'Nam genus et proauos et quæ non fecimus ipsi
Vix ea nostra voco.'
20. This is a difficult line to obtain from the MSS. It is necessary to
keep _heir_ in the singular, because of _he_ in l. 21. In MS. A., _maþe_
clearly stands for _makeþe_, i. e. _maketh_, as in nearly all the MSS. This
gives us--That maketh his heir him that wol [_or_ can] him queme. The
change from _his heir him_ to the more natural order _him his heir_ is such
a gain to the metre that it is worth while to make it.