incipit Item cantus. MS: Written in red ink to the right of line 1.↩back to note source

1 From. MS: Begins with blue capital F, four lines high, with red flourishes.↩back to note source

2 archaungle. So MS, with Gabriel written above it in a later hand.↩back to note source

3–4 Milde wes . . . ibere. MS: Written continuously on one line.↩back to note source

5–6 Gabriel hire grette . . . wunyinde. MS: Written continuously on one line.↩back to note source

7–8 Ther schal a childe . . . Marie. MS: Written continuously on one line.↩back to note source

11 imone. So Saupe. MS, Morris: imóne.↩back to note source

no. So Saupe. MS, Morris: nó.↩back to note source

1–12 From heovene . . . that mayde. MS: Ending lost due to a missing leaf. Morris, Saupe: Lines printed (erroneously) as the fragmentary opening to The Annunciation (art. 10).↩back to note source

9–12 Marie him onswerede . . . that mayde. MS: Written continuously on one line.↩back to note source