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1
Inperator. MS: the speaker’s name is written at the top center of the page. Appearing directly to the right of it are the initials M. B., the signature by which Myles Blomefield registered his ownership of the manuscripts of medieval drama in his possession (see Introduction, p. 8).back to note source
2
audyens. So MS. BMH: audyeans.back to note source
4
be. MS: inserted above the line.back to note source
. MS: word. So also at lines 304, s.d., 305, 380, s.d., 381, 408, s.d., hereafter silently emended.back to note source
12
regeons. So MS. BMH: regeouns.back to note source
22
porchase. MS has indeterminate letter or blotted error between c and h.back to note source
23
am. MS: written above the line.back to note source
25
pesabyl. MS: s cancelled after this word.back to note source
possessyon. So BMH. MS: possesson. back to note source
26
disobedyent. So BMH. MS: obedyent.back to note source
28
shall. MS: xal. The scribe commonly used x rather than the digraph sh for [ʃ]. I emend silently hereafter.back to note source
32
nat. MS: inserted above the line.back to note source
36
weryons. So MS. BMH: weryouns.back to note source
38
grocth. So MS, BMH. B: grocch.back to note source
or2. MS: altered from on.back to note source
40
swyche. MS: indeterminate letter cancelled before this word; BMH identify cancelled letter as w.back to note source
45
am I plesyd. So BMH. MS lacks the personal pronoun.back to note source
49
kyngges. So BMH. MS: kyggys.back to note source
52
commaund. So BMH. MS: commaud.back to note source
58
knett. MS: Superscript n. BMH mistakenly identify superscript n in knottys in this line.back to note source
caytyfys. So BMH. MS: cayftyys.back to note source
63
al. MS: written above the line.back to note source
66
to me ful trew. So MS. BMH emend as ful trew to me for the sake of rhyme.back to note source
71
is. MS: written above the line.back to note source
72
of beuté. So BMH. MS lacks preposition.back to note source
78
Save. Written in margin where MS has cancelled of.back to note source
86
kyndnes. MS: d written above the line.back to note source
90
plesowns. So MS. BMH: plesowans.back to note source
93
Thatt. So MS. BMH: Thou.back to note source
96
Owt. MS: superscript t here and throughout, silently emended hereafter.back to note source
99
dowttyr. MS: scribe has written abbreviation -ys instead of -yr.back to note source
109
Whan ye shal hens passe. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 107 and 108.back to note source
110
all. MS: h cancelled before this word.back to note source
113
Onto thes ladys of jentylnes. MS: line written to the right of line 112.back to note source
121
owit. MS: ow with superscript t; thus emended by B. BMH: wythowt. I have adopted Bevington’s emendation because owit wrech (owed harm) makes grammatical sense in light of the series of “if” clauses that follow this line. Nonetheless, the line may involve some scribal error.back to note source
125
in. MS: written above the line.back to note source
133
Herowdys. MS: indeterminate letter cancelled between w and d.back to note source
145
faytours. MS: s written above the line.back to note source
148
shal. MS: written above make.back to note source
160
governons. So MS. BMH: governouns.back to note source
162
me. MS: inserted above the line.back to note source
166
ondyrstond. MS: written as two words, with indeterminate letter cancelled between.back to note source
175
in lumine tuo. So BMH. MS: in lumine.back to note source
176
splendore. So BMH. MS: spelndore.back to note source
179
me. MS: written above the line.back to note source
184
sceptrum de Juda. So BMH. MS: septrum Juda.back to note source
185
qui mitendus. So BMH. MS: imitendus.back to note source
186
I. So BMH. MS: omitted.back to note source
187
dastardys. MS: dastardus.back to note source
190
that. MS: written above the line.back to note source
192
marryd. So BMH. MS: marry.back to note source
194
ar. MS: written above the line.back to note source
200
ondyr. MS: indeterminate letter cancelled before this word.back to note source
203
replycacyon. So BMH. MS: replycayon.back to note source
205
voys. MS, BMH: woys. B emends as woth.back to note source
208, s.d.
