ celebrari A ... B₂, BT, W
[1636] 1590 _Paragraph here_ FWK, _at_ 1595 _in most other copies_
[1637] 1621 þat cite H₁XELB₂, BT
[1638] 1633 be] were B
[1639] 1637 which a s. AM ... B₂, AdBT
[1640] 1641 so] þe AM
[1641] 1646 here LB₂, Δ, W
[1642] 1649 _Paragraph here_ ALB₂, BT _at_ 1652 J, SAd, FW Tho] Thus A
... B₂
[1643] 1661 all(e) þe weies AM ... B₂, AdBT
[1644] 1683 many F many a ALB₂, B, W
[1645] 1687 madd man S madd mad man F
[1646] 1710 hol B, F hole AB₂
[1647] 1713 was FW is ALB₂, B
[1648] 1715 that _om._ AM, W
[1649] 1732 toke J, S, F tok (took) AEC, B
[1650] 1750 þat lond AJM, SΔ
[1651] 1754 maiden] doughter B
[1652] 1756 which was þo h. AM
[1653] 1761 of yong] ȝong of E, B
[1654] 1790 þe king JC
[1655] 1792 vnto H₁ ... B₂, AdB, W
[1656] 1836 he in F in he A ... B₂, S ... Δ, WK
[1657] 1842 euidence AdBT
[1658] 1843 thanne aboute] al (alle) aboute AM ... B₂, AdT þer aboute B
[1659] 1854 aswowe AM aswowen B
[1660] 1861 That] Which AM ... B₂, AdBT
[1661] 1877 þe queene AM ... B₂, AdBT
[1662] 1890 topseil(e) cole H₁ ... B₂, AdBTΔ, W
[1663] 1892 havene] haue C, AdBT, W þe haue_n_ B₂
[1664] 1911 what he w. X ... B₂, AdBT
[1665] 1912 ff. _margin_ Qualiter--fecit _om._ BΔ
[1666] 1920 lord B
[1667] 1921 thanne] þat AM ... B₂, AdBT
[1668] 1924 Wher of (Wherof) H₁ ... B₂, AdBT, W
[1669] 1927 And FW A ACLB₂, B
[1670] 1928 Up to] Vpon AM ... B₂, AdBT
[1671] 1931 on honde AM ... B₂, AdBT, W
[1672] 1939 he herde AM, W
[1673] 1940 wiste(n) how it AM ... B₂, AdBT, W
[1674] 1967 In which AM ... B₂, AdBT
[1675] 1973 wil (wol) conceyue H₁EL, W wol(e) resceyue AdBT
[1676] 1978 is befalle AdB, W was falle L
[1677] 1992 was him AM, Δ, W
[1678] 1999 his lif was write A ... B₂, S ... Δ as it is write FWK
[1679] 2006 he hadde al] he hadde J, SΔ (had) hadde (had) AM ... B₂,
AdBT
[1680] 2009 _margin_ Confessor ad Amantem _om._ JEC, AdBT Confessor B₂,
Δ, W
[1681] 2047 skile] sike AdBT
[1682] 2056 let S, F lete AJ, B
[1683] 2062 truffles AJC, S, F trifles (triffles) L, B travailes W
[1684] 2071 Conseile J, S, F Conseil (Counseil) AC, B
[1685] 2073 Thi (þy) cause A ... B₂, S ... Δ where] þer B
[1686] 2086 noght faile] auaile AM ... B₂, AdBT (_line om._ R)
[1687] 2095 sett] siþe (siþ, seþþe &c.) JH₁ERLB₂, AdBT, W sertein if Δ
[1688] 2098 it is H₁, FK is it AJMX ... B₂, S ... Δ, W
[1689] 2104 This BT Thi Ad And W
[1690] 2106 so be befalle F
[1691] 2134 set AJ, S, F sette CLB₂, B
[1692] 2138 agon (a goon) H₁RCB₂, AdBT, W
[1693] 2153 That feelen noght of þat (_om._ I fiele) A That feelen
noght . be likned to þe herte M
[1694] 2178 while AM ... B₂, AdBT, W
[1695] 2179 no certein AdBT the] þo AM
[1696] 2180 if] wher AM ... B₂, AdBT
[1697] 2195 techinge J, SΔ, FWK touchynge (touching) AM ... B₂, AdBTΛ
[1698] 2203 þei (þey) acorden AdBT
[1699] 2214 wol(e) AdBT
[1700] 2220 or I trauaile J, S, F _the rest_ or trauaile
[1701] 2228 a love] of loue AM ... B₂, BT (Haþ love of kinde ȝit Ad)
[1702] 2240 was] is AdBT
[1703] 2247 þurghout BT
[1704] 2251 ȝelpe AdBTΛ
[1705] 2257 I fynde BTΔ
[1706] 2270 his _om._ B
[1707] 2271 wher AdBT
[1708] 2284 þis infortune AdBT þilke fortune B₂, Δ that ilke infortune W
[1709] 2294 gentile AJ, S, F gentil C, B
[1710] 2298 wold J, S, F wolde AC, B
[1711] 2319 agame AJMRL, AdT in game Δ in grame W
[1712] 2320 is] was A ... B₂, SBTΔ
[1713] 2332 if] it AMXE ... B₂, B
[1714] 2334 Hire B
[1715] 2342 disteigned AH₁XRLB₂ distreigned M restreigned E
[1716] 2367 f. _Two lines om._ S ... Δ (_ins._ Λ)
[1717] 2368 The which is holsom to þe seke H₁ ... B₂
[1718] 2369 f.
