57. #þe# is for þe þe, as in C and at 64/60.

59. #wel# is a mistake for þurl due to anticipation of the following

wel. Three windows are mentioned, that looking into the church, the

‘chirche þurl,’ AR 68/16; the parlour window, through which they

converse with visitors and communicate with the servants, the ‘þurl’ of

74/209, AR 68/19; and the house window, the ‘rund windowe’ of the text.

Each window was hung inside and out with black cloths marked with a

white cross, AR 50/2, 96/10, and furnished with shutters; compare the

elaborate regulations for the windows in the Gilbertine Rule, Dugdale,

*lxxv. #wel mei duhen#: see 62/22 note: #ancre# is dative.

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