How she was broght from Athenes in a barge, This knave anoon unto the quene him dighte, 2365 (140) 2370 2375 (150) Allas! the wo, the compleint, and the moon 2380 The remenant is no charge for to telle, 2385 (160) 2390 2360. A. C. ywouen; rest wouen (woued). C. T. A. stamyn; rest stames. 2364. C. waf; Tn. B. wafe; rest waue (wave). 2369. F. Tn. Th. B. signe; rest signes. C. swor hym; T. sware she; A. suore; Th. swore; F. B. sworne (!); Tn. sworen (!). 2375. C. Th. on; T. A. in; F. Tn. B. a. 2378. Tn. her; C. here (for her); A. all hir; F. T. Th. B. hir self. 2379. So A.; so T. (omitting 3rd the); C. Allas the compleynt the wo & the mone; F. Th. Allas the wo constreynt (!) and the mone. 2380. So all. 2388. 2390. B. mordrer; F. morderere; Th. murtherer; C. T. A. morderour; Tn. mordroure. That wol I seyn, al were he now my brother, VIII. THE LEGEND OF PHYLLIS. Incipit Legenda Phillis. (166) In love a falser herde I never non, 'God, for his grace, fro swich oon kepe us!' 2400 (10) This Demophon com sailing in the see 2405 With him com many a ship and many a barge 2393. C. T. A. non othir; rest a-nother (!). 2402. F. Tn. Th. B. om. may. (read seek); rest seke. C. thasege (good). 2410 (20) 2415 2400. F. Tn. Th. B. om. if. 2409. C. sek 2408. C. his; rest om. 2410. A. Th. the sege; F. Tn. B. a sege; T. sege; 2412. C. T. A. ne myghte; rest myght not. That carpenter ne coude hit nat amende. 2420 (30) 2425 2430 (40) 2435 Whan he may walke, him thoughte hit was the beste Unto the court to seken for socour. Men knewe him wel, and diden him honour; 2440 For at Athenes duk and lord was he, As Theseus his fader hadde y-be, That in his tyme was of greet renoun, No man so greet in al his regioun ; (50) And lyk his fader of face and of stature, 2445 2418. C. A. ne; T. noon; rest om. 2420. A. So wood. C. A. now vp 2422. Th. Chorus ; 2423. F. Th. B. now doun; T. now vp and doun; rest vp and doun. 2425. A. B. Ligurgus; C. Tn. T. Ligurges; Th. Ly curgus; F. Bygurgus (error for Lygurgus). 2440. C. T. A. court; rest contree. 2430. C. That (for And). 2435. C. T. A. 2438. A. om. for. 2444. 2443. F. Tn. Th. B. hath. 2445. C. of (for in). C. the; T. A. that; As doth the fox Renard, the foxes sone, To wryte of hem that been in love forsworn, And eek to haste me in my legende, Ye han wel herd of Theseus devyse 2450 (60) 2455 2460 That of her pite kepte him from his bane. (70) For unto Phillis hath he sworen thus, 2465 To wedden her, and her his trouthe plighte, And piked of her al the good he mighte, Whan he was hool and sound and hadde his reste; Tellen al his doing to and fro. He seide, unto his contree moste he saile, And openly he took his leve tho, 2470 (80) 2475 2452. A. phillis; C. Philes; Th. T. quene 2453. F. B. And; rest Her (Hire, Hir). 2454 2449. C. owene (for olde). Phillis; rest quene. A. Th. agroted; B. agrotyd; C. agrotyed; F. Tn. agroteyd; T. agroteyed. 2455. C. T. ben in love; A. ar of loue; rest in loue ben. 2459. C. T. A. deuyse; F. Tn. B. the nyse (sic); Th. the gyse. 2470, I. T. I couthe ryght well, yef that hyt lykyd me Tell all hys doyng; but hyt ys vanyte. C. T. vnto; A. into; rest to. F. Th. B. him; rest he. 2472. 2475. F. B. omit. 2476. C. hath hire sworn; A. hath to hir suorn; Tn. to her sworne; F. T. Th. 2477. So C. A.; F. Tn. Th. B. ageyn he wolde. B. to hir swore. Wel and hoomly, and let his shippes dighte, 2480 (90) 2485 2490 (100) 2495 2500 (110) 2505 2480. C. homly; F. T. B. homely; A. huimly; Tn. humble; Th. hombly. C. let; rest om. F. Tn. B. yboght. 2482. C. ne; rest om. 2483. A. C. Th. abought; 2484. F. Tn. B. om. as. A. T. stories; rest story (but 2485. C. T. A. 2488. 2489. this would require recordeth; indeed, C. has recordith !). ryght; rest om. 2487. F. Tn. Th. B. But firste wrote she to hym. C. T. A. hire delyuere; rest delyuer hir. F. pyne (error for peyne). F. B. oo; Tn. one; rest a; see 1. 2495. 2491. C. T. A. Ne spende; rest Dispenden. 2493. C. a fere; T. afyre; A. in fyre; F. Tn. Th. B. on a fire 2496. C. Ostesse thyn. T. A. o thow Demophon. 2498. (badly). F. Tn. B. om. moot. 2504. F. Tn. B. om. hid. 2505. Th. thylke; C. F. Tn. B. that thilke (!); A. that ilke; T. that. 2506, 7. C. omits. 2506. A. hath lycht this. 2507. T. yef; A. if; F. B. Th. yet (error for yef); Tn. yit (error for yif). |