F. B. olde; Th. golde; Cx. P. gold. F. sawgh. 131. Th. This; rest The.

132. F. sawgh.

F. B. partee (!).

a mede.

134. Th. heed; B. hed; F. Cx. hede. Cx. Th. P. parde;
135. B. red; F. Th. rede; Cx. Rose garlondes smellynge as
136. MSS. combe. B. hed; rest hede.
140. Cx. down; F. dovne.

F. broune.
Th. founde. Cx. Th. wal; B. wall; F. walle.
F. B. P. om. that.
Labyne.

146. F. B. Troy.

139. Cx. P. brown;

141. P. fond; F. Cx. B. fonde;

143. F. B. say; rest synge. 148. Cx. Th. P. Lauyne; F. B. 152. Cx. Th. P. Troye; F. B. Troy; see l. 155.

153. All om. That. F. B. P. fals; Cx. fals vntrewe; Th. false vntrewe. Cx. Th. kyng; F. B. kynge. F. y-slayne; rest slayn.

159.

160. Th. Polytes;

F. B. Polite. From this point I make no further note of obvious corrections in spelling. 172. Cx. P. Th. goddes; F. B. goddesse (wrongly). F. B. brende; rest -brenned. 174. Cx. P. this; F. B. his. That dede not I how she was; B. That ded not I how she was; note I how it was; Th. That rede nat I howe that it was. insert but.

173. 184. F. P. Cx. That rede Read deed, and

F. grave; B. graue. 196. F. B. Towardes. 199. P. Iubiter; rest Iupiters; read Iupiteres. 204. F. blowe; P. Cx. Th. blowen.

rest hert.

210. Th. herte; 220. F. omits from lisse to tempest in next line; the rest are right.

221, 222. F. B. stent, went; Cx. Th. stente, wente. 227. P. Cx. Th. Metten;

235. F. P. comfort; rest comforte.

F. B. Mette.
folke; but shulde is here dissyllabic.
tellen.

237. P. folk; rest 242. F. tel; B. telle; P. Cx. Th.

Made of him, shortly, at oo word,
Hir lyf, hir love, hir lust, hir lord;
And dide him al the reverence,
And leyde on him al the dispence,
That any woman mighte do,
Weninge hit had al be so,

260

As he hir swoor; and her-by demed

That he was good, for he swich semed.
Allas! what harm doth apparence,

265

Whan hit is fals in existence !
For he to hir a traitour was ;
Wherfor she slow hir-self, allas!

Lo, how a woman doth amis,
To love him that unknowen is!
For, by Crist, lo! thus hit fareth;
'Hit is not al gold, that glareth.'
For, al-so brouke I wel myn heed,
Ther may be under goodliheed
Kevered many a shrewed vyce;
Therfor be no wight so nyce,
To take a love only for chere,
For speche, or for frendly manere ;

270

275

257, 8. All worde, lorde. 260. Th. the; rest omit. rest vnknowen.

290

270. F. vnknowe;

278. Th. Or speche; rest Or (F. Of!) for speche; read For

speche. Lines 280-2 3 are in Th. only, which reads some; fayrest; lest;

than.

285. Cx. Th. (3rd) or; F. B. P. om.

herbe); P. Cx. Th. the herbe.

290. F. B. therbe (= the