Cp. H. tarede.
I] Cl. H2. it.
Cp. H. moot; Cl. Cm. mote.
Cp. H. Ed. By pacience (paciens); Cl. By pacient; H2. Be pacient; Cm. Beth pacient. Cl. thenk; Cm. thynkith; rest thynke.
H. leon, glossed i. signum leonis; ariete, glossed i. signum arietis.
Cp. H. messaile.
Cl. om. that.
H. cynthia; Cp. Cinthia; Cl. Cynthes (!); Ed. Scythia (!).
Cp. H. Cm. wiste; Cl. H2. wist.
Cl. H. com.
H. H2. way; Cp. wey; Cl. weye.
Cl. Cm. beseche.
Cl. ough.
so] Cl. the. Cl. good of; Cm. good; rest good a.
Cl. om. ye.
Ed. at; H2. in; H. a; Cl. Cp. Cm. o. point] Cl. poyn.
Cp. Cm. owene; Ed. owne; Cl. owen.
Cl. assent (!).
Cl. do ye me.
Cp. H2. alle; rest al.
Cm. Ed. glade; H2. gladde; Cl. H. glad.
H2. yhe; rest eye.
Cm. schorte; Cp. Ed. shorte; rest short.
Cp. H. Cm. goode; Cl. good.
Cl. om. god.
H. tournay; H2. tourney.
Cl. aray.
and] Cl. an. Cl. pepelyssh; H. Cp. H2. poeplissh.
Read fortun-è.
Cp. H2. streite; H. streyte; Cl. streyght.
Cl. Cp. rowfullych; H. rewfulliche; H2. pitously.
hir] Cl. his.
Ed. H2. Ne entendement; Cl. Cp. Nentendement.
The] Cl. This. H. cruel; Cp. cruele; Cl. cruwel.
Cl. om. whan.
Cp. Ed. Committeth; H. Comitteth; Cl. Comytted.
Ed. golde; Cl. Cp. H. gold; read golden. H2. The Auricom us tressed (!).
H. alle; Cl. Cp. al. H2. shene; rest clere; cf. ii 920, iv. 1432.
H. a-yeyn; Cl. a-yen.
H. sone ( glossed Troilus).
H. hire ( glossed i. Criseyde).
Cl. o morwe; Cp. H. a morwe.
Cl. for to; rest om. for.
Cp. H. nyste; rest nyst.
Cl. wyst.
Cl. om. a.
Cp. H. reed; Cl. red.
Cl. here by fore.
Cl. farewel now.
Cp. bood; Cl. bod; rest bode.
Cl. H. Cp. Ed. sene; H2. sen.
Cl. houede. Cl. H. Cp. tabyde; rest to abide.
Cm. H2. Ed. horse; rest hors.
Cl. do it; rest om. do.
Cl. onys.
H2. deye, dreye.
Cl. onys.
Cl. y-nowh.
Cp. Ed. H. Cm. liste Cl. lyst
alwey] Cl. alweys; Cp. H. alweyes.
Cp. H. sighte; Cl. sight; Cm. syhede.
Cp. rit; H. rite ( for rit); H2. ritte; Ed. rydeth; Cl. right (!).
Cl. that though.
Cl. curtasie.
Cl. H. compaynye.
Cl. Cm. ner, rod; Cp. H. neer, rood.
she] Cp. Cm. he.
Cl. he al; rest om. al.
Cl. Ed. toke.
Cl. ynowh.
So Cp. H. ; Cl. That she shal not as yet wete what.
Cl. desese.
Cl. H. Cp. H2. preyde; Ed. prayde; Cm. preyede.
Cl. thenketh ( badly ).
H2. Troiaunes; Cl. H. Cp. Ed. Troians; read Troian-es.
Cl. Cm. om. if.
Cl. An.
Cl. Cm. to; rest vn-to.
Cl. take.
Cl. Cm. to amenden; Cp. H. tamende; rest to amende.
Cm. But be this; (this = this is).
Cl. H2. aboue; rest abouen.
Cl. H. borne; Cp. Ed. Cm. born.
or] Cl. of; Cp. er.
Cl. feyr; see 172.
Cm. myghte; Cl. Cp. H. myght.
Cl. you to; rest om. to.
Ed. H. Cp. lyte; rest litel.
Cl. hert; Cp. H. Cm. herte.
of] Cl. on.
H. H2. liste; Cl. Cp. lyst.
Cp. Cm. good; Cl. H. goode.
H. shalighte.
Cl. mewet; Cp. H. muwet; Ed. muet.
Cl. om. face.
Cl. went; toke.
Cm. frentyk.
Cl. curssed.
Ed. lyte; Cp. H. lite; rest litel. Cl. Cm. a lytel his herte.
Cp. Ed. pilowe; H2. pillowe; H. pilwo; rest pilwe.
H. Cp. ayein; Cl. Cm. ayen.
H. leete; Cl. Cm. let.
H2. endowe.
Cm. ryghte; Cl. Cp. H. right.
Here speketh = spek’th.
Cl. Cm. yuele.
Cl. tendresse.
Cl. in-to; rest vn-to.
Cl. fill; ony.
Cl. by-gonne; rest by-gynne.
mete] H2. dreme. Cl. as he; rest om. as.
Cl. tremor; rest tremour.
Cl. Cp. H. seine; Ed. sayne; Cm. H2. sey.
Cl. peyne; rest pyne.
Cl. thenke.
H2. y-waxen; Cl. H. Ed. y-woxen.
Cl. wonted; Cm. wone; rest wont(e); read woned.
