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Textual Notes to 3. Poema Morale

incipit
Tractatus quidam in anglico. MS: Written in red ink.back to note source
1
Ich.1 MS: Begins with red capital I, one line high.back to note source
7
Mest. MS: Begins with red capital M, two lines high.back to note source
11
lome. MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: lóme.back to note source
20
god. MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: gód.back to note source
34
Wis. So Morris, Morris-Specimens. MS: þis (ƿ/þ confusion).back to note source
42–43
Theos riche men . . . to heoveriche. MS: lines written in reverse order and marked .b. and .a. in the left margin to correct the order.back to note source
48
ilome. MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: ilóme.back to note source
51
schirreve. MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: schirréue.back to note source
63
eft. So Morris, Morris-Specimens. MS: ef.back to note source
90
ilome. MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: ilóme.back to note source
97
Ther. So Morris, Morris-Specimens. MS: þe.back to note source
105
heo1. So MS (word inserted), Morris, Morris-Specimens.back to note source
biyete. So MS (biheyhte with heyhte canceled and yete inserted in the right margin), Morris, Morris-Specimens.back to note source
122
god.2 MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: gód.back to note source
125
ilome. MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: ilóme.back to note source
134
ibet. MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: ibét.back to note source
146
thurh. So MS, Morris (wurþ?). Morris-Specimens: wurþ.back to note source
sovenyhtes. So MS, Morris-Specimens. Morris: sonenyhtes.back to note source
217–18
The that doth . . . bernynde glede. MS: lines written in reverse order and marked .b. and .a. in the left margin to correct the order.back to note source
233
imete. MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: iméte.back to note source
239
werc. So Morris, Morris-Specimens. MS: were.back to note source
241
Ther is. MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: Thet ich. Morris-Specimens and Morris suggest the emendation.back to note source
244
strem. MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: strém.back to note source
251
ileven. MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: iléuen.back to note source
253
leten. MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: léten.back to note source
254
mete. MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: méte.back to note source
262
holde. MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: hólde.back to note source
263
leten. MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: léten.back to note source
268
fordemde. MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: fordémde.back to note source
274
hete. MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: héte.back to note source
289
lawelese. So Morris. MS, Morris-Specimens: lawe leve (altered by a later hand to lawe lese).back to note source
293
anythe. So MS, Morris. Morris-Specimens: anyþer.back to note source
296
foryeuenesse. So Morris, Morris-Specimens. MS yeuenesse.back to note source
320
yonge. So MS, Morris. Morris-Specimens: yonger.back to note source
323
ilome. MS, Morris, Morris-Specimens: ilóme.back to note source
329
schenche. So Morris, Morris-Specimens. MS: senthe (in a later hand).back to note source
330
wole bithenche. So Morris, Morris-Specimens. MS: wole biyenthe (in a later hand).back to note source
350
thisse. So MS (þare with are canceled, isse written above it), Morris, Morris-Specimens.back to note source
356
eche2. So MS, Morris. Morris-Specimens: and eche.back to note source
364
that wuneth hym abute. So MS (& reste bute swynke canceled, correction written below the line), Morris, Morris-Specimens.back to note source
376
bec. So Morris, Morris-Specimens. MS: bee.back to note source
389
we nu. So MS (nu we, marked to reverse order), Morris, Morris-Specimens.back to note source