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Textual Notes to 28. The Eleven Pains of Hell

incipit
Ici comencent les unze peynes de enfern les queus Seynt Pool vist. MS: Written in red ink on two lines.back to note source
1
Plest. MS: Begins with red capital P, four lines high, with blue flourishes.back to note source
7
Unsely. MS: Begins with blue capital V, one line high.back to note source
11
Dunke. MS: Begins with red capital D, one line high.back to note source
17
Wiltu. MS: Begins with blue capital W, one line high.back to note source
22
a. MS, Morris: á.back to note source
30
go. MS, Morris: .back to note source
33
Erest. MS: Begins with red capital E, one line high.back to note source
35
anhon. MS, Morris: anhón.back to note source
41
Seththen. MS: Begins with blue capital S, one line high.back to note source
66
bote. MS, Morris: bóte.back to note source
67
A. MS: Begins with red capital A, one line high.back to note source
75
Further. MS: Begins with blue capital F, one line high.back to note source
84
hwenne. So MS (hhenne, h2 corrected to w), Morris.back to note source
119
Vurther. MS: Begins with red capital U, two lines high.back to note source
131
Thenne. MS: Begins with blue capital Þ, two lines high.back to note source
145
Vurther. MS: Begins with red capital U, two lines high.back to note source
147
todrawen. So MS. Morris: to-drawen (Morris reads to-drayen and emends, but the letter is a ƿ (= w)).back to note source
163
Vurther. MS: Begins with blue capital U, two lines high.back to note source
165
thusen. So MS. Morris: þusend.back to note source
167
al. So MS. Morris: reads al or as, prints al.back to note source
175
Vurther. MS: Begins with red capital V, one line high.back to note source
176
den. So MS (word written above line for lack of space), Morris.back to note source
218
him. So MS (word inserted), Morris.back to note source
219
In. MS: Begins with red capital I, two lines high.back to note source
233
Vurther. MS: Begins with blue capital F, one line high.back to note source
251
Therunder. MS: Begins with blue capital Þ, two lines high.back to note source
253
beond. So MS (o inserted), Morris.back to note source
258
leyen. MS, Morris: léyen.back to note source
261
Ich. MS: No colored capital.back to note source
269
o. MS, Morris: ó.back to note source
271
is. So MS (is be with be canceled), Morris.back to note source
281
Ki. MS: No colored capital.back to note source
281–82
Ki ces . . . avendra. MS: Written in brown ink.back to note source
283
Hwoso. MS: No colored capital.back to note source
explicit
Expliciunt .xj. pene inferni quas vidit beatus Paulus. MS: written in brown ink.back to note source