Cl. H. sente.
Cp. H. Cm. deuyne; Cl. dyuyne.
Cl. peyne.
Cp. H. Ed. lyuen; Cl. lyue.
Cl. Cp. H. yef; Ed. yeue; rest yif.
Cm. H2. prey; rest preyen. Cl. Cp. Ed. to kepe; rest om. to.
Ed. hyght; Cm. highte; Cl. hatte; Cp. H. hette. Ed. Ascaphylo (i. e. Ascalaphus); Cl. Cp. Escaphilo; H. esciphilo; Cm. H2. eschaphilo.
Cp. thise: Cm. Ed. these; Cl. H. this.
Cm. red; rest rede.
Cl. late; Cp. H. lat; rest let; read lete. Cp. worthen; Cl. worthe; H2. worth; rest worchen.
Cp. Ed. tel; rest telle. Cl. nowe.
Cl. Cm. ony.
gon] Cm. forgon.
H. care, fare.
Cm. H2. on-; Cl. Cp. H. o-; Ed. a-.
Cl. fond; rest fonde.
Cp. H. nought ( for not). Ed. H2. to abyde. Cm. is not so longe to on-byde.
Cp. H. Ed. comen; rest come.
Cl. nyl not; rest om. not.
Cm. dred; rest drede.
Cp. H. ayein; Cl. Cm. a-yen.
Cl. Cm. proceden.
Read all’ swev’nés.
Cl. Cp. H. Ed. infernals; rest infernal.
Cl. seynt (!).
Cl. lef; rest leue.
Cl. foweles; H. fowelis.
Cl. owlys.
Cl. foule; Cp. H. Cm. foul.
Cl. shad (!).
H. Cp. foryiue, dryue, lyue; Cl. foryeue, dreue, leue.
Cl. foyete; Cp. H. foryete. Ed. or; rest oure.
Cl. hens; Cp. H. hennes.
Ed. rouken ( wrongly ).
Cl. thow trust; rest om. thow.
Cl. dar.
Cl. answered; Cp. Cm. Ed. answerde.
Cl. Cp. Cm. fyn; rest fyne.
Cl. sacrefise.
Cl. foule; H. fowl; Cm. foul.
Cp. H. reed; Cl. Cm. red.
Cl. H. cost; rest coste.
Ed. moste; H2. most; Cl. Cm. meste; H. meest. Cl. om. eek.
Cl. ony.
Cl. Cp. H. thorugh; Ed. through.
Cl. ony.
Cl. as; rest at.
H. Nof.
Cp. Ie; H2. ye; rest eye.
Cp. pietous; H. pietus; rest pitous.
Cl. gladyn; Cp. glade; Cl. H. Ed. glad. Cl. Cp. festenynge ( for festeiynge = festeyinge); rest feestynge (festyng).
Cl. laydyes.
Cl. ony; H2. an; rest on.
Cl. om. him.
Cl. Cp. Ed. there; rest here.
Cl. Cp. H. maze; rest mase.
Cl. Cp. howue; Ed. houe; H. howen. Cl. Cp. H. glaze; rest glase.
Cl. old.
Cl. Ed. shap and; rest om. and.
H. droofe; Cl. Cp. m[Editor: illegible character] drof. Cp. H. tanende.
Ed. H2. conueyen.
Cl. tok; [Editor: illegible character] toke.
nil] Cl. wol.
Cl. answered; H. Cp. Ed. answerde. Cl. heder; H. hyder; Cp. H2. hider.
Cl. a-yen.
Cl. ony.
Cl. hens; Cp. H. hennes.
Cl. vilonye.
Cl. H. wold.
Cm. wouke; Cl. Cp. H. wowke; Ed. weke.
H2. alle; rest al.
Cm. woukis; Cl. Cp. wykes; H. Ed. wekes. Cl. H. end.
H. fynden; Cl. Cp. Cm. fynde.
Cl. H. sobrelich; rest softely (softly).
Cp. H. bihighte; Cl. byhight.
Cl. Cm. of here; rest om. here.
Cl. om. it.
Cm. Cp. Ed. H2. On; Cl. H. O.
Cp. tabrayde H. to breyde; rest to abreyde.
H. Ed. H2. As; Cl. So; Cm. om.
Cl. Criseyde; rest Criseydes.
Cl. Cm. brast.
Cl. dorres sperid.
Cp. Cm. H2. war; rest ware.
god] Cl. gold.
Cl. Cm. with the; rest om. the.
Cp. John. lisse; H2. hisse (!); rest blisse.
which] Cl. whom.
H. ye; H2. yee; rest eye.
Cl. Cm. H2. thens; Cp. thennes; H. tennes (!).
Cl. yende; rest yonder; see 573.
Cm. caughte, righte; rest kaught, right.
Cl. yender; see 575.
Cl. thenketh; rest thinketh.
Cm. myn; H2. my; rest om. ( read memórie).
Cl. waryed; Cp. wereyed; H2. weryhed; rest weryed ( read werreyed = werréy’d).
Cl. leue; Cm. lyf; rest lyue. Cl. om. in.
Ed. ne aske; Cl. Cp. H. naxe; rest ne axe.
Cl. lorde; cruwel.
Cp. H. Ed. wente; rest went.
Cl. bens; Cp. H. hennes.
Cl. in; Ed. to; rest in-to.
Cp. hille; H. hille; Cl. hill; Cm. hil.
Cp. H. hider; Cl. heder.
H. seen; Cl. se.
Cl. Cp. H. defet; Cm. defect; Ed. defayted ( om. and).