Noght al as þou desire woldest
Bot so as þou be resoun scholdest
S ... Δ
[1719] 2371-2376 _Six lines om._ S ... Δ
[1720] _Latin Verses_ iii. 8 obsequium] obsessum X ... L obessum B₂
[1721] 2379 ff. _margin_ Hic in exemplum--redarguit] Hic narrat
qualiter indignata Venus, amantis languidi infirmitatem inspiciens, ne
quid amplius in curia sua attemptare presumat, ipsum insufficientem
tanquam pro medicina pluribus exemplis exhortabatur S ... ΔΛ
[1722] 2386 tome S, F to me AJC, B
[1723] 2387 wolde H₁ ... B₂, AdBT
[1724] 2403 Mi loues AM, Λ My loue AdBT (Ad _ends with this line_)
[1725] 2409 with _om._ AM ... B₂, BT
[1726] 2428 sitte AJC, F sit B
[1727] 2433 if þat þou wel beþought (be þought) X ... B₂, BTΛ if that
thou wel the be thouht H₁
[1728] 2436 The which AM ... B₂, BTΛ (þ_at_ whilom was þe grene gras Δ)
[1729] 2437 as time now AM ... B₂, BTΛ
[1730] 2441 Than I AM, BΛ Whan I H₁ ... B₂, T
[1731] 2442 And wist(e) wel AM ... B₂, BTΛ
[1732] 2445 ferd AJ, S, F ferde C, B
[1733] 2446 And cold AM
[1734] 2462 _line om._ B
[1735] 2476 _margin_ Pan id est deus nature A ... B₂
[1736] 2497 It was AM ... B₂, BT
[1737] 2543 Priamus AM, B, W
[1738] 2573 graue BT
[1739] 2575 Alquik F Al quik AJ, SB, K
[1740] 2598 þ_er_e F þer (þ_er_) AJC, B
[1741] 2623 Vluxes BT
[1742] 2646 Lo, if] See wher AM ... B₂, BT
[1743] 2650 Which Ceix (_om._ to) B Which to seke X Which for to se W
[1744] 2653 wawe A ... B₂, S ... Δ
[1745] 2656 which] þat AM ... B₂, BT
[1746] 2664 he lay X, BT (_line om._ Δ _p. m._)
[1747] 2670 manye] fele AM ... B₂, BT
[1748] 2672 here visage AM ... B₂, BT
[1749] 2675 pipes AM ... B₂, BT piper Δ
[1750] 2676 noise] merþe AM ... B₂, BT
[1751] 2678 sowned AM ... B₂, BT
[1752] 2694 Iuesses eek AM Iues boþe (Iewes both) KW Iewes (Iues &c.)
eek H₁ ... B₂, BT
[1753] 2696 wher he was AM wher(e) he were X ... B₂, BT if he were H₁, W
[1754] 2701 no wonder B
[1755] 2702 put AJ, F putte C, B
[1756] 2706 so] also E, BT þo Δ
[1757] 2769 benyce J, S, FK be nyce (by nice &c.) AM ... B₂, BTΔ, W
[1758] 2775 _margin_ No_ta_ LB₂, F No_ta_ b_e_n_e_ C _om._ A ... R,
SBTΔ, WK
[1759] 2796 pitte F putte AJC, SB
[1760] 2809 whiche S, F which AJC, B