206. #eðe#: sore E J M.

208. #an helle pine# &c.: e M go with L; E with T; in pyne ⁊ on

vnwunne J.

209. #ledden#: the other MSS. have the present tense. #mid unriht#:

comp. ‘Ne wurþ þer vnryht ne wrong,’ OEM 143/85.

210. #buten--do#, unless God’s mercy intervene. #longe#: comp. 48/327,

169/342.

212. #bi þan ilke iwichte#, by the same measure, i.e. as great as his

might; comp. 53/384: ah al by one wyhte J; nis him no þing litlinde, |

ac bi emliche wihte D (litlinde, decreasing, see 126/327; emliche,

equal). In T 216 mihte is a mistake for milce.

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