masengyr. So BMH. MS: omitted.back to note source
213
Tyberyus. The scribe frequently writes the -us abbreviation after the letter u, thus rendering the word Tyberyuus. Hereafter I silently omit the redundant u.back to note source
218
Forto. So BMH. MS: for.back to note source
219
them. So BMH. MS: the.back to note source
220
wythin. MS: in inserted over caret.back to note source
222
swych. Repeated in MS.back to note source
224
perce. So MS. BMH: perce them.back to note source
225
wyth. The scribe probably intended wyght (quickly), a word that appears at line 227 and whose meaning is also apt here.back to note source
227
wygth. MS: sond wygth.back to note source
229
rychesse. So BMH. MS: rychsse.back to note source
232
Tyberius. MS: i added above.back to note source
234
pregedyse. MS: predy cancelled before.back to note source
235
yow. MS: written above the line.back to note source
236
ye. So BMH. MS: he.back to note source
to. MS: written above the line.back to note source
237
prommyssary. So BMH. MS: prmmyssary.back to note source
and. MS: ss cancelled after this word. B: ser.back to note source
presedent. So BMH. MS: presdent.back to note source
238
inperrowpent. So BMH. MS: inper rowpent. This word exemplifies an obscurity that editors have struggled to explain. My gloss follows BMH, p. 200.back to note source
240
what. MS: qwat. I silently emend hereafter.back to note source
seye. So BMH. MS: sye.back to note source
248, s.d.
Her. MS: y cancelled after. Stage directions are written in red from this point to the end of the play.back to note source
280
this. So BMH. MS: is.back to note source
282
God. MS: me cancelled after.back to note source
288
bryng. So BMH. MS: bryg.back to note source
292
lyf I. MS: lyf y. B omits personal pronoun.back to note source
298
exprese. MS: written in right margin; fulfylle cancelled before.back to note source
303
systyr. So BMH. MS: systyrs.back to note source
305
evyr. MS: b cancelled after this word.back to note source
315
perteynyng. So BMH. MS: altered from perteynyt.back to note source
316
mone. MS: sonne cancelled before.back to note source
327
dwellyn. So BMH, silently emended. MS: dwellyng. B: be dwellyng.back to note source
333, s.d.
Kyng. So MS. BMH: Kynge.back to note source
Lechery. MS: written above the line at the right margin.back to note source
358
pyrles, prykkyd. So MS. B: pirked, prikkyd.back to note source
359
yower. So BMH. MS: ower.back to note source
362
and. So BMH. MS: omitted.back to note source
365
wyth. So BMH, B. Omitted in MS.back to note source
may. MS: d cancelled before this word.back to note source
387
asemlanus. So MS. BMH: asemlaunvs.back to note source
389
Thys tyde. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of line 387.back to note source
393
Com as fast as he may ryde. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 390 and 391.back to note source
395
masege. MS: ge written above the line.back to note source
402
yow. MS: written above line.back to note source
404
counseyl. BMH observe that the scribe used the incorrect abbreviation yr for the elided nasal. Similar substitutions occur in the spelling of counsell at lines 412, 421, and 436.back to note source
for. So BMH. MS: fo.back to note source
405
where. So BMH. MS: whre.back to note source
410
ye. MS: send cancelled after.back to note source
417
Of that castel beryt the pryse. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 415 and 416.back to note source
421
But yf your counseyll may othyrwyse devyse. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 418–20.back to note source
422
ye. MS: superscript e.back to note source
431
Speaker’s rubric (Satan) repeated at the top of fol. 104v.back to note source
436
Syrrys. So BMH. MS: Syrrus. r1 is a superscript.back to note source
439, s.d.
Mary. So BMH. MS: omitted.back to note source
447
debonarius. MS: debonariuus. Letters iu written above the line, not ius noted by BMH.back to note source
449
receyve. MS: ve written above the line.back to note source
459
yow. MS: yow yow. Repeated yow cancelled after this word.back to note source
sportys. MS: d cancelled before this word.back to note source
465
betake. So MS, B. BMH: beteche.back to note source
469, s.d.
seyyng. So BMH. MS: seyyg.back to note source
475
is. So BMH. MS: omitted.back to note source
478
Grome. So MS, B. BMH: Groine.back to note source
480
bettyr. So BMH. MS: berttyr.back to note source
490, s.d.
galaunt. MS: of cancelled after this word.back to note source
493
What. MS: written above cancelled w.back to note source
Wene. MS: possibly mene. BMH: mene.back to note source
marchant. MS: galaunt cancelled before.back to note source
495
sum. MS: written above the line.back to note source
501
somyr. MS: wyn cancelled before.back to note source
508
in. MS: i.back to note source
514
drynk. So BMH. MS: dryng.back to note source
515
Coryosté. MS: repeated at top of fol. 107v as Coriosté.back to note source
525
womanly. MS: m written over l, but cancellation noted by BMH may be the nasal abbreviation.back to note source
531
Mary Maudleyn. MS: Coriosté cancelled before speech marker.back to note source
535
sen. MS: seyn cancelled before.back to note source
536
love ye. So MS, B. BMH: love ye thos.back to note source
538
am. MS: written above the line.back to note source
539
My love in yow gynnyt to close. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 537 and 538.back to note source
546
To dye for your sake. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 544 and 545.back to note source
563
semlyest. So BMH. MS: semyest.back to note source
585
nere. MS: nye cancelled before.back to note source
589
wol. MS: inserted above the line.back to note source
590
veryabyll. MS: a added above.back to note source
593
lust. So BMH. MS: lost.back to note source
597
in. MS: inserted above the line.back to note source
600
mercy. MS: ye cancelled before.back to note source
614, s.d.
