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

1
O creatures ye. So Warren. L: O creatures.back to note source
7
yliche naturall. So Warren. L: that be naturall.back to note source
27
Thestat ful perilous. So Warren. L: thestat perlious.back to note source
39
Ageyn my myth. So Warren. L: ageyn myth.back to note source
46
visage. So Warren. L: my visage.back to note source
52
daunce for to leer. So Warren. L: daunce to leer.back to note source
56
avys. So Warren. L: amys.back to note source
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gretely. So Warren. L: grisly.back to note source
60
That I shall. So Warren. L: that shal. back to note source
hereaftir. So Warren. L: aftir.back to note source
62
Myn hat of. L: myn of hat of.back to note source
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Bi which. So Warren. L: bi the which.back to note source
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ye. So Warren. L: I.back to note source
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or. So Warren. L: os.back to note source
76
or2. So Warren. L: os.back to note source
75–76
Or 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
82
with me. So Warren. L: withynne.back to note source
86
possessid. So Warren. L: possedid.back to note source
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grete tresour. So Warren. L: tresour.back to note source
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Have. So Warren. L: hath.back to note source
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availeth it. So Warren. L: availeth.back to note source
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ofte. So Warren. L: often.back to note source
113
Sir Archebishop whi. L: Rubricated caesura after Archebishop.back to note source
115
my. So Warren. L: your.back to note source
124
that. So Warren. L: that it.back to note source
126
adieu. 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
127
my tresour. So Warren. L: tresour.back to note source
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This. So Warren. L: The.back to note source
not eschewable. So Warren. L: mysschevable.back to note source
133
of. So Warren. L: at.back to note source
136
Deth availe. So Warren. L: deth.back to note source
Before 137
Nicholas Munston (?). Abraded signature in a later hand above this stanza in L.back to note source
138
assege. So Warren. L: asseged.back to note source
forteresses. So Warren. L: porterresses.back to note source
140
worship. So Warren. L: worshepis.back to note source
grete rychesses. So Warren. L: worthynessis.back to note source
141
prowesses. So Warren. L: prowessis.back to note source
143
eke swetnesses. So Warren. L: & swetnesses.back to note source
151
acounte. So Warren. L: counte.back to note source
157
world. So Warren. L: word.back to note source
161
thourh. L: r inserted above thouh indicating correction.back to note source
164
This. So Warren. L: ther.back to note source
172
Cherishid. So Warren. L: chershid.back to note source
182
your state. So Warren. L: yo thestat.back to note source
Before 193
Abbatissa written in red ink in another hand in the top left corner of fol. 44v.back to note source
200
no good. So Warren. L: good.back to note source
201
for me so. So L. Warren: so for me.back to note source
203
this daunce. So Warren. L: this.back to note source
220
deferrid. So Warren. L: differrid.back to note source
240
shade. So Warren. L: slade.back to note source
242
gise. So Warren. L: gises.back to note source
244
devise. So Warren. L: devises.back to note source
245
emprise. So Warren. L: emprises.back to note source
249
Sith. So Warren. L: But sith.back to note source
Deth me. L: Rubricated caesura after deth.back to note source
262
on. So L. Warren: out.back to note source
274
ysworn. So Warren. L: I sworn.back to note source
282
to. So Warren. L: the.back to note source
of verrey. L: of w verray.back to note source
301
Amys. Underlined in red in L; it is possibly misrecognized as the French amis (friends).back to note source
318
helpe more at. So Warren. L: helpe at.back to note source
323
and doth. So Warren. L: doth.back to note source
329
ded. L: deth., with d inserted above the deleted letters.back to note source
331
Thowgh every. So Warren. L: euery.back to note source
332
Dredith. So Warren. L: dredith hym.back to note source
334
the Lord. So Warren. L: my lord.back to note source
338
Juge. So Warren. L: Iustise.back to note source
341
foly. So Warren. L: hihe.back to note source
345
Natures lawe. So Warren. L: natures of lawe.back to note source
350
in. So Warren. L: on.back to note source
352
God qwyteth al men lyke as they deserve. So Warren. L: but god quyteth men bettir than thei deserve.back to note source
355
ye 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
356
Penolope. L: underlined in red.back to note source
and. So Warren. L: or.back to note source
357
thei went. So Warren. L: went thei.back to note source
369
mayster. So Warren. L: ye.back to note source
372
astrologye. L: astroulogye with a punctus under u, indicating correction.back to note source
374
walke upon the. So Warren. L: walkyn vpon.back to note source
379
in the sterris. So Warren. L: in sterris.back to note source
380
nor. So Warren. L: or.back to note source
382
descrive. So Warren. L: descriven.back to note source
384
Who livith aryght. So Warren. L: but he that weel livith.back to note source
387
prechyng. So Warren. L: techyng.back to note source
ofte. So Warren. L: often.back to note source
395
Strengthe richesse. So Warren. L: strengthe nor richesse.back to note source
what so that. So Warren. L: what that.back to note source
396
Of. So Warren. L: or.back to note source
401
forth thou Sergeant. So Warren. L: forth sergeant.back to note source
413
arrested. So Warren. L: arrest.back to note source
416
for to. So Warren. L: to.back to note source
428
whom. So Warren. L: as.back to note source
433
shewe me now. So Warren. L: shewe now.back to note source
436
unto. So Warren. L: to.back to note source
460
profites that long. So Warren. L: profites long.back to note source
474
plyed. So Warren. L: plye.back to note source
482
thorow many. So Warren. L: many.back to note source
489
strong. So Warren. L: a strong.back to note source
490
my. So Warren. L: many.back to note source
508
ther may nothyng. So L. Warren: which that may.back to note source
518
fro. So Warren. L: for.back to note source
524
gon. So Warren. L: go.back to note source
at the plouh. So Warren. L: at plouh.back to note source
530
world. Warren, L: word.back to note source
533
gon. So Warren. L: pleyen.back to note source
542
Of me no more. So Warren. L: on me more no.back to note source
547
mote. So Warren. L: mete.back to note source
550
hermitage. So Warren. L: heritage.back to note source
554
space. So Warren. L: grace.back to note source
561
Ye. So Warren. L: ye ye.back to note source
570
Or as a. So Warren. L: or a.back to note source