HOUSE OF FAME. FAIRFAX MS. 16. 189 They wer a-cheked / bothe two And neyther of hem / most out goo For other so they / gonne crowde 2094 2098 [If 183] 2102 And lete hem goon) / ther myght' y seen) For alle mote oute / other late or rathe I herde a grete/noyse with alle Ther men of loue / tydynges tolde 2130 2134 [If 183, bk] 2138 2142 2146 And eueryche cried / what thing is that And somme sayde / I not neuer what And whan they were / alle on) an hepe XI. The Legend of Good Women. [Of the first cast of the Prologue to this Poem, only one copy is known, that in MS. Gg. 4. 27, Cambridge University Library. To show the differences between the two casts of the Prologue, the two are here printed opposite to one another-as they were in my Odd Texts, Part I-with double line-numbers, so as to show which lines in one cast correspond to the same, or the like lines, in the other. cast. Those lines which differ slightly' from their mates in the other cast are markt †; those which differ more are markt §; those which are only in one cast, *. The differences between the two casts are spoken of in my Trial-Forewords, at the end.] 1 A few differences I've thought too slight to need a mark, 192 LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN. MS. Gg. 4. 27, CAMB. THE LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN. [Cambr. Univ. MS. Gg. 4. 27, leaf 445. No gaps in MS.] A [THE PROLOGUE. First Cast.] Fr. lines. Gg. li. +Thousent sythis haue I herd men telle 1† But natheles this wit I1 wel also 3+ 3 4† wit I corrected] +That there ne is non that dwellyth 2 In this cuntre 5† [21 corr.] That eythir hath in helle or heuene I-be 6 Ne may of it non othere weyis wytyn 7 But as he hath herd seyd / or founde it wrytyn 8 ffor by asay/there may no man it preue 8 9 +But goddis forbode / but men schulde leue 10+ Wel more thyng / than men han seyn with eye 11 12 12 138 148 15 Sffor that he say it nat of 30re a-go Thow euery wyght ne may it nat I-se 19 3euyn credence In euery "skylful wyse [I, 6 sky, corr.] 20 § And trowyn on these olde aprouede storyis Of holynesse / of regnys of victoryis 218 22 Of loue / of hate / of othere sundery thyngis 23 Of whiche I may nat make rehersyngys And If that olde bokis weryn aweye I-loryn were of remembrance the keye LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN. FAIRFAX MS. 16. 193 THE LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN. [Fairfax MS. 16, leaf 83.] [ñ is printed for n. t for t with a curl = te generally. There are no gaps in the MS.] ¶ The prologe of .ix. goode Wymmen./ [2nd Cast.] 2+ 3t. thousande tymes / I haue herd telle Fx. lines. + ther ys Toy in heuene / and peyne in helle † and I acord wel / that it ys so 4+But netheles yet / wot I wel also 5†that ther is nooñ duellyng / in this contree 6 That eythir hatħ in heuene / or in helle y-be 7 Ne may of hit / noon other weyes witen + 4 8 but as he hath herd seyde / or founde it writen 9 for by assay/ther may no mañ it preve 8 10+But god forbede / but meñ shulde leve 11 Wel more thing / then meñ han seen with eye 12 Men shal not wenen / euery thing a lye 13§But yf him-selfe yt seeth / or elles dooth 148 For god wot/ thing is neuer the lasse sooth 15 Thogh euery wight / ne may it nat y-see 16 Bernarde the monke / ne saugħ nat all pardee Bernardus 17 Than mote we / to bokes that we fynde Monachus non vidit omnia. 18 Thurgh which / that olde thinges ben in mynde |