Leprus. MS: written below the line in the right margin.back to note source
622
wythinne. MS: ne inserted above the line.back to note source
630
syt. MS: altered from set.back to note source
637
hope is perhenuall. So BMH. MS: hope perhenuall.back to note source
640, s.d.
Jhesus dicit. MS: repeated at top of fol. 109v.back to note source
642
repast. So BMH. MS: rpast.back to note source
650
well. So BMH. MS: woll.back to note source
658
man. MS: written below the line at the right margin.back to note source
659
Symond. MS: Jhesus cancelled before.back to note source
662
quesson. So MS. BMH: quessyon.back to note source
665
al. So MS. BMH: all.back to note source
670
entent. MS: in before this word.back to note source
674
conscyens. MS: e added above.back to note source
676
wrecchednesse. So MS. BMH note alteration of e to ss.back to note source
684
wyl. So MS. BMH: wyll.back to note source
686
contrysson. So MS. BMH: contryssyon.back to note source
689
porchasyd. MS: l cancelled before this word.back to note source
693
tyme. MS: my cancelled before.back to note source
694
dred. MS: written below the line at the right margin.back to note source
695
thi. MS: I was cancelled before.back to note source
701
contrysson. So MS. BMH: contryssyon.back to note source
705
omnipotency. So BMH. MS: omipotency.back to note source
706
governons. So MS. BMH: governouns.back to note source
708
devyn. MS: dey cancelled before.back to note source
709
And. MS: ad cancelled before this word.back to note source
723
to. MS: inserted above line.back to note source
725, s.d.
dyvllys. MS: v written above.back to note source
727
Tercius. So MS. BMH silently emend: Rex.back to note source
728
judycyal-lyke. MS: d cancelled before this word.back to note source
731
Primus. So MS. BMH silently emend: Rex. Also at lines 735, 740, and 744.back to note source
736
wreke. So BMH. MS: wroke.back to note source
738
hym. MS: y altered from e.back to note source
739, s.d.
serve. MS and BMH: serva.back to note source
741
lordeynnys. MS: the cancelled before.back to note source
744
fals. So BMH. MS: ffals written below the line.back to note source
754
deversarye. MS: de added above the line.back to note source
768
Mary Maudleyn. MS: Mary M Mary M. Repeated Mary M cancelled. BMH emend silently as Magdalen; also at lines 784, 815, 824, 834, 889, 894.back to note source
787
gete. MS: written above the line.back to note source
791
prophet. So BMH. MS: prophe.back to note source
hatt. MS: inserted above the line.back to note source
793
yower. So BMH. MS: yow.back to note source
803
impossyble. So BMH. MS: inpossible.back to note source
815
Lord. MS: c cancelled before this word.back to note source
817
weyys. MS: e inserted above.back to note source
823, s.d.
Mortuus. So BMH. MS: mortuis. This is one of a few stage directions written in the right margin.back to note source
831
drewyn. It is unclear if this w is orthographically the same as v, the option B chooses. In either case there is little difference between being drewyn (drawn) and drevyn (driven) down by death.back to note source
836
be. MS: inserted above the line.back to note source
845, s.d.
Lay him in. MS: written in right margin.back to note source
846
cogynysson. So MS. BMH: cognyssyon.back to note source
851
chyldyurn. So BMH. B: childyrne. MS: chyldynre.back to note source
853
Dissipulus. So MS. BMH: Dissipulys.back to note source
volunté. MS: w cancelled before this word.back to note source
865
I. So MS, BMH. B: omits.back to note source
867
Wherfor. So BMH. MS: whefor.back to note source
868, s.d.
The scribe has squeezed the stage direction between lines 868 and 869.back to note source
876
thysse. MS: written below the line at right margin.back to note source
888
from. MS: fro cancelled before.back to note source
889
rythewys. MS: thow cancelled before.back to note source
equité. MS: written below the line at right margin.back to note source
891
be. MS: written below the line at right margin.back to note source
892
Good. MS: o inserted above word.back to note source
894
monument. So BMH. MS: moment.back to note source
895
that. MS: that and another indeterminate letter cancelled before; BMH identify cancelled letter as o.back to note source
ye. MS: the cancelled before.back to note source
900
remeve. MS: remembyr cancelled before.back to note source
902, s.d.
