R. CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.

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_Typography_

In the Notes and Introduction, long vowels were printed with circumflex

â rather than macron ā. This usage has been retained; the circumflex

accent in its own right does not occur.

In the Introduction, emphasis within italicized passages was shown

either by reverting to Roman type or by printing the words as _gesperrt_

(extended). For this e-text, the first kind of emphasis is shown in

{braces}, the second with +marks+.

In the main text, folio numbers were italicized as 85_a_, 85_b_... This

markup has been omitted to reduce visual clutter.

Loops or flourishes attached to final letters are shown as ~ (tilde

_after_ letter). If you find this distracting, feel free to delete it

globally. The character does not occur anywhere else, and the flourishes

probably do not mean anything.

The letter “n” with overline is shown as ñ (n-tilde) for better font

support.

Double “l” in the main text was printed as two l’s with a single

connecting line. They are shown in this e-text as ƚƚ (paired l-bar).

Note that the printers do not seem to have had an italic version of this

letter pair; in the e-text it is shown as italic or roman based on the

surrounding text.

_Errors and Inconsistencies_

Errors in the main text and fragments are shown at the end of each

stanza in [[double brackets]]. The word “invisible” means that there is

an appropriately sized blank space or extra indentation, but the

character (usually an open single quote) is missing. Unusual spellings

in the Sidenotes are probably attributable to Frederick Furnivall.

Hyphenization of prefixes in the modern material (introduction,

linenotes, endnotes) does not always match the body text; words are

printed as shown. In citations, capitalization of German is unchanged.

Commas at the end of Glossary entries are not errors. The letters I and

J are alphabetized together. Initial U is written and alphabetized as V.

_Introduction_

§ 1

still worse is the fact, that he did not recognize

[comma unchanged]

Footnote 1: ... written down from oral recitation.’

[close quote invisible]

§ 2

II. C. d. Tho he be {st}rod anoble {st}ede ...

Torent be {str}ode a stede {str}ong

[body text has “a noble” and “be-strod” (both times)]

§ 3

1. No part. pres. on-_ond_ ...

[printed as shown at line break: error for “_onond_”?]

§ 4

(3) In the Northern collection, pp. lxi and lxiv. Herrig’s _Archiv_

[text has “Archiv.” with superfluous period]

Footnote 8: F. H. v. d. Hagen

[text has “F. H., v. d.” with superfluous comma]

10. (... as may be gleaned from l. 2440.)

[final . missing]

[Eglamour and Torrent, parallel]

_Eglamour_, Linc. MS. Note on 1267:

[line also printed at bottom of preceding page (partway through

parallel passages)]

_Notes_

p. 3, l. 59. ... _The Lyfe of Ipomydon_

[spelling unchanged; elsewhere “Ipomadon”]

p. 16, l. 429-31. ...--I. Hall.

[error for J(oseph)? normal citation form is “Hall”, without

initial, in small capitals]

p. 21, l. 555. [text has “p. 21.”]

p. 29, l. 819. On the meaning of the phrase ‘_the bord beginne_,’

[close quote missing]

p. 42, ... Cf. _Li B. Disc._, l. 130 f.

[missing . after l]

p. 63, l. 1799. ... To child no wyf

[printed as shown; expected form is “ne wyf”]

p. 70, l. 2010.

[“l.” missing]

p. 86, l. 2493. ... XII. und XIII. Iahrhundert

[error for “Jahrhundert”? book cited is not printed in fraktur]

p. 90, l. 2593. ... ‘And heom markede forđ,

[printed as shown, with đ for expected ð]

the later MSS. writes:

[error for “MS.” _or_ “write”]

_Glossary_

_harood_ ... 82/2365, _harroldys_, _sb. pl._ heralds.

[text has 82/2365; with semicolon for comma]

_prekand_, 45/1263, _prs. p._ pricking.

[missing comma]

_rightfull_, 64/1834, _adj._ rightfull.

[printed as shown]

_roall_, 85/2450, _adj._ royal.

[“adj.” missing]

_storrope_, 35/987, _sb._ stirrup.

_tymbyr_, 2/40, 81/2349, 86/2483, _sb._ lance.

[“sb.” missing in both entries]

_wyght_,* 1/15, 3/60.

[final . may be error for ,]

_wyhte_, 30/848, _adj._ wight.

[text has “30/548”]

_Names_

_Desonell{e}_ ... 2614, King [text has 2614; with semicolon]

_Sarȝins_, 2232, Saracens.

[Index has “Sarzins” but body text has “Sarȝins”]