The line numbering in Piaget’s edition of Le Livre Messire Ode, which is the version that is cited in the existing commentary, differs from that in Grenier-Winther’s edition, which we have adopted here, for four reasons. (1) Grenier-Winther includes in her numbering more of the lines that one infers from the rhymes are missing than Piaget does. (2) Grenier-Winther provides the full last stanza of the rondeaux (as we do as well), where Piaget gives only the initial line. (3) The prose passage that follows line 1089 (1080 in Piaget) takes up four more lines in Piaget’s edition than it does in Grenier-Winther’s. (4) Piaget makes two errors in his numbering, dropping a line between his 1665 and 1670 and another between his 1695 and 1700. To locate here a passage cited from Piaget’s edition, it is thus necessary to add to his line numbers, as follows:
Piaget's numbering 1–120 121–343 344–471 472–594 595–1080 1118–1447 1448–1647 1648–1668 1670–1682 1683–1698 1700–1711 1712–1932 1933 1934–2028 2029–2439 2440–2452 2453–2465 not included |
Grenier-Winther’s numbering difference 1–120 none 122–344 +1 348–475 +4 477–599 +5 604–1089 +9 1123–1452 +5 1456–1655 +8 1659–1679 +11 1680–1692 +10 1696–1711 +13 1712–1723 +12 1727–1947 +15 1949 +16 1956–2050 +22 2055–2465 +26 2470–2482 +30 2486–2498 +33 2499–2501 |