118. #embe#: usually þe . . . embe, about which.

120. #he#: for the personal pronoun used instead of a repeated relative,

comp. ‘hem,’ 87/156; ‘He ðurh hwam kinges rixit, ⁊ alle mihtes . . . of

him cumeð, he lai bewunden on fiteres,’ VV 49/27. #bet ⁊ milce bit#,

amends and prays for mercy; comp. 36/126, 44/238. Read seiende.

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