The scribe has again squeezed the stage direction between two lines of the spoken text.back to note source
904
glory. MS: written below the line.back to note source
909
me. MS: inserted over caret. Ink is badly smudged at the beginning of this line.back to note source
912
wondyre. MS: b cancelled between n and d.back to note source
913
nothyng. So BMH. MS: nothyg.back to note source
916
away. MS: was cancelled between a and w.back to note source
921
yower. MS: ower cancelled before.back to note source
928
Obedyenly. MS: Why lowt ye natt lo cancelled before.back to note source
937
the. MS: y cancelled before this word.back to note source
so bold. MS: written below the line at the right margin.back to note source
944
losty. So MS. BMH indicate here possibility of lofty.back to note source
lyon. MS: written below line at the right margin.back to note source
949
O, my blysse, in beuteus bryght. MS: line written to the right of lines 946–48.back to note source
957
plesant. MS: pleȝant. Here and elsewhere for the s the scribe has written the yogh for intervocalic s (/z/) . See also lines 1304, 1490, 1503, 1505, 1513, 1519, 1539, 1547, 1585, 1689.back to note source
959
ruby. So BMH. MS: rubu.back to note source
960
plesaunt. So BMH. MS: pleaunt.back to note source
my. MS: l before, incorrectly cited by BMH as cancelled.back to note source
962, s.d.
a dylle. MS: inserted above the line.back to note source
963
yelle. MS: e cancelled before this word.back to note source
966
brasse. MS: written below the line at the right margin.back to note source
967
blase. MS: written below the line at the right margin.back to note source
968
asondyr. MS: letter y altered from e or vice versa.back to note source
972
passon. So MS. BMH silently emend: passyon.back to note source
973
On. So BMH. MS: O.back to note source
979
wrowth. MS: written above cancelled wethe.back to note source
983
atrey. MS: indeterminate letter cancelled between a and t.back to note source
985
Yet. So BMH. MS: ye.back to note source
eye. MS: ye cancelled before.back to note source
986
everychon. MS: written below the line at the right margin.back to note source
992
in fine. So MS. BMH note that the abbreviation employed here could also mean in sum, the option they and B choose. But in fine better comports with the idiom and meaning of the devil’s speech.back to note source
992, s.d.
passon. So MS. BMH: passyon.back to note source
upon. So MS. BMH: ypon.back to note source
. So MS. BMH: Mawdleyn. My examination of the manuscript concurs with BMH’s observation that the “red line drawn through [the] first line of directions” was “apparently” not intended to cancel it. This line resembles other red lines drawn at the tops of pages to mark the upper margin (e.g., see folios 119r and 121v). The scribe appears, however, to have written the first line of the stage direction over the red line, not the reverse as suggested by BMH.back to note source
997
Mary Jacobe. So BMH, expanding silently here and elsewhere. MS: M Jacobe.back to note source
998
Jewys. MS, BMH: jevys. Inserted above the line.back to note source
1001
Mary Salome. So BMH, expanding silently here and elsewhere. MS: M Salome.back to note source
intollerabyll. So BMH. MS: s cancelled after this word.back to note source
1003
haddyst. MS: hast cancelled before.back to note source
1004
is. MS: inserted above the line.back to note source
1004, s.d.
folowyng. MS: yng inserted above the line.back to note source
The speech marker M Maudleyn is cancelled in the right margin. I adopt at line 1005 the emended speech marker of BMH, which calls for all three Marys to speak.back to note source
1007
Mannys sowle to bye from all thraldam. So MS. BMH emend for consistency of rhyme: Mannys sowle from all thraldam to bye.back to note source
1008
in. MS: shold a be cancelled after. BMH: in peyne shold a be boun.back to note source
1011
Mary Maudleyn. MS: M Magdleyn. BMH expand silently here and at lines 1031, 1055, 1059, 1063, 1070, 1078, s.d. 1095, etc.back to note source
1015
Mary Jacobe. MS: Speaker’s rubric omitted here. I concur with the logic of BMH’s emendation, which is based on the three Marys sequenced responses at this moment in the play. The red lines that precede and follow the speech at lines 1015–18 appear regularly in the manuscript to divide speeches by different speakers. B does not note a change of speaker here.back to note source
1017
mynd. So BMH. MS: myd.back to note source
1019
boundys. MS: v cancelled before this word.back to note source
1022, s.d.
angelys. MS: angelus. BMH observe the scribe’s erroneous abbreviation. The scribe has clearly employed the same -us abbreviation that we see in the speakers’ rubrics at lines 1023 and 1027 and in gracyus at line 1016 and precyus at line 1018. A comparison with the final words in these lines (wound[ys] and stoundd[ys], respectively) illustrates the scribe’s distinction between -us and -ys. The correct form in the stage direction would produce the plural angel[ys]. Elsewhere the scribe confuses angelus and angelys; for example, see line 2066 and 2077.back to note source
1023
Angelus. So MS. BMH: Primus Angelus.back to note source
1026
Go. MS: written above cancelled go.back to note source
1039
inward. MS, BMH: invard.back to note source
1046, s.d.
