Incipit

Her bigynneth the syren and the hundredes of Engelonde. MS: Written in red ink.↩back to note source

Paragraph 1

Englelond. MS: Begins with red capital E, three lines high, with blue flourishes.↩back to note source

fyftene. MS, Morris, Kluge: fyfténe.↩back to note source

stol. MS, Morris, Kluge: stól.↩back to note source

Englelond is . . . bispryche. MS: Prose section written on twenty-nine lines.↩back to note source

Paragraph 2

Swo. MS: Begins with blue capital S, two lines high.↩back to note source

Lothen. So MS (for th, the scribe writes ð (eth), a very rare letter-form in Jesus 29), Morris, Kluge.↩back to note source

other. So MS (r inserted), Morris, Kluge.↩back to note source

.i. . . . .ix. So MS (scribe inserts a roman numeral above each shire name), Morris, Kluge.↩back to note source

Devenaschre. So MS. Morris, Kluge: Devenaschire.↩back to note source

Bedefordschre. So MS. Morris, Kluge: Bedefordschire.↩back to note source

Swo we biforan quethen . . . on half hundred. Prose section written on twenty-three lines.↩back to note source