Cr1.5.393KD.5.386 I must sit sayde the Segge or els I must nedes nap
C.5.399KD.5.386 I most sit saide þe segge · or elles · or elles sholde I nappe
O.5.399KD.5.386I muste sitte seyde þe segge or ellis I schuldeO.5.399: OC2BmBo alone transpose sholde I; other variants include must I (G), I most (Cot), I must nedes (Cr), and omission (F). nappe
R.5.399KD.5.386 I most sitte seyde þe segeR.5.399: R's sege is an unusual spelling of an
old-fashioned word (= "man"). More commonly, the word appears in Middle English as segge, but this form is cited by MED, s. v.
segge, in one manuscript of the Awntyrs of Arthur, Lincoln
Cathedral Library 91: A knyghte salle...at carelyone be crownede for kynge;
That sege salle be sesede at a sesone (289). The spelling is likewise attested in
OED2, s. v.
segge, for the fourteenth through the sixteenth century, and a passage
from Dunbar is cited. or elles schulde I nappeR.5.399: There is a superfluous
bar over the final <-pe> of nappe. .