Here. So BMH. MS: how.back to note source
1047
[Petyr]. The MS identifies no speaker here. BMH and B emend.back to note source
1053
seyd. MS: d written above word.back to note source
resurrexon. So MS. BMH: resurrexyon.back to note source
1054
MS: speaker’s rubric Jhon repeated here at top of fol. 119v.back to note source
1056
and. MS: inserted above the line.back to note source
1058
Wom sekest. MS: indeterminate letters inserted above the line, and cancelled, between these words; BMH identify cancelled letters as st.back to note source
1060, s.d.
Hic aparuit Jhesus. MS: written in right margin.back to note source
1068
I. MS: inserted above the line.back to note source
1077
hevnly. So BMH. MS: hevly.back to note source
1078
fyrst. MS: fr cancelled before this word.back to note source
1079
Symoud. So MS. BMH: Symound.back to note source
gardenyr. MS: first letter blotted; g added above.back to note source
1083
fowle. So BMH. MS: flowle. Scribe may have cancelled the superfluous letter l.back to note source
1086
Mary Maudleyn. MS: J cancelled before unnormalized manuscript speech marker, M Magdleyn.back to note source
1091
posybylyté. So BMH. MS: posybyle.back to note source
1096
systyrs. So BMH. MS: systyr.back to note source
1100
expresse. MS: a cancelled before this word.back to note source
1111
I. MS: inserted over the line.back to note source
1120
In nomine Patrys, ett Felii ett Spiritus Sancti, amen. MS: line written in red.back to note source
1125
O. MS: added in margin.back to note source
1127
thow. MS: stroke of letter cancelled before.back to note source
1133
aprise. MS: ri added above.back to note source
1134
meve. MS: ve added above.back to note source
1139
curteys. MS: r added above.back to note source
1149
syde. MS: written below the line in the right margin.back to note source
1153
ded. MS: inserted above caret.back to note source
1158
Onshapli thou art to see. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1155 and 1156.back to note source
1159
women. So MS. BMH: woman.back to note source
1162
me. So BMH. MS: partial letter cancelled after.back to note source
. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1160 and 1161.back to note source
1170
On thi ars com mych wondyre. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1168 and 1169.back to note source
1174
This kenred is asprongyn late. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1171 and 1172.back to note source
1177, s.d.
Bete hym. Rex diciit. MS: written to the right of the line.back to note source
1178
this. MS: added above.back to note source
1181
bryng. So BMH. MS: bryg.back to note source
1186
sarasenorum. MS: sarasensore. BMH silently emend, probably for consistency of final orum in all lines of this doggerel Latin. This line is written in red.back to note source
1188
Gormoerdorum. So MS. BMH: Gormondorum.back to note source
1193
Snyguer. MS: Sy cancelled before this word.back to note source
1194
lamba. So BMH. MS: la cancelled before this word.back to note source
1209, s.d.
Rex dicitt. MS: written in right margin.back to note source
1213
Wyth thi wesdom and thi wytt. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1210 and 1211.back to note source
1217
Here in thi presens as I sett. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1214–16.back to note source
1220
be. MS: o cancelled before this word.back to note source
1227, s.d.
Syng both. MS: written in right margin.back to note source
1228
dyvll. MS: indeterminate letter blotted before this word.back to note source
1230
Butt now, syr, kyng, quene, and knyth. MS: a red line separates lines 1229 and 1230, but there is no change of speaker.back to note source
1234
er. MS, BMH: or.back to note source
. MS: A faint line through this word suggests its possible cancellation. In that case er ye gon (before you go) would make sense in the context of the speech.back to note source
1236
this. MS: five or six letters cancelled before; word(s) not discernable; BMH identify cancelled letters as mewyer ye.back to note source
1239
And. MS: ȝ cancelled before this word.back to note source
1241
This same holy bede. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1238 and 1239.back to note source
bede. MS: final letter obscured by binding. BMH posit the letter e, hence their bede, which they gloss as “prayer.” The scribe usually distinguishes the letters e and o and here clearly has written be; nonetheless, “this same holy body” offers a better fit with Presbiter’s praise of the virtues of Mahownd’s relics.back to note source
1243
holy. So BMH. MS, B: body. BMH reverse lines 1243 and 1244 based on the verse form. See BMH, pp. 211–12.back to note source
1246
That. MS: t altered from e.back to note source
1248
That is ower god in fere. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1245 and 1246.back to note source
1249
serjauntys. MS: xall cancelled before.back to note source
1260
Baramathye. MS: m cancelled before this word.back to note source
1261
Serjantt. So MS. BMH add Primus before.back to note source
1277
Pylatti. MS: final letter obscured by binding, but a second t can be discerned. BMH: Pylatus.back to note source
1278
that. So MS. BMH: tho lordys.back to note source
ryall. MS: l cancelled before this word.back to note source
1283
passon. So MS. BMH: passyon.back to note source
1287
am. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1292
nere. MS: before this word the scribe appears to have cancelled a mistaken stroke of the pen.back to note source
1298
aprise. So BMH, emending silently. MS: apise.back to note source
1299
Wych. So MS. BMH emend silently: Wyche.back to note source
1303
be. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1309
natt. MS: it cancelled before.back to note source
1311
sentens. So BMH. MS: sentellys. BMH emend here and at line 1315.back to note source
1318
to. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1323
desypyllys. MS: py inserted above this word.back to note source
1329
the2. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1333
for. So BMH. This line is bracketed and written in the margin to the right of lines 1331 and 1332; binding partly obscures the word after Mery.back to note source
to. MS: fo cancelled before.back to note source
1334
renown. MS: of cancelled before.back to note source
1336
ded. MS: written below the line at the right.back to note source
1343
alle. So BMH. MS: l cancelled before this word.back to note source
1345
dysyllpyllys. So MS. BMH: dysypyllys.back to note source
1348
ferr. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1348, s.d.
