She putte hem in that grave, and thus she seyde: 680 Now love, to whom my sorweful herte obeyde So ferforthly that, fro that blisful houre Now, er I fynde a man thus trewe and stable, ben. Explicit Legenda Cleopatrie martiris. 680. C. Tn. putte; F. put. sayde. 682. ferforthely. 687. woo. wele; C. F. Tn. wel. deethe. F. worde. 685 (110) 690 695 (120) 700 705 683. 688. couenaunt; thoo. 689. T. A. Th. 690. C. power; F. powere. 692. life; 693. couenaunt while. 694. seene. 696. C. word; 700. C. receyuyth; F. receveth, 705. oure; neuere. F. take (!); rest ake. II. THE LEGEND OF THISBE OF BABYLON. Incipit Legenda Tesbe Babilonie, Martiris. AT Babiloine whylom fil it thus, Two lordes, which that were of greet renoun, This yonge man was cleped Piramus, 710 715 (11) 720 And Tisbe hight the maid, Naso seith thus; 725 707. tovne; queene. F. neigh. 714. grette. 710. tovne. 711. grete. 712. C. nygh; 715. C. hadde; F. had (so in l. 717). 716. 718. C. Tn. Th. of; rest om. 717. Tn. doghter; F. doghtre. esteward; worlde. 719. eueryche. 720. were. 722. C. been; F. ben. 723. Tn. som; C. sum; F. somme. 724. C. Tn. yonge; F. yong. 725. Al but C. om. And. Tn. A. Tisbe; C. Th. Tysbe; F. B. Tesbe; T. Thesbe. maide. And thus by report was hir name y-shove By sleighte, and speken som of hir desyr; As, wry the gleed, and hotter is the fyr; This wal, which that bitwix hem bothe stood, But yit this clifte was so narwe and lyte, But what is that, that love can nat espye? Ye lovers two, if that I shal nat lye, And, with a soun as softe as any shrifte, Upon that o syde of the wal stood he, 726. C. report; F. reporte. Tn. wox, wax; B, wox, wox. 730. nold. 731. booth; soore. (21) 730 735 (31) 740 745 (41) 750 727. C. wex, wex; F. T. wex, wax; 729. C. Tn. bitwixe; F. betwex. 733. Tn. priuely; F. preuely. 734. C. sleyghte; F. sleight. A. speken; Tn. T. Th. spaken; F. C. spoken. Tn. som; F. somme. C. desyr; F. desire. wre. glede. C. fyr; F. fire. 736. woode. a-twoo; adovne. 740. C. clyfte; F. clyft. 735. C. wry; F. Tn. 737. stoode. 738. 741. C. A. nas; rest was. C. sene; F. seene. deere. 743. twoo. 745. C. soun; 746. leete. 747. C. stode; F. stoden. F. sovne. 749. soo. 750. F. the; rest that. wale. 748. woo. 751. Tesbe. The swote soun of other to receyve, Why nilt thou cleve, or fallen al a-two? Or, at the leste, but thou woldest so, 755 (51) 760 Than wer we covered of our cares colde. But natheles, yit be we to thee holde In as muche as thou suffrest for to goon Our wordes through thy lyme and eek thy stoon. 765 Yit oghte we with thee ben wel apayd.' (61) And whan thise ydel wordes weren sayd, And take hir leve, and forth they wolden goon. Or wonder erly, lest men hit espyde; And longe tyme they wroghte in this manere 752. swoote sovne. 754. C. wal; F. walle. dovne. C. Tn. I-bete; F. y-bette. 757. Thurgh. C. Tn. al; F. alle. 759. A. Th. B. leste; C. laste; F. leest. threete. 756. C. Tn. wal; 758. C. nylt thou; F. nyltow. 76o. let; meete. 761. oones; sweete. 762. were; oure. 763. the. 765. Tn. Our; F. Or (!). 766. C. oughte; F. oght. the; apayede. 767. sayde. C. kysse; F. kyssen. 769 foorth. thurgh; ek. 768. walle. rest And. T. A. euyn-tyde; Th. euentyde; C. F. 771. espyede. 772. C. wroughte; F. wroght. Tn. Com (twice). Tesbe. E 770. F. Alle; 777. F. Come; Tn. B. euetyde. And plighten trouthe fully in hir fey And, for the feldes been so brode and wyde, They sette mark hir meting sholde be Ther king Ninus was graven, under a tree; That hit nere goon under the see adoun. This Tisbe hath so greet affeccioun And so greet lyking Piramus to see, For alle her frendes-for to save her trouthe She hath for-sake; allas! and that is routhe 778. C. fey; F. faye. 781. gone. 782. feeldes; 779. steele awaye. broode. 783. meete. 780. euerychone. 786. C. Idolys; F. ydoyles; F. heriode (!). 787. thoo; feeldes; beriede. 788. C. Tn. 792. F. (only) om. goon. 793. 794. F. Had (!); rest And. grete lykynge. 796. stale. A. priuely; F. prevely. 803, caas. 804. a-downe. 805. faste; F. fast. 790. couenaunt. |