Cl. Ed. woxen.
Cl. hise.
Cm. The enchesoun.
Cm. Ed. softe; Cl. Cp. H. soft.
Cl. gan to; rest om. to. Cl. syngen; rest singe (syng).
Cp. H. soore; Cl. Cm. sor.
H2. and stere; Cm. on sterid; Cl. Cp. H. in stere. Ed. I stere and sayle.
The] Cl. Thi.
Caribdis H2. ; Cp. Carikdis; rest Caribdes.
Cp. H. hennes; Cl. hens. Cm. bryghte; rest right.
Cm. Cp. bryghte; rest bright. Cl. lathona; Ed. Lucyna; rest latona; see iv. 1591.
Cl. whanne.
she] Cl. he; H2. ye. my] Cl. me.
Cm. Ed. H2. day is; rest dayes.
was] Cl. is.
yonder] Cl. H2. yender.
Cl. Cp. tho; rest the. Cl. tenten (!).
Cp. H. thennes; Cl. thens.
Cl. It is.
Ed. Cp. Cm. stynten; H. stenten; rest stynte.
Cl. it is; rest om. it.
Cl. ought; Ed. aught; rest nought (naught).
Cp. H. H2. Ed. pace.
Cp. Cm. putte; rest put.
and] Cl. an.
Cl. om. I. Cp. Ed. Cm. holde; Cl. H. hold.
Cm. I-waxen; Cl. H. Ed. y-woxen.
Ther] Cl. The. H2. Cm. ther; rest om.
Cl. syked; om. eek.
Ed. purtrayeng; H2. portering; Cl. portraynge; H. portreynge; Cp. purtrayng.
woful] Cl. ful.
Cp. cruel; Cl. H. cruwel; Cm. crewel.
Cp. Ed. compleynen; rest compleyne.
All wepte ( but see wopen in 724).
MSS. teris.
Cl. Cp. rowfully; Ed. rewfully: Cm. reufully.
Cl. H. tho yonder; rest om. tho. Cp. H2. walles; rest wallys.
O] Cl. Of (!). Cp. H. dostow; Cm. dost thou; Cl. dost.
whether] Cl. wher.
three] Cl. two.
H. weste; rest west.
Cl. stelen. Cl. Ed. on; H2. by; rest in.
H. H2. leste, beste; rest lest, best.
on] Cm. of.
Cl. wold.
H. Ed. rulen; Cm. H2. reule; Cp. reulen; Cl. rewelyn ( for rewlen).
Cl. Cm. om. Ne. Cp. H. Cm. thryuen; Cl. thryue.
Cl. somme han blamed; rest that (at) som men blamen.
Cl. ony.
Cl for my; rest om. my.
Cp. Cm. knotteles; rest knotles.
Ed. H2. to abyde.
Cl. Cm. short; rest shortest.
Cp. H. thennes; Cl. Cm. thens.
Cl. laughen.
H2. to accoy.
Cl. H. Cp. nassayeth; rest assayeth. Cl. Cp. H. nacheueth; Cm. ne cheueth; rest acheueth.
Cl. om. of.
For] Cl. As. Cl. wys; H. Cp. Cm. Ed. wyse.
Cl. H. corageus.
Ed. Calcidony.
Cp. Cm. myghte; Cl. H. myght.
Cl. H. oft; rest ofte.
Cl. Cm. thred; rest threde. Cl. H. wold.
Cl. H2. speke; rest speken.
Cl. formede. H. H2. yen; rest eyen.
Cm. I-norschid.
Cm. waxen; H2. waxe; rest woxen.
Cp. H. y-founde; rest founde.
Cp. H. duryng; Cl. dorryng; Cm. dorynge to; Ed. daryng; ( best durring). Cl. Cp. don; rest do.
Cp. durre; H. durre to; Cl. dosre; Cm. dore; Ed. dare. Cl. Cp. Cm. don; Ed. done; H. do.
Cl. a ( for as).
Cm. Cp. H2. done; Cl. don.
H. by hire hym; Cm. by hire; rest hym by here.
Cl. y-nowh.
longe] Cl. more.
H2. Betwixe; Cl. Cp. H. Ed. Bytwyxen.
H. Cp. Cm. axen.
Cl. Answered.
Cp H. Ed. wiste; Cl. wist.
Cl. thenketh.
Cl. ony.
Cp. H. Sholden; Ed. Shulden; rest Sholde.
Cl. H2. dredles; rest dredeles.
Cl. Ed. Fro. Cp. H. thennes; Cl. Cm. thens.
to] Cm. for.
Cp. H. hennes; Cm. henys; Cl. hens.
H. Cp. Ed. to rauyashen any; Cm. to rauych ony; H2. to rauissh e any; Cl. the rauesshynge of a.
Cl. Cm. ben; rest be.
Cl. H. sleye; rest slye.
Cp. H. Cm. grete; Cl. gre (!).
Cl. an.
Cl. brough.
Cl. ony.
Cp. Ed. be; Cm. ben; H. ben a; rest the.
Ed. reed; Cl. Cm. red.
Cp. quook; H. quooke; Cl. Cm. quok.
Cl. cast a litel wight a syde.
Cl. ony.
Of] Cl. O. Ed. Calcidony.
H2. Polymites; Cm. Polymyght; rest Polymyte.
Cl. I shal; rest om. I. Cp. H. Ed. H2. lyue; Cl. lyuen.
Cl. tel.
Cp. H. speken; Cl. Cm. speke.
Cp. H2. to hym she; Cl. H. Ed. she to hym.