Jhesus. This word is repeated at the end of the line. This stage direction is divided from the preceding line with a horizontal line drawn in red ink.back to note source
shew. So MS. BMH emend: shew [hymself].back to note source
1351
the. MS: I cancelled before this word. In added in margin.back to note source
1353
Phebus. MS: scribe has written character yogh instead of abbreviation for us.back to note source
1358
hevnly. So MS. BMH: heuenly.back to note source
1368
myn. MS: scribe has written my with superscript abbreviation for er.back to note source
1375, s.d.
Tunc decendet angelus. MS: written in right margin.back to note source
1376
Abasse. MS: indeterminate letter cancelled between A and b; BMH identify cancelled letter as b.back to note source
1385
commaunddement. So BMH. MS: commauddement.back to note source
1388
thoys. MS: y cancelled before this word.back to note source
1389
be browth. MS: written below the line.back to note source
1395
Stryke! Stryke! So BMH. MS: stryke skryke.back to note source
1404
good. MS: o inserted above.back to note source
1405
forhongord. So MS, BMH. B: sor hongord.back to note source
1409
I1. So BMH. MS: Cy cancelled before this word.back to note source
1410
forlorn. MS: lonr cancelled between for and lorn.back to note source
1418, s.d.
Bete hym. MS: written in right margin.back to note source
1427
same. MS: m written over another letter.back to note source
1428
to. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1429
I. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1430
Is of the lond of Marcyll. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1428 and 1429.back to note source
1435
Yondyr. So MS. BMH: Yond ther.back to note source
Torke. So MS. BMH: Torkye.back to note source
1437–38
Yendyr is the lond of Satyllye / Of this cors we thar nat abaffe. I follow the emendation of BMH, reversing lines 1437 and 1438. This order preserves the verse form employed by the playwright here and accords with the sequence of events. The stage direction at line 1438 is written to the right of lines 1436 and 1437. B retains the manuscript order of lines 1437 and 1438 and places the direction for singing between lines 1436 and 1437.back to note source
1439
BMH silently emend here, adding the speaker’s rubric Shepmen.back to note source
1444
Sett off! Sett off from lond. So B. BMH give this line to the Boy. MS: The speech marker, The Boy, appears next to line 1445.back to note source
1448
vyctoré. MS: written above a cancelled vytory.back to note source
1452
shew. So BMH. MS: she.back to note source
1456
yow. MS: written twice.back to note source
way. So BMH. MS: omitted.back to note source
1469
mysbelef. So BMH. MS: mysbele.back to note source
1476
And. MS: preceded by ampersand.back to note source
1480
That wold I lerne; itt is my plesyng. This is the last line on folio 129r. At the bottom right appears the speaker’s rubric (Mary) for the speech beginning at the top of folio 129v. At the bottom of folio 129r the scribe has written Jhesu mercy. Furnivall believed these words to be part of Mary’s speech. BMH (p. 213) suggest that they indicate the scribe’s “pious outburst.”back to note source
1492
sterrys. MS: and cancelled after; ampersand written above.back to note source
1503
it. MS: inserted above a cancelled is.back to note source
1526
hast. MS: a cancelled before this word.back to note source
1530
return. So BMH. MS: retur.back to note source
1541
sestt. MS: s2 changed from y.back to note source
1542
lord. MS: added above the line.back to note source
1549
Onto. MS: to inserted above.back to note source
1551
knees. MS: indeterminate letter cancelled before this word.back to note source
1553
mee. MS: q cancelled after this word.back to note source
1560
Good. MS: one o added above.back to note source
1561, s.d.
