Conceived hath her beautee and her chere, So woodly, that his wit was al forgeten. A-morwe, whan the brid began to singe, 'Thus lay her heer, and thus fresh was her hewe; Thus fair she was, and this was her manere.' Al this conceit his herte hath now y-take. 1747. C. T. A. Add. shap; rest bounte. C. brende; B. brente; F. Tn. brent. rest was. B. On; rest A. rest Thus. (for That). 1749. C. nas; rest was. 1752. C. is al; Th. A. was al; 1757. F. Tn. Th. 1763. F. T. This; 1766. C. Yit 1773. C. T. A. alday; rest alway. 1754. C. T. A. Add. that; rest om. 1776. C. forth he rit; A. Addit. (12524) forth he ride; F. Tn. Th. he forth right (!). Unto the house of Colatyn ful right. Doun was the sonne, and day hath lost his light; (100) 1780 And in the night ful theefly gan he stalke, 1785 'What beste is that,' quod she, 'that weyeth thus?' (110) Quod he, 'but and thou crye, or noise make, 1790 By thilke god that formed man on lyve, 1795 (120) 1800 1805 As I shal in the stable slee thy knave, And leye him in thy bed, and loude crye, (130) 1787. F. felt; C. felte. 1795. C. T. 1784. C. T. A. Add. Were hit; rest Whether. 1793. C. thour-out; T. thorout; A. throughout; rest om. out. A. Add. point; rest swerd. C. vp-on; T. opon; Tn. Th. on; rest unto. 1798. C. T. A. fynt; Add. fyndyth; rest fayneth or feyneth (!). C. lomb; Add. lombe; T. A. Th. lambe; rest loue (!). 1801. C. T. A. Add. that; rest om. 1802. F. Add. sterte; rest asterte (astert). 1804. C. T. A. Add. 1805. C. A. Add. he; T. tho; rest om. seyth; rest seyde. Th. B. om. As. 1809. C. auouterye; F. avowtrye. 1807. F. Tn. And thus thou shalt be deed, and also lese 1810 That, what for fere of slaundre and drede of deeth, 1815 And in a swough she lay and wex so deed, Men mighte smyten of her arm or heed; (140) 1820 Allas! of thee this was a vileins dede! But now to purpos; in the story I rede, Whan he was goon, al this mischaunce is falle. 1825 (150) 1830 Her frendes axen what her aylen mighte, And who was deed? And she sit ay wepinge, A word for shame ne may she forth out-bringe, 1835 Ne upon hem she dorste nat beholde. But atte laste of Tarquiny she hem tolde, This rewful cas, and al this thing horrible. (160) 1840 1811. C. T. A. Add. non other; rest not. 1815. C. at onys bothe; rest bothe atones. 1816. C. wex; B. wexe; Tn. wax ; T. wexed; A. wox; F. Th. woxe. 1821. F. Tn. Th. B. om. 2nd as. C. worthi for verray). 1823. C. T. A. Add. this; rest thy. 1824. C. vileyn; A. T. vileyns; Add. vilons; 1825. F. Tn. Th. B. insert the after F. B. Tn. vilenouse; Th. villaynous. to. 1829. F. Tn. Th. B. om. al. C. herys; A. heeres; F. heer; Tn. T. Th. B. here (heare, heere). C. has lost 11. 1836-1907. 1840. Add. made; T. maden; A. maid; rest make. L Hit mighte have maked hem upon her rewe, But al for noght; for thus she seide anoon, 1845 (170) 1850 1855 (180) 1860 And openly the tale he tolde hem alle, 1865 And openly let carie her on a bere Through al the toun, that men may see and here The horrible deed of her oppressioun. Ne never was ther king in Rome toun Sin thilke day; and she was holden there (190) 1870 A seint, and ever her day y-halwed dere I tell hit, for she was of love so trewe, That in these women men may alday finde ; 1875 1846. So all but F. Tn. B.; F. B. That nolde she suffre; Tn. That wolde she suffren nat. 1847. T. opon; A. vpon; rest vnto (badly). 1857. T. A. Add. she hede; rest hede she. 1862. So T. A. Add.; rest hath by hir chaste blood. 1873. T. A. Add. as; rest om. 1876. T. A. Add. for the; rest in her. Ther as they caste hir herte, ther hit dwelleth. As in a woman; and this is no lye. (200) 1880 The trewest is ful brotel for to triste. 1885 Explicit Legenda Lucrecie Rome, Martiris. VI. THE LEGEND OF ARIADNE. Incipit Legenda Adriane de Athenes. IUGE infernal, Minos, of Crete king, Now cometh thy lot, now comestow on the ring; But for to clepe agein unto memorie Of Theseus the grete untrouthe of love; For which the goddes of the heven above Minos, that was the mighty king of Crete, The grete Minos, of the whiche I speke, 1879. All him-self or him-selfe. women; rest men. C. has lost 11. 1836-1907. rest Crete; see 1. 1894. 1890 1895 (11) 1950 1882. F. Add. om. and. 1883. F. 1886. F. B. Tn. Grece; 1888. F. B. oonly for thy sake; rest for thy sake only. F. Tn. Th. B. writen is; T. A. Add. wryte I. 1890. F. vntrewe; rest vntrouthe (vntrouth). 1891. T. A. Add. the; rest om. (after of). 1895. T. A. Th. had; B. wanne; F. whan (!); Tn. om. hapned; Add. appynyd; rest happed. 1897. F. happeth; A. |