H. Cp. Ed. it noon; Cl. H2. non it.
All but Cp. H. om. 1 st and.
Cl. an.
now] Cl. here.
Cl. ony.
Cl. done.
Cl. to pleye; rest om. to.
Cp. bisy; H. bysi; Cm. besi; Ed. H2. besy; Cl. ben.
Cl. H. com.
Cl. om. hir. heres] H. eres; Cm. eyyn.
Cm. Ne I; Cp. H. Ny; Cl. H2. Ed. Ne.
Cl. ther-with ( om. al). eyen] Cl. ey.
Troye] Cl. Ed. Troilus and Troye (!); H. Troilus (!).
al] Cl. as. Cl. a-yen.
Cl. wich.
Cm. waxen; H2. waxe; rest woxen.
Cl. folewede.
Ed. Cythera.
Cl. shorly; om. that; tales.
Cl. Cm. H2. put he before spak. Ed. selfe; rest self.
Cl. sore sykes.
Cp. refte; Cl. reste ( for refte); H2. rafte; H. ref ( for refte); Ed. lefte; Cm. reuyth. Cl. Cp. H. (1 st ) of; H2. all; rest om.
Ed. she; rest he; see note. Cl. onys.
Cl. Cp. Ed. pencel; rest pensel.
Cp. H. the; rest om.
Cl. thorugh.
Cm. wep; rest wepte.
Cl. om. kepen.
Cm. hele; H2. helpe; rest helen.
Cl. falsede.
Cl. falsede on; gentilest.
Cl. Thas; on; worthyest.
word] Cl. wood.
Cl. Thorugh ought.
Cl. om. for. Cm. H2. om. me.
Cl. Cp. lady; Ed. H2. ladyes; rest om.
Cp. Ed. Cm. ne; Cl. H. to; H2. om.
H2. might I; Cl. Cm. myghty (!); Ed. shulde I; Cp. sholde I; H. shold I.
Cl. giltles.
Cl. Ed. And; rest But.
Cl. H. Tak. Cl. Cm. hise.
Cp. H. Ed. fynden; Cl. fynd; rest fynde.
Cp. H. Ed. that; rest om. Cl. Cm. gan; rest bigan.
the] Cl. this.
H2. Ed. publisshed; rest punisshed (!).
oughte] Cl. out.
Cl. ony.
Cl. H. om. so.
Cl. tolde.
Cp. hoot; Cl. Cm. hot; rest hote (= hoot).
H2. warme; rest warmen. All est; read th’est.
Cl. om. of.
Cp. noon; Cm. non; rest noone (none); see 1122.
Cl. here; rest his.
Cl. Cm. om. here.
Cl. twinnen; rest winnen.
Cl. answered.
Cl. thanne; a-yen.
Cl. Cp. H. cape; rest gape.
H. portou r s; Cp. Ed. H2. porters; Cl. Cm. porterys.
Cl. H2. holde; rest holden.
H2. comth; H. Cm. cometh; Cl. Cp. come; Ed. came.
hir] Cl. his.
Cl. Cp. Ed. H. whan that; rest om. that.
Cl. not to; rest om. [Editor: illegible character]
H. nought; Cp. Ed. naught; rest not. Cp. Ed. H. Cm. for; rest om.
Ed. H2. art; rest arte.
fare] Ed. farre; H2. soory. All carte.
Cl. y-nowh.
Ed. ferne; Cl. H. fern; Cp. farn.
hem] Cl. hym.
Cm. H2. Ed. muste; Cp. moste; Cl. H. most. Cl. beuen ( for bleuen); H2. beleue.
Ed. within the; Cl. Cp. H2. with-inne the; rest with-inne.
H. Ed. gladded; Cl. Cp. gladed.
Cl. holden.
Cl. ony.
Cl. is fledde; rest om. is.
Cl. Cm. hise.
Cl. Cp. nyst; H. Cm. nyste. Cl. myght; Cp. H. myghte.
Cl. byhyght; Cp. H. bihighte.
Cl. H2. fifthe; rest fifte. Cp. H. Cm. H2. sexte.
of] Cm. the; Cl. om.
hir] Cl. he.
Cl. om. for to.
Cl. þe wode; rest om. the.
Cl. H. wold.
Cl. compaignye.
Ed. defayte.
Cl. Iire. Cp. omits 1233-74.
Cp. H. H2. axed; Ed. asked; Cm. axe; Cl. asketh.
Cl. welk; H. welke; rest walked.
Cm. slep; rest slepte.
Cl. ony.
Cl. ellis.
Cl. thorugh.
Cl. Iust; H. Cm. Ed. Iuste.
So Cl. ; H. eseuraunce; rest assuraunce.
Cl. trowen; ony.
All bigile (begile).
Ed. slowe; Cl. slowh; H2. sloo; H. slewe. Ed. than alway; Cl. H. H2. alwey than. Cm. My n self to sle than thus alwey. Cl. compleyne; rest to pleyne.
Cl. answerede.
folk] Cl. men.
Cl. dastow.
Ed. on; H2. in; Cl. Cp. H. o; Cm. a.
Cl. a-righ.
Cm. thanne; rest than.
Cl. can.
Cl. thow a lettre here.
Cl. H2. brynge.
Cm. H2. trowe; rest trowen.
Cl. wheyther. Cl. Cm. ony.
Cl. ellys.
Cp. writen; Cl. H2. wreten; Cm. wrete; H. writon.
Cl. The ( for Ther).
Cl. H2. Accorded; rest Acorded.
Cl. Cp. H. ben haue.