clerk. So BMH. MS: cler.back to note source
1574
I. MS: a cancelled before this word.back to note source
1576
suek. So MS. BMH: sueke.back to note source
1577
hath. So MS. BMH: heth.back to note source
1588
asstatt. So BMH. MS: assatt.back to note source
1590
awngelys. So BMH. MS: awngelus.back to note source
1609, s.d.
angelys. So BMH. MS: angelus.back to note source
1613
cold. So MS. BMH emend as chelle for the sake of the rhyme scheme.back to note source
1617, s.d.
chongg. MS: voyd cancelled before. Final letter of chongg partially obscured by the margin.back to note source
1620
shewyng. MS: is cancelled before.back to note source
1622
saw. MS: w altered from x or y.back to note source
1626
good. So MS. BMH: Good. See the explanatory note for this line.back to note source
1627
may. MS: indeterminate letter cancelled before this word.back to note source
1633
I tell yow, wythowtyn dowthe. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of line 1632.back to note source
1638
My. MS: I cancelled before.back to note source
1639
yower. So BMH. MS: ower.back to note source
1641, s.d.
transit. So BMH. MS: transiunt.back to note source
1643
the. MS: w cancelled before this word.back to note source
1648
wyth. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1649
yowre. MS: inserted above cancelled ow.back to note source
1653
wyth. MS: s cancelled before this word.back to note source
1655
myschef. So BMH. MS: mysch.back to note source
1661
malycyows. So BMH. MS: l cancelled before this word.back to note source
1684
God. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1695
onto. MS: to added above.back to note source
1707
me. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1714
save. MS: fe cancelled before.back to note source
1715, s.d.
tunc. MS: tt cancelled before this word.back to note source
1718
And yf thou aspye ony lond. MS: line written to the right of lines 1716 and 1717.back to note source
1721
ondyrstond. So BMH. MS: line is written to the right of lines 1719 and 1720; last three letters obscured by binding.back to note source
1724
That stondyt upon a strond. MS: line written to the right of lines 1722 and 1723.back to note source
1735
Thou woldyst ledd hyr owt of lond. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1733 and 1734.back to note source
1736
God. MS: a letter, probably o, has been cancelled before d.back to note source
1737
shall. MS: repeated and not cancelled.back to note source
1738
Or ellys I woll nat wend. MS: line written to the right of line 1737.back to note source
1740
up. MS: I cancelled before.back to note source
1741
In the Holy Lond. MS: line written to the right of line 1740.back to note source
1744
Hens that we were. MS: line written to the right of line 1743.back to note source
1749
A. MS: inserted above in red.back to note source
1766
wyff. MS: f cancelled before. BMH mistakenly note this change at line 1749.back to note source
1773
me. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1774
Yf thi wyl it be. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1771–73.back to note source
1777
Ower mast woll all asondyr. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1775–76.back to note source
1778
ley. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1780
Cast hyr owt, or ellys we synke ondyr. MS: line written to the right of lines 1778 and 1779; final two letters of ondyr not visible because of trimming. BMH emend.back to note source
1786
And my chyld hyr by. MS: line written to the right of lines 1784–85.back to note source
1790
I sey yow, verely. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1788 and 1789.back to note source
1790, s.d.
remigant. So BMH. MS: remigat.back to note source
dicit rex. MS: This stage direction appears as cancelled after line 1796, suggesting that the scribe realized he had written it in the wrong place but neglected to put the direction before the speech of the king that it clearly introduces. I follow the emendation of BMH. B omits.back to note source
1796
To be ther gyde here. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1794–95.back to note source
1796, s.d.
remigant. So BMH. MS: remigat.back to note source
a monte. So BMH. MS: a montem.back to note source
1800
And belyve go me fro. MS: Line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1797–99.back to note source
1819
shall. MS: thee seyn cancelled after this word.back to note source
1822
Mercyll. So MS. BMH: Marcyll.back to note source
1825
tell. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1827
the. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1829
Satyrnas. So MS. BMH: Saternas.back to note source
1830
commaundmenttys. So BMH. MS: commaundmettys.back to note source
1838
From the fyndys bond. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1836–37.back to note source
1840
baptysse. MS: bast cancelled before. BMH do not note this cancellation.back to note source
1842
Agens the fynd to stond. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1839–41.back to note source
1844
cummaunddementt. So BMH. MS: cummauddementt.back to note source
1847
dwall. So B. MS: wall.back to note source
1848
and2. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1850
feyth. MS: e inserted above.back to note source
1856
lawe. So B. MS, BMH: lave.back to note source
1859
That feythfully I crave. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1856 and 1857.back to note source
1862
kepe. MS: ȝ cancelled after this word. Line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1860–61.back to note source
1866
Be1. MS: b cancelled after.back to note source
1870
Help me over the se. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1868–69.back to note source
1873
ony. MS: two letters, difficult to distinguish, cancelled before.back to note source
1874
Comme in, in Goddys name. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1871–73.back to note source
1878
As well as thou can. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1875–77.back to note source
1882
I shall qwyt yower mede. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1879–81.back to note source
1883
In. So BMH. MS: I.back to note source
1886
Verely, indeed. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1883–85.back to note source
1890
thee. MS: ȝ cancelled before this word.back to note source
1897
shynne. MS: y written over e.back to note source
1903
wrappyd. So BMH. MS: wrppyd.back to note source
varyawns. MS: final two letters difficult to discern because of binding.back to note source
1904
into. So BMH. MS: i to.back to note source
1907
precyus. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1909
Wherfor. So BMH. MS: Whefor.back to note source
1914, s.d.
