Bituene. So MS. S, P: Bitvene.

hem bituen. MS: hem bitben. S, P: hem bitven.

proud and play. So MS. V: pert in play. S, P: proud [in] play, but S notes MS reads proud & play.

dou. So MS. S, P: don.

wrethe. MS wretþe.

bilive. So MS. S, P: bileve.

tak. So MS, P. S: take.

tille. MS, S, P: t[i]lle.

spille. MS, S, P: sp[i]lle.

mast. So MS, S. P: mest.

Lordings. So MS. S, P: Lordinges.

been. So MS. S, P: born.

helme, hauberk. So MS. S: helme [and] hauberk. P: helme [&] hauberk.

to. So S, P. MS: to to.

herd that. MS: herd sey þat; sey is subpuncted for deletion. S: herd sey þat. P: [it] herd þat, with a note that sey is present and marked for deletion.

stroke o. So MS, S. P: stroke of, but the note in her apparatus reads stroke o.

The. MS: Initial Þ is two lines high; no paraph mark begins this stanza.

Fader. S, P: F[a]der. MS: Fder.

me were slawe knightes thro. So S, P. MS: me slawe knightes thro were, with were marked for insertion between me and slawe.

letters. So S, P. MS: lettera.

The. MS: þ is two lines high, with no paraph mark indicating the new stanza. S, P begin new stanza here.

fro. So MS, S. P: from.

Her. So MS, P. S: Þer.

P inserts three lines in brackets after line 354 to expand the short stanza to the standard twelve lines. The lines are based on V, but Perryman edited them to reflect the language present in MS:

Þai seye it miȝt non oþer go; Bitauȝten hir god for euermo & kist her douhter þare. (p. 82)

sounde. So P, S. MS: isounde, with an interlinear correction to sounde.

MS: N is two lines high; no paraph.

hethen. MS, S: heþþen. P: [heþen].

frende. So S, P. MS: frede.

war. So MS, P. S: was.

ywrought. The r is an interlinear insertion.

thurth. So MS. S, P: þurch.

Thurth. So MS. S, P: Þurch.

Ternagaunt. So MS. S, P: Teruagaunt.

Ternagant. So MS. S, P: Teruagant.

Empour. So MS. S: Emperour, but she suggests MS is unclear. P: Emperour.

sche was. So S, P. MS: sche was sche; second “sche” marked for deletion.

S and P, following V, add “þer” at the end of the line to complete the rhyme.

Ternagant. So MS. S, P: Teruagant.

Doukes, kinges. So MS. S: [Of] doukes [and] kinges. P: Doukes [&] kinges.

gest. So P. MS: grest. S: [wrest].

Thurth. So MS. S, P: Þurch.

thurth. So MS. S, P: þurch.

Ternagant. So MS. S, P: Teruagant.

bitwen. MS: bitben. S, P: bitven.

seyn. So S, P. MS: seyin, with i marked for deletion.

Ternagaunt. So MS. S, P: Teruagaunt.

MS: H on three lines; no paraph.

And. So MS, S. P: On, but notes MS reads And.

Ternagaunt. So MS. S, P: Teruagaunt.

Artw. So MS, S. P: Art[o]w.

levedi seyd, “Artw a prest. So P. S: [seyd]. MS: levedi artw a prest seyd with insertion mark.

thi. S: þi. MS: þi, marked for deletion. P omits.

help in this stounde. So MS, S. P: help [& min], þis stounde[s].

P includes three new lines to fill out the stanza, based on V:

Her is a child selcouþe discriif. It haþ noiþer lim, no liif, No eyȝen for to se. (p. 93)

Thurth. So MS. S, P: Þurch.

toke the flesche anon. So S, P. MS: toke flesche anon þe with insertion mark.

take. So MS. S, P: toke.

levedi with joies. So S, P. MS: levedi joies.

And sche schewed. MS: And schewed. S, P: [Sche] schewed.

Anon. So MS, S. P: [&] anon.

weren. So MS. S, P: were.

has to. So MS. S, P: has[t] to. Geist suggests a scribal error conflated the final t of hast and the initial t of to (“Notes on ‘The King of Tars,’” p. 178).

blod. S, P: bl[o]d. MS: bld.

were. So S, P. MS: werer.

Thurth. So MS. S, P: Þurch.

baptize. So MS, P. S: baptiȝe.

thurth. So MS. S, P: þurch.

the. So S, P. MS: þen.

thurth. So MS. S, P: þurch.

Tars. So S. P: T[ar]s. MS: Tras.

thurth. So MS. S, P: þurch.

that. So S, P. MS: þat þat.

thurth. So MS. S, P: þurch.

Thurth. So MS. S, P: Þurch.

folk bide. MS: bede folk, with marks indicating transposition. S: [folk] bede. P: folk bede.

sexti. So S, P. MS: serti.

erverichon. So MS. S: euerichon. P: [euerichon].

Ternagaunt. So MS. S, P: Teruagaunt.

Ogein. MS, S, P: Oȝain.

old. So MS, S. P: eld.

drive. So S. MS: drrive. P: [driue].

bothe. MS, S: boþe. P: boþ.

Lesias. MS, S, P: Lessias.

thurth. So MS. S, P: þurch.

stounde. So MS, S. P: stound.

To fight anon he was ful thro. Supplied by P, based on V. MS omits. V, S read To fihten anon he was ful þro.

of. S, P: [so]. MS omits.

Thurth. So MS. S, P: Þurch.

thurth. So MS. S, P: þurch.

thurth the. MS has an erasure between these words, noted by S and P, who agree that two letters were erased.

thurth. So MS. S, P: þurch.

fleyghe. So MS, where it is marked for deletion. S: fleyȝe. P omits.

him. So S, P. MS: hin.

he. So P. MS: hit, possibly corrected to he. S: he, but notes “e unclear.” P: h[e].

MS: No paraph.

Sarrains. So MS, S. P: sarra[ȝ]ins.

men. So MS, S. P: man (but notes manuscript reads men).

he. MS: this pronoun is an interlinear insertion.

weren. So MS, P. S: werren, but queries “The second r corrected from e?” (p. 198). P: weren, but notes “an e, possibly corrected to an r, occurs between r and e.”

Copied from V, as the Auchinleck manuscript has no ending.