sprainus. 740. fauure—favere. 742. maistrie—maistire. 763. kun not—kunnot. 764. graunte—graunt. 769. any—an y. 772. wreche—wirche. 775. ar—are. 776. turment—tourment. 777. wreche—wrethe. 786. wirchen—worchen. 797. ȝour—ȝoure. 799. yydra—Thydra. 810. dindimus—Dindunus. 816. anon riht anied—anonriht amed. 825. onorable—honorable. 834. ne—no (which is better). 836. seye-seth. 840. dedes—dede. 846. tulye—tulthe. 855, 865, &c. othhur—othir. 856. For-þi—Forthei. 863, 866. hungur—hungurus. 884, 887. lechurie—lecherie. 894. chariteuus—chariteus. 921. ioie—joie. 928. dimme—dunne. 929. siht—riht. 930. alse—alle. 936. Whan—When. 947. siht—riht. & sauur—saver. 958. þo—the. 986. kinus nie—kinusme[n]. 1012. grete—Grece. 1017. burnus—turnus. dedeus—dedus. 1030. houngur—hounger. 1036. hit—it. 1037. cofly—coflye. 1067. with—what. 1074. seye—sethe. 1075. bragmanye brouht—Bragman ye brouht. 1082. graciose—graciouse. 1091. you—thou. 1097. ȝour—ȝoure. 1100. & skile—in skile. 1118. iuge, ioie, iugged—juge, joye, jugged. 1121. þouh—Though. 1131. romme—roume. 1131. ich—Ic. 1138. graie—grie.
§ 20. In several of these instances the MS. may, no doubt be read either way. In particular, the scribe often makes but little difference between y and þ, or between c and t, and sometimes none at all between u and n, or between m and in or ni. Yet in most cases there can be no doubt about the matter, and I think the reader will in general be able to tell for himself why the readings in the present edition are preferable to those in the former. Thus, in l. 88, we must read wrecheli, i.e. wretchedly, miserably, not wretheli, i.e. wrathfully. In l. 124, grouuede=growede, i.e. grow; but grounede cannot be well explained. In l. 250, lond = land; but loud makes no sense. In l. 281, we must of course read time, not tune. In l. 467, the sense is ' to read the stories,' not 'to read storms.' In l. 478, the sun and stars are visible on þe skiuus, in the skies; but not on þe skurus, which is explained to mean 'in the tempests.' In l. 578, keture, not an uncommon word, must be preferred to kecere, which does not exist. In l. 659, iaudewin can be explained, but jaudewin
