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