Cl. H2. wite; Cp. witen; H. wyten; Ed. weten.
Cl. terys.
Cl. om. my.
Cl. Cp. H. masterte ( for me asterte).
Cl. ony.
Cl. ought; Cp. Cm. oughte.
Cl. Cm. monethes.
Cl. Ed. ten dayes.
Cl. Cm. monethes. Cl. retorne.
me] Cl. I.
Cm. sikis I sike.
Cl. H2. it youre wil; Ed. Cm. your wyl it.
Cl. om. to. Cl. mot; Cp. moot; rest mote.
up-on] Cl. on.
Cl. Cp. yow; rest to yow.
Cl. chyste; Cp. chiste; rest cheste.
Cm. waxen; Cl. Ed. woxen.
Cl. wellys.
Cp. Ed. Cm. harm; rest harme.
Cl. ellys.
Cl. Cp. Commeue; Ed. Can meuen; Cm. Remeue; H2. Remorde.
more] Cl. maner.
Cl. Ther; H2. The ( for Ther); rest That.
Cl. dothe.
Cl. Wit.
Ed. Cm. disporte.
or] Cl. er. Cp. H2. Ed. deliuereth; rest deliuere.
Cl. we ether ( for whether).
Read far’th.
Cl. but that; rest that but.
Cl. dyshese.
Cp. Ed. add —Le vostre T.; see l. 1631.
Cl. wrote a-yen.
Cm. Ed. nyste; rest nyst.
Cp. swerth. Read swer’th, lov’th; Ed. swore she loued.
Cl. slep; H. slepe. Cm. ne no word he ne seyde; rest ne word (worde) seyde; where worde = word he.
Cl. wax; H. Cp. Cm. wex.
come] Cl. ek.
Read out of?
Cl. vntrothe. his] Cl. here.
Cl. thorugh.
Cl. ek of; rest om. ek.
Cl. om. wrooth.
H. Nencens.
Cm. Wrok; H2. Venged. Cl. cruwel.
Cl. Cp. H. grete; Cm. H2. gret.
Cl. om. the.
Cp. H. Ed. mayden; rest mayde.
Cl. om. And. Cl. descendede.
But] Cl. H. And.
Cl. were it.
Cl. doceat; rest docet. Cl. insideas.
Cl. Cp. H. H2. Hemoduden; Cm. sinoduden; Ed. Hermodien; read Hemoniden (Theb. iii. 42).
Ed. -peo; H. -pes; rest -pea.
Cl. Flumine; rest Fulmine.
Ed. Argiuam; rest Argiua.]
Cl. H. told; rest tolde.
Cl. strong; rest stronge.
Cp. Ed. H2. tolde; rest told. Cp. Ed. H. by; Cl. the; Cm. on.
Cp. H. Ed. H2. slough; Cl. slowh; Cm. slow.
Cl. H. burynge; Cp. H2. burying; Ed. buryeng; Cm. brenynge.
Cp. H. Ed. fil; Cl. ful; Cm. fel.
Cp. H. Ed. Argeyes; Cl. Cm. Argeys.
Cl. om. how. in] Cl. y.
Cp. scarmuche; H. scarmyche; H2. Ed. scarmisshe; Cl. scarmych. Cl. slowh; Cp. H. slough.
Cl. Meleagree.
so] Cl. that.
Cl. H. is; rest his.
Ed. leaue.
Cl. Cp. H. fals.
Cm. gret; rest grete.
Cl. seystow; Cp. H. sestow; Ed. seest thou; H2. sest thou. Cl. fol; Cp. H. Cm. fool.
Cl. om. was.
Cl. cruwel.
Cp. y-mad; H. H2. Ed. ymade; Cl. made; Cm. mad.
Cp. Cl. H. dryeth; rest dryueth.
Cp. H2. hire; Ed. her; rest here.
Cl. Cp. Thorugh.
Cp. H2. flitted; Cl. H. fletted.
brighte] Cl. out.
Cl. om. him.
Cl. H. thenketh.
Cm. H2. the auentayle.
Cl. Achille thorugh.
Cl. may it.
Cl. Cp. H2. om. 2 nd for.
Cl. a-yen.
Cl. Cm. gret.
Cl. Cp. H2. Hym self; rest Hym seluen. Ed. Cm. disgyse; Cp. desgise; Cl. H. degyse.
Cl. Cp. wep; rest wepte.
Cm. H2. (1 st ) that; rest om.
All That she; I omit That.
Cl. om. al.
Cp. pietee; Cm. pete; rest pite.
Cl. a-yen. Cp. H. Ed. ne; rest om.
Cl. Cm. om. that.
Cl. nys not; rest om. not.
Cl. H. thenketh.
Cl. om. How.
All Come (Com).
Cl. Cm. H2. disioynt.
Cl. om. that.
Cl. Cp. H. an; rest on. Cl. yuyl. Cl. H2. that ye; rest om. that.
Cl. Of; rest Eek.
H. H2. The entente.
H. Ed. add —La vostre C.
So Cp. H. ; Cl. This lettre this Troilus.
Cl. Cp. Ed. kalendes; H. kalendas; Cm. kalendis. Ed. eschaunge.
Cl. now; rest ne.
Cl. Cm. ony.
Cl. trewe; rest kynde.
been] Cl. gon.
Cl. arme ( for armure).
Cp. H. Biforn; Ed. Beforne; rest Byfore.
Cl. H. which.
Cl. broch; rest broche.
Cl. a-yen.
Cl. forth hom; rest om. forth.
All word or worde ( put for ord).
