338. #niȝeðe del#, nine-tenths, the great majority: niȝende del D.

339. #wei grene#: the path to heaven is compared to what is still in

some parts called a ‘green road’ or a ‘green way,’ ‘a road over turf

between hedges,’ EDD., the ‘unmetalled road’ of the Ordnance maps,

because, unlike the highway, it is used by few. J has, þene wey so

schene, and in the next line, and þat is wel eþ-sene; M, ⁊ þat is þe

worlde on-sene. The last half of T 344 appears to be corrupt.

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