nauta. MS: partial letter cancelled before. BMH do not note this cancellation.back to note source
1916
Mercylle. So MS. BMH: Marcylle.back to note source
1918
I prye yow for my sake. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1915 and 1916.back to note source
1921
thi. So MS. BMH: þe.back to note source
1922
Cryst save thee from wo and wrake. MS: line bracketed and written to the right of lines 1919–21.back to note source
1924
think. So BMH, B. MS: omitted.back to note source
yow. MS: both cancelled after.back to note source
1926
he. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1928
Yitte. So BMH. MS: itte.back to note source
1930
donum. So BMH. MS: domum.back to note source
1934
men. MS: written below the line at the right.back to note source
1935
dysstroccyon. MS: ss written over another letter.back to note source
1938
Amen. MS: written in red.back to note source
1938, s.d.
qwuene. So MS. BMH: quvene.back to note source
1939
Lord. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1944
nobyllnesse. MS: l cancelled between second l and nesse. So BMH.back to note source
1946
thi. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1949
wythowt. MS: b cancelled before this word.back to note source
1955
knowlege. So BMH. MS: knowle.back to note source
1958
have. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1966
yower. So BMH. MS: ower.back to note source
1971, s.d.
thus. MS: x cancelled before this word. BMH do not note this cancellation.back to note source
1985
swych. So BMH. MS: wych.back to note source
1992
me. MS: inserted above.back to note source
1996
stryffe. So BMH. MS: styffe.back to note source
2011
sprong. So BMH. MS: sporng.back to note source
2014
born. MS: written above cancelled bornd.back to note source
2015
commaunddement. So BMH. MS: commauddement.back to note source
2021
Thou shall byn onoryd wyth joye and reverens. This is the last line on fol. 141r. The scribe skipped fol. 141v and 142r, writing turne on the othyr syde in red at the top of 141v.back to note source
2030, s.d.
Her shall she . . . Et dicit Mari. Only the first part of the stage direction is written is red, as is the scribe’s practice for much of the manuscript. The use of black ink for the Latin verses of the hymn thus mark them as spoken text rather than stage direction.back to note source
2034
no1. MS: inserted above, not no2 as cited by BMH.back to note source
2038, s.d.
prest2. MS: final word obscured by binding.back to note source
2044
graunt. MS: gruant. BMH: gravnt.back to note source
2051
perfytnesse. So BMH. MS: perfynesse.back to note source
2052
shew. So BMH. MS: she.back to note source
2066
angelys. So BMH. MS: angelus.back to note source
2073
possesson. So MS. BMH: possessyon.back to note source
2074
enirytawns. So BMH. MS: Probable letter i inserted above.back to note source
2075
savacyon. MS: In an interesting slip, the scribe has cancelled damnacyon and written the more appropriate savacyon above.back to note source
2076
fere. MS: e cancelled before this word.back to note source
2077
angelys. So BMH. MS: angelus.back to note source
2085
cummaundytt. So BMH. MS: cummaudytt.back to note source
2092
Straytt. MS: a written above.back to note source
2097
thee. MS: inserted above.back to note source
2101
inure. I follow the reading of BMH. MS: indeterminate word.back to note source
2107
tyme. MS: tym cancelled before.back to note source
reseyve. MS: ve added above.back to note source
2108, s.d.
Her she reseyvyt it. MS: written directly to right of line 2108.back to note source
2112
recummend. So BMH. MS: recumdmend.back to note source
2118
veritatis. MS: final letters obscured by binding. Line written to the right of lines 2115–17.back to note source
2119
reseyve. MS: s altered from r.back to note source
2122, s.d.
Gaudent in celis. MS: written to the right of lines 2120 and 2121.back to note source
2126
game. So BMH. MS: name.back to note source
2131
sentens. MS: final letter missing with corner of this page.back to note source