Cl. Cm. Thanne.
Cl. other; rest othes.
and] Cl. or.
Cl. cruwel.
Cm. leste.
Cp. H. Ed. Cm. shewen; Cl. shewe.
Cl. Cp. H. Cm. with-inne; rest with-in.
Cl. Cm. ony.
on] Cp. H. Ed. of.
H2. Pandar e; rest Pandarus.
Cl. thow; rest thee. Cl. lyst; Cp. H. H2. Ed. liste.
Cl. slep; drem.
Cl. hensforth; Cp. H. hennes forth.
Cp. H. Ed. be the; Cl. H2. by this.
Cl. H. wist.
Cl. a-yen; answerede.
Ed. H2. astonyed.
Cl. last.
Cl. dere brother.
un-to] Cl. to.
Cl. dede.
Cl. dredles.
hir] Cl. his.
Cl. cruwel.
Cl. H2. dredles.
Cl. cruwely.
Cp. H. Ed. weren; Cl. were.
Cl. cruwel.
Cl. wryten.
Cl. wold; hise; battayles ( read batail-lès).
H2. that ( for as); rest seyd as I can; read as that.
Cl. Hese.
Cl. H. Red; rest Rede.
Ed. Al be it that.
All write.
Cl. goode.
Cp. H. Ny ( for Ne I).
Ed. betrayed.
Ed. Betrayen.
Cl. makere.
Ed. make; rest make in; ( read maken?).
Cl. Cp. H. nenuye; H2. enuye. Ed. make thou none enuye.
Cl. ther-as. Cl. Ed. pace; rest space.
Ed. Of Vergil; rest om. Of.
Cl. Cp. om. I; rest god I; but read I god.
Cl. rathere.
Cl. thousandys hese.
Cl. ony.
Cl. slowh. H2. fers.
Ed. holownesse; Cl. holwghnesse; Cp. H. holughnesse. All seuenthe.
Cl. lettynge; H. letynge; Cp. Ed. letyng.
Cl. Th ( for The).
Cp. H thennes; Cl. thens.
Cl. om. that.
Ed. shulden; H. Cp. sholden; Cl. shuld.
Cl. cros; Cp. H. crois.
rytes] Cl. vyces.
Cl. trauayle.
Ed. and ( for 3 rd of).
Cl. om. ye.
Cp. book; rest boke (booke).
Cl. H. om. to.
Cp. Ed. goode; H. H2. good; Cl. garde.
Cl. om. to.
Cl. eurychon.
Cl. grace; rest mercy. Colophon. So H. ; Cl.. has Criseide; Cp. Explicit Liber Troily.
In order to elucidate the English text, I frequently quote the original Latin, usually from the text of T. Obbarius, Jena, 1843. See further in the Introduction.
rendinge, Lat. ‘lacerae’; rather rent, or tattered. The sense ‘rending’ occurs in Ovid, Met. viii. 880.
that is to seyn. The words in italics are not in the original, but were added by Chaucer as explanatory. Throughout the treatise, I print all such passages in italics.
werdes, ‘weirds,’ fate.
slake, better slakke; cf. Cant. Ta. E 1849. empted, ‘effeto.’ MS. C. has emty.
in yeres . . . swete: ‘dulcibus annis.’
y-cleped, invoked; ‘uocata,’ sc. ‘mors.’ Cf. Troilus, iv. 503.
naiteth, refuseth; ‘negat.’ Icel. neita, to say nay.
lighte, i. e. transitory; ‘leuibus . . . bonis.’ The gloss ‘sc. temporels’ (in A) gives the right sense. sc. = scilicet, namely; the form temporels is the French plural.
But now:
The translation unagreable dwellinges is an unhappy one.
in stedefast degree, in a secure position; ‘stabili . . . gradu.’
With regard to the last sentence, Mr. Stewart remarks, in his essay on Boethius, that Chaucer here ‘actually reproduces the original Latin metre,’ i. e. a hexameter and pentameter. The true M. E. pronunciation must, for this purpose, be entirely neglected; which amounts to saying that Chaucer must have been profoundly unconscious of any such intention.
and markede: ‘querimoniamque lacrimabilem stiii officio designarem.’ Hence markede is ‘wrote down’; and pointel refers to the stilus. Cf. Som. Tale, D 1742. with office, by the use (of).
empted, exhausted; ‘inexhausti uigoris.’ Of course the woman here described is Philosophia.
doutous; ‘statura discretionis ambiguae.’
heef, heaved; A. S. hōf. In Layamon, hof, haf, heaf. I put heef for hef, because the e is long.
so that: ‘respicientiumque hominum frustrabatur intuitum.’
delye (so in both MSS.) = deli-ē, O. F. deliè (see Cotgrave), delicate, thin, slender, from Lat. delicatus, with the usual loss of c between two vowels and before the accented syllable; Lat. ‘tenuissimis filis.’
