fol. 68r (cont.)I
Aeyn GF.12.1: The ornamental capital is blue with red and green flourishes in the left margin the length of the page. The scribe's guide
<a> for the rubricator is visible in the middle of the rubricated letter. y gan to sleepe softe / & my syȝde y gan to tne. ur These two lines appear only in F.
¶t is a ful t Iȝe tree ri qd he good trewþe uoF.12.6: Alpha is responsible for , though R lacks trewþe. Beta witnesses have good. trewely to telle.
ercy is þe moste þ Meof / þe myddil stook is rewthe. erF.12.7: A drypoint <x> appears in the right margin.
F.12.12KD.16.10
wolde t Iuayle raF.12.12: An otiose curl is written above the <y>. þis tr to seen / e qd uo y ti .xx. hundrd myle. e
erte . hatte þ Ht herber / þ at þe tree in grow at e. hF.12.17: F's reading is unique. has "þat it Inne groweþ." Bx
vndir is &F.12.19: Alpha is responsible for the intrusion of , but F alone reverses the hierarchy by adding And. is pers þe plowhman / to pyken it & weden it.
t e a h- mog þe levis. nF.12.29: Eye-skip caused alpha to omit the b-verse and following a-verse. Interestingly, a drypoint <x> appears in the right margin
at this point, suggesting awareness of text outside alpha. reads as follows: Bx
The world is a wikked wynd to hem þat willen truþe
Coueitise comþ of þat wynd and crepeþ among þe leues.
Þe world is a wikkid wynd / & wendThe world is a wikked wynd to hem þat willen truþe
Coueitise comþ of þat wynd and crepeþ among þe leues.
/ ys e Potencia deiF.12.31: F's reading is unique. has "Thanne with þe first pil I palle him doun þat is Bx." potencia dei patris
Þe fyrste pyler y call fol. 68vI
Wt i p hyeris & penau races nF.12.39: F's a-verse is unique. Beta witnesses have "Thoruȝ preieres and þoruȝ penaunces." Alpha is responsible for "With" in place
of the first "Thoruȝ," but R has the second. / & cstis passiou ri in myȝnde. n
casteþ vp / to þe croop / vn &- kende conseyl ofte.F.12.43: F has revised the b-verse significantly. reads "vnkynde Neighebores." Bx
sp nm s irituc anm . nu tuq m. uam Videatis qui peccat iF.12.50: Beta manuscripts have remittetur after numquam, probably because of a defective exemplar. R has re &c.
F.12.52KD.16.48
¶ut what BF.12.52: Beta witnesses correctly read . F retains whan from alpha. what þe fend & þe fleschȝ / forþ wt i þe world h
puttyþ a &- dou þe powke / p nuyly riF.12.55: Alpha is responsible for . Beta witnesses have priuyly. pureliche þorghȝ gce. ra
fol. 69rI
¶ p Iyede Peers / to pully ra dou n / an appil if he wolde. nF.12.77: Roman numeral is written (erroneously) in a lighter brown ink in the right margin. xj
F.12.80KD.16.76
a &- noon waggede wedewhod / & sor wepte eF.12.80: The scribe initially wrote a long <s> which he converted to make a <p>. after.
an had y rewþe / whan peers rusched ÞF.12.82: Alpha is probably responsible for . R has rusched, while beta witnesses have rused. rogged / it gdde so rewfully. ra
¶ane spak Þp ss iritu sc ans tu / in gabriell isF.12.94: The barred double <l> is ambiguous, usually standing for <-e>, but sometimes unmistakably representing <-is> or <-es>.
MS R alone among the remaining manuscripts lacks the genitive inflection, so the ambiguity is nearly complete. B mowthe.
¶e Þaide myȝldely þo / þe messag M she grauntyd. erF.12.101: The scribe marks the last two words for separation with a tick above and below the line.
yl he wex a TF.12.106: The graph actually looks more like the scribe's <&> than capital <A>. fawnt þorgh hir flesch / & on e fytȝ fy[ȝt] coude. he
fol. 69vI
¶e Iewis Ianglyd þere a Þ- geyn / þo þt Iugged þe lawes. aF.12.125: F's b-verse is unique. Most beta manuscripts read "and Iuggede lawes." Alpha is responsible for F's , but F uniquely has þat and þo. þe
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F.12.156KD.16.148
e ÞF.12.156: Alpha has . Beta witnesses have Þe. And wiche tokne in- to þis day / ys here mychil vsed.
F.12.160KD.16.152
kest hy & to by cawht þ m er- by / & kyllyd þorghȝF.12.160: Alpha has . Beta witnesses have þorghȝ. of þe Iewis.
uffreþ my S npoostlis in pees / p auyly forþ to gange. riF.12.169: F's reading is unique. has "Suffreþ myne Apostles in pays and in pees gange." Bx
A- gey deeþ & þe deuyl / þe day for þe nyght he made. nF.12.175: F melded two lines into this one. reads as follows: Bx
Ayeins deeþ and þe deuel destruyed hir boþeres myȝtes
Deide and deeþ fordide and day of nyȝt made.
Ayeins deeþ and þe deuel destruyed hir boþeres myȝtes
Deide and deeþ fordide and day of nyȝt made.
. Passus icit. us .xij Expl