[1258] _the raile, and the olde rauen_] MS. “a _rayle_ an _olde_ rowen.”
[1259] _by Dudum, theyr Clementine_] MS. “_Bidudum_ The.”
[1261] _propreli they ar_] MS. “_they ar properli_.”
[1262] _To shryue, assoyle, and reles_] MS. “_To_ shewe _assoyle and_ to _releas_.”
[1263] _Margeries_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “Mergeres,”—but previously it has “Margery,” v. 854. MS. “Margaretes.”
[1266] _Another Clementyne also, &c._] I suspect some corruption here. In MS. the passage stands thus;
“_Another clementyn how frere_ faby and _mo_ _Exivit_,” &c.
[1267] _With_] So other eds. Kele’s ed “Wit.”
[1268] _they_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “the.”
[1269] _to_] So other eds. and MS. Not in Kele’s ed.
[1270] _Al maner of abiections_] MS. “Suche _maner of_ subieccōns.”
[1271] _affections_] So other eds. and MS. Kele’s ed. “afflictions.”
[1274] _the sede of graces_] MS. “_sede of_ grace.”
[1275] _coueytous and ambycyon_] MS. “_couetus ambyssyon_.”
[1277] _glum_] MS. seems to have “mume,” and omits the next line.
[1278] _Worsshepfully_] So MS. Eds. “Worship” and “Worshyp.”
[1281] _That counterfaytes, &c._] Kytson’s ed. “The _counterfaytes and_ painets.”
[1284] _a peny nor of a crosse_] MS. “_peny nor of crosse_.”
[1286] _to net_] So Marshe’s ed. and MS. Other eds. “_to_ the _net_.”
[1293] _a lege de moy_] MS. “_a lege moy_.”
[1294] _And of_] So MS. Eds. “_And of_ his.”
[1296] _Nowe_] So Marshe’s ed. Other eds. and MS. “How.”
[1299] _chambres_] So MS. (“chambyrs”). Eds. “chambre.”
[1302] _They rune agaynst_] MS. “The ron ayenste.”
[1303] _tellyng_] MS. “yellyng,” omitting the following line.
[1305] _quenes yellyng_] MS. “comyn _yellyng_.”
[1307] _kyng_] So other eds. and MS. (with various spelling.) Kele’s ed. “gyng.” See notes.
[1309] _verrey_] So MS. Not in eds. The following word in MS. “wyll.”
[1310] _And whan, &c._] This line not in MS.
[1311] _For I rede a_] Marshe’s ed. “_For I_ red _a_.” MS. “_I rede_ by.”
[1313] _amicare_] Altered by the Editor of 1736 to “_dimicare_.” See notes.
[1316] _dothe reporte_] So MS. The words have dropt out from the eds.
[1318] _ye_] So Marshe’s ed. and MS. Other eds. “we.”
[1320] _so moche_] MS. “myche,” giving the two following lines thus,
“As they suppose and gesse Ye play so at the chesse.”