Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Ed. from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications ...Percy society, 1965 - English literature |
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Page 11
... reads drouhe . 15595 - bore . Substituted from the Land . MS . for leoun , the reading of the Harl . MS . 15596 ... read the heed , evidently supposing it refers to the head of the bore ; the printed editions , with the same notion ...
... reads drouhe . 15595 - bore . Substituted from the Land . MS . for leoun , the reading of the Harl . MS . 15596 ... read the heed , evidently supposing it refers to the head of the bore ; the printed editions , with the same notion ...
Page 22
... read for this line , Out of thy lond thy brother made the flee . 15868 - lond . The Lansd . MS . reads regne , which is adopted by Tyrwhitt , and is perhaps the better reading . 15870 - leoun , reed coloured . The Lansd . MS . reads ...
... read for this line , Out of thy lond thy brother made the flee . 15868 - lond . The Lansd . MS . reads regne , which is adopted by Tyrwhitt , and is perhaps the better reading . 15870 - leoun , reed coloured . The Lansd . MS . reads ...
Page 53
... reads Sithen March ended , thritty dayes and two , and observes , " I have ventured to depart from the MSS . and Edit . in this passage . They all read began instead of ended . At the same time MS . c . 1 , has this note in the margin ...
... reads Sithen March ended , thritty dayes and two , and observes , " I have ventured to depart from the MSS . and Edit . in this passage . They all read began instead of ended . At the same time MS . c . 1 , has this note in the margin ...
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