41. 'He would as soon (lit. it seems to him as pleasant to) kill him, as
be alive himself.'
43. 'If you reach that place you will be killed, I may warn you,
knight.' Possibly _I_, _y_, has fallen out of the text after _y_ of
_may_ (cp. VI 3), though there are clear instances in Old and Middle
English where the pronominal subject must be understood from the
context, e.g. I 168, VIII _a_ 237, 273. Note the transitions from
plural _ȝe_ to singular _þe_ in ll. 42-3; and the evidence at l. 72
f. that _þou_ could still be used in addressing a superior.
44. _Trawe ȝe me þat_: _trow_ has here a double construction with
both _me_ and _þat_ as direct objects.
56. 'That I shall loyally screen you, and never give out the tale that
you fled for fear of any man that I knew.'