187. T omits halden.

189. T has the better reading, to do riht ⁊ riht for to deme{n}, which

is supported by 122/197: R to don riht ant riht fon ⁊ demen; ‘fon riht’

is a strange expression, which may mean to exact justice at the hands of

others. #ich deme# &c.: Morris translates, ‘and I deem myself so that I,

through myself, may do it (sin) not.’ The meaning is, My duty is to

behave justly and to judge justly, and, in my own case, I judge that I

do not perform that duty by my own unaided powers.

190: ‘Omne datum optimum et omne donum perfectum desursum est,

descendens a Patre luminum,’ S. Jas. i. 17.

Selections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250. Part 2: Notes · 第 455 / 959 题