After crafte it would have been better to insert and; Lat. ‘indissolubili que materiâ.’ But some MSS., including C., omit que.
as it is wont: ‘ueluti fumosas imagines solet.’
a Grekissh P; i. e. Π. a Grekissh T; i. e. Θ, not T; the Greek θ being pronounced as t in Latin. The reference is to ϕιλοσοϕία πρακτικὴ καὶ θεωρητική; in Latin, Philosophia Actiua et Contemplatiua; i. e. Practical (or Active) and Theoretical (or Contemplative) Philosophy. This is the same distinction as that between the Vita Actiua and Vita Contemplatiua, so common in medieval literature; see note (3) to the Sec. Non. Tale, G 87; and note to P. Plowman, B. vi. 251.
corven, cut, cut away pieces from; Lat. ‘sciderant.’
cruel, i. e. stern; ‘toruis.’
thise comune: ‘has scenicas meretriculas.’
no-thing fructefyinge; ‘infructuosis.’ Hence we may perhaps prefer to read no-thing fructuous, as in Caxton and Thynne.
holden: ‘hominumque mentes assuefaciunt morbo, non liberant.’
for-why, because (very common); seldom interrogative.
me, from me; and, in fact, Caxton and Thynne read from me or fro me. The forms Eleaticis, c. are due to the Lat. text—‘Eleaticis atque Academicis studiis.’ He should rather have said—‘scoles of Elea and of the Academie.’ The Eleatici philosophi were the followers of Zeno of Elea (Zeno Eleates, born about bc 488 at Elea (Velia) in Italy), and the favourite disciple of Parmenides (who is expressly mentioned in Book iii. pr. 12, l. 143). The Academic philosophers were followers of Plato.
mermaidenes; Lat. ‘Sirenes,’ Sirens; cf. N. P. Tale, B 4461, and note.
til it be at the laste; a false translation. Rather unto destruction; ‘usque in exitium.’ But, instead of exitium, MS. C. has exitum.
plounged, drowned; ‘mersa.’ Cf. dreint, Met. 2, l. 1.
ner, nearer; comparative, not positive; ‘propius.’
mintinge, intending; ‘tendit . . ire.’ Still in use in Cambridgeshire.
sterres of the cold moon: ‘gelidae sidera lunae.’ I suppose this means the constellations seen by moonlight, but invisible in the day. The expression sidus lunae, the moon’s bright form, occurs in Pliny, Nat. Hist. ii. 9. 6; but it is difficult to see how sidera can have the same sense, as some commentators say.
recourses, orbits; referring to the planets.
y-flit, moved or whirled along by their different spheres; alluding to the old Ptolemaic system of astronomy, which supposed that each planet was fastened to a revolving sphere, thus causing it to perform its orbit in a certain time, varying in the case of each.
this man: ‘Comprensam [sc. stellam] in numeris uictor habebat.’
highteth, adorns; ‘ornet.’ Prob. from the sb. hight, hiht (A. S. hyht ), joy, delight.
fleteth, flows (i.e. abounds); ‘grauidis influat uuis.’
empted: ‘Nunc iacet effeto lumine mentis.’
fool, i. e. foolish, witless, senseless; ‘stolidam.’
armures, i. e. defensive armour; ‘arma.’
in sikernesse: ‘inuicta te firmitate tuerentur.’
litargie; better letargye, i. e. lethargy. Cf. Troil. i. 730.
yplyted, pleated into a wrinkle; ‘contracta in rugam ueste.’
discussed, driven away; ‘discussâ . . . nocte.’
clustred; ‘glomerantur’; or ‘covered with clouds,’ as Chaucer says.
Chorus, Corus, or Caurus, the north-west wind.
ploungy, stormy, rainy; ‘nimbosis . . . imbribus.’
Borias, Boreas, the north wind, from Thrace.
caves; better cave, as in Caxton and Thynne; Lat. ‘antro.’ beteth; ‘uerberet’; hence Chaucer’s gloss.
y-shaken, ‘uibratus’; i. e. tremulous, sparkling.
took, drew in, received light; ‘hausi caelum.’
beholde, the present tense; ‘respicio.’
norry, pupil, lit. nourished one; ‘alumne.’
parten the charge, share the burden.
redoute my blame, fear blame. agrysen, shudder.
quasi diceret non, as if she would say no; as if she expected the answer no. This remark is often inserted by Chaucer.
Plato; bc 428-347. Before his time, Solon, Anaxagoras, and Pythagoras all met with opposition. The fate of Socrates is well known.
The heritage: ‘Cuius hereditatem cum deinceps Epicureum uulgus ac Stoicum, ceterique pro sua quisque parte raptum ire molirentur, meque reclamantem renitentemque uelut in partem praedae detraherent, uestem, quam meis texueram manibus, disciderunt, abreptisque ab ea panniculis, totam me sibi cessisse credentes abiere.’
Anaxogore, Anaxagoras, a Greek philosopher ( bc 500-428); exiled from Athens ( bc 450).
Zeno; Zeno of Elea (see p. 420), born about bc 488, is said to have risked his life to defend his country. His fate is doubtful.
Senecciens, apparently meant for ‘the followers of Seneca.’ The original has: ‘at Canios, at Senecas, at Soranos . . . scire potuisti.’
Canios, the Canii; i. e. men like Canius. The constancy and death of Julius Canius (or Canus) is related by Seneca, De Tranquillitate, cap. xiv. Cf. Pr. iv. 131, and note, p. 424.
Sorans, the Sorani; men like Soranus. Soranus is mentioned in Tacitus, Annal. xvi. 23. Caxton and Thynne read Soranos, as in the Latin text.
unsolempne, uncelebrated; ‘incelebris.’
it is to dispyse, it (the host) is to be despised.
ententif, busy about seizing useless baggage as spoil.
sarpulers, sacks made of coarse canvas; in Caxton, sarpleris; ‘sarcinulas.’ Cotgrave has: ‘ Serpillere, a Sarpler, or Sarp-cloth, a piece of course canvas to pack up things in.’ Cf. mod. F. serpillière.
palis, also spelt paleis (O. F. palis ), lit. a palisading, or a piece of strong paling, a rampart, used to translate Lat. uallum. When spelt paleis, it must not be confused with paleis, a palace.
either fortune, good fortune or bad.
hete: ‘Versum funditus excitantis aestum.’ I suppose that aestum is rather ‘surge’ than ‘heat’ here. See Met. vii. below, l. 3.
