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Textual Notes to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne)

1O creatures ye. So Warren. L: O creatures.back to note source

7yliche naturall. So Warren. L: that be naturall.back to note source

27Thestat ful perilous. So Warren. L: thestat perlious.back to note source

39Ageyn my myth. So Warren. L: ageyn myth.back to note source

46visage. So Warren. L: my visage.back to note source

52daunce for to leer. So Warren. L: daunce to leer.back to note source

56avys. So Warren. L: amys.back to note source

58gretely. So Warren. L: grisly.back to note source

60That I shall. So Warren. L: that shal. back to note source

hereaftir. So Warren. L: aftir.back to note source

62Myn hat of. L: myn of hat of.back to note source

63Bi which. So Warren. L: bi the which.back to note source

72ye. So Warren. L: I.back to note source

73or. So Warren. L: os.back to note source

76or2. So Warren. L: os.back to note source

75–76Or what availeth . . . porte or straungenesse. These lines are transposed in L. A note in red in the outer margin indicates the correct order.back to note source

82with me. So Warren. L: withynne.back to note source

86possessid. So Warren. L: possedid.back to note source

89grete tresour. So Warren. L: tresour.back to note source

90Have. So Warren. L: hath.back to note source

92availeth it. So Warren. L: availeth.back to note source

96ofte. So Warren. L: often.back to note source

113Sir Archebishop whi. L: Rubricated caesura after Archebishop.back to note source

115my. So Warren. L: your.back to note source

124that. So Warren. L: that it.back to note source

126adieu. This word is underlined in red and written with a red initial a wherever it appears in L. See also lines 251–53 and 487.back to note source

127my tresour. So Warren. L: tresour.back to note source

130This. So Warren. L: The.back to note source

not eschewable. So Warren. L: mysschevable.back to note source

133of. So Warren. L: at.back to note source

136Deth availe. So Warren. L: deth.back to note source

Before 137Nicholas Munston (?). Abraded signature in a later hand above this stanza in L.back to note source

138assege. So Warren. L: asseged.back to note source

forteresses. So Warren. L: porterresses.back to note source

140worship. So Warren. L: worshepis.back to note source

grete rychesses. So Warren. L: worthynessis.back to note source

141prowesses. So Warren. L: prowessis.back to note source

143eke swetnesses. So Warren. L: & swetnesses.back to note source

151acounte. So Warren. L: counte.back to note source

157world. So Warren. L: word.back to note source

161thourh. L: r inserted above thouh indicating correction.back to note source

164This. So Warren. L: ther.back to note source

172Cherishid. So Warren. L: chershid.back to note source

182your state. So Warren. L: yo thestat.back to note source

Before 193Abbatissa written in red ink in another hand in the top left corner of fol. 44v.back to note source

200no good. So Warren. L: good.back to note source

201for me so. So L. Warren: so for me.back to note source

203this daunce. So Warren. L: this.back to note source

220deferrid. So Warren. L: differrid.back to note source

240shade. So Warren. L: slade.back to note source

242gise. So Warren. L: gises.back to note source

244devise. So Warren. L: devises.back to note source

245emprise. So Warren. L: emprises.back to note source

249Sith. So Warren. L: But sith.back to note source

Deth me. L: Rubricated caesura after deth.back to note source

262on. So L. Warren: out.back to note source

274ysworn. So Warren. L: I sworn.back to note source

282to. So Warren. L: the.back to note source

of verrey. L: of w verray.back to note source

301Amys. Underlined in red in L; it is possibly misrecognized as the French amis (friends).back to note source

318helpe more at. So Warren. L: helpe at.back to note source

323and doth. So Warren. L: doth.back to note source

329ded. L: deth., with d inserted above the deleted letters.back to note source

331Thowgh every. So Warren. L: euery.back to note source

332Dredith. So Warren. L: dredith hym.back to note source

334the Lord. So Warren. L: my lord.back to note source

338Juge. So Warren. L: Iustise.back to note source

341foly. So Warren. L: hihe.back to note source

345Natures lawe. So Warren. L: natures of lawe.back to note source

350in. So Warren. L: on.back to note source

352God qwyteth al men lyke as they deserve. So Warren. L: but god quyteth men bettir than thei deserve.back to note source

355ye was. So Warren. L: thei were.back to note source

Polliceene. L reads pollixene, which is underlined in red; Polliceene is added in red in the outer margin in another hand.back to note source

356Penolope. L: underlined in red.back to note source

and. So Warren. L: or.back to note source

357thei went. So Warren. L: went thei.back to note source

369mayster. So Warren. L: ye.back to note source

372astrologye. L: astroulogye with a punctus under u, indicating correction.back to note source

374walke upon the. So Warren. L: walkyn vpon.back to note source

379in the sterris. So Warren. L: in sterris.back to note source

380nor. So Warren. L: or.back to note source

382descrive. So Warren. L: descriven.back to note source

384Who livith aryght. So Warren. L: but he that weel livith.back to note source

387prechyng. So Warren. L: techyng.back to note source

ofte. So Warren. L: often.back to note source

395Strengthe richesse. So Warren. L: strengthe nor richesse.back to note source

what so that. So Warren. L: what that.back to note source

396Of. So Warren. L: or.back to note source

401forth thou Sergeant. So Warren. L: forth sergeant.back to note source

413arrested. So Warren. L: arrest.back to note source

416for to. So Warren. L: to.back to note source

428whom. So Warren. L: as.back to note source

433shewe me now. So Warren. L: shewe now.back to note source

436unto. So Warren. L: to.back to note source

460profites that long. So Warren. L: profites long.back to note source

474plyed. So Warren. L: plye.back to note source

482thorow many. So Warren. L: many.back to note source

489strong. So Warren. L: a strong.back to note source

490my. So Warren. L: many.back to note source

508ther may nothyng. So L. Warren: which that may.back to note source

518fro. So Warren. L: for.back to note source

524gon. So Warren. L: go.back to note source

at the plouh. So Warren. L: at plouh.back to note source

530world. Warren, L: word.back to note source

533gon. So Warren. L: pleyen.back to note source

542Of me no more. So Warren. L: on me more no.back to note source

547mote. So Warren. L: mete.back to note source

550hermitage. So Warren. L: heritage.back to note source

554space. So Warren. L: grace.back to note source

561Ye. So Warren. L: ye ye.back to note source

570Or as a. So Warren. L: or a.back to note source