Vesevus, ‘Veseuus’; the same as Vesuvius; cf. Vergil, Georg. ii. 224.
wrytheth, writhes out, throws forth wreaths of smoke. Here the old printed editions by Caxton and Thynne, as well as MS. Ii. 1. 38, happily restore the text; Lat. ‘Torquet.’
Caxton and Thynne have thonder-leyte, which is perhaps better. MS. Ii. 1. 38 has thonder leit.
stable of his right: ‘stabilis, suique iuris.’
Artow lyk. The original is partly in Greek. ‘An ὄνος λύρας?’ Some MSS. have: ‘Esne ὄνος πρὸς λύραν?’ And MS. C. has: ‘Esne asinus ad liram?’ In an edition of Boethius by Renatus Vallinus, printed in 1656, I find the following note: ‘Ut et omnes veteres scripsere, Varro in satyra quæ Testamentum inscribitur apud Agellium, lib. iii. cap. xvi: Ii liberi, si erunt ὄνοι λύρας, exheredes sunto. Suidas ex Menandro, Lucianus, Martian. Capella, lib. viii., atque alii quos refert Erasmus, in eo adagio. Imo et apud Varronem id nominis satyra extitit.’ It has clearly a proverbial reference to dullness of perception. Ch. quotes it again in his Troilus, i. 731, where he so explains it.
why spillestow teres, why do you waste tears; ‘Quid lacrimis manas?’ After these words occur, in the original, four Greek words which Chaucer does not translate, viz.: Ἐξαύδα, μὴ κεν̂θε νόῳ: i. e. speak out, do not hide them in your mind; quoted from Homer, Iliad i. 363.
With lines 3 and 4 compare Troilus, i. 857.
by him-self, in itself; ‘per se.’ Alluding to ‘sharpnesse,’ i. e. ‘asperitas.’
enformedest, didst conform; ‘formares.’
ordre of hevene; ‘ad caelestis ordinis exemplar.’ This refers to the words of Plato just at the end of the 9th book of The Republic: ἐν οὐρανῳ̑ ἴσως παράδειγμα ἀνάκειται. Cf. also the last lines of Book II of the present treatise.
confermedest (MS. A, enfourmedist ), didst confirm; ‘sanxisti.’ The reading conformedest evidently arose from confusion with enformedest above, in l. 15.
mouth of Plato; referring to Book V (473 D) of the Republic: ἐὰν μὴ, ἢ οἱ ϕιλόσοϕοι βασιλεύσωσιν ἐν ταɩ̂ς πόλεσιν, ἢ οἱ βασιλη̂ς τε νν̂ν λεγόμενοι καὶ δυνάσται ϕιλοσοϕήσωσι γνησίως τε καὶ ἱκανω̂ς, καὶ τον̂το εἰς ταὐτὸν ξυμπέσῃ, δύναμίς τε πολιτικὴ καὶ ϕιλοσοϕία· τω̂ν δε νν̂ν πορευομένων χωρὶς ἐϕ’ ἑκάτερον αἱ πολλαὶ ϕύσεις ἐξ ἀνάγκης ἀποκλεισθω̂σιν, οὐκ ἕστι κακω̂ν παν̂λα . . ταɩ̂ς πόλεσι· δοκω̂ δὲ, οὐδὲ τῳ̑ ἀνθρωπίνῳ γένει.
the same Plato; in the 6th Dialogue on the Republic.
cause, reason; ‘caussam.’ wyse, i. e. ‘ for wise men.’
felonous tormentours citizenes, citizens who are wicked and oppressive; the substantives are in apposition.
knowinge with me, my witnesses; ‘mihi . . . conscii.’
discordes . . preyeres; ‘inexorabilesque discordiae.’
for this libertee, c.; ‘et quod conscientiae libertas habet.’
Conigaste, Conigastus, or Cunigastus; mentioned in Cassiodorus, Epist. lib. viii. ep. 28. The facts here referred to are known only from the present passage.
prospre fortunes translates ‘fortunas’ simply; it seems to mean ‘success’ or ‘well-being.’
Trigwille, Triguilla; ‘regiae praepositum domus.’
auctoritee; ‘obiecta periculis auctoritate protexi.’
cariages, taxes; ‘uectigalibus.’ See a similar use in the Pers. Tale, I 752, and note.
inplitable, intricate: ‘inexplicabilis.’ coempcioun, an imposition so called; see Chaucer’s explanation below, in l. 64. In Greek, συνωνή.
Campaigne, Campania, in Italy. provost; ‘praefectum praetorii.’
See the footnote. I have here transposed this gloss, so as to make it follow, instead of preceding, the mention of coempcioun in the text.
Paulin, Decius Paulinus, consul in 498; mentioned in Cassiodorus, Epist. lib. i. epist. 23, lib. iii. epist. 29.
houndes; ‘Palatini canes.’
Albin, perhaps Decius Albinus, to whom Theodoric addressed a letter preserved in Cassiodorus, lib. iv. ep. 30. See l. 156 below.
Ciprian, Cyprian. We know something of him from two letters in Cassiodorus, Epist. v. 40, 41. Theodoric esteemed him highly. See a discussion of his career in H. F. Stewart’s Essay on Boethius, pp. 42-52.
to hem-ward, i. e. for the benefit of the officers around me; ‘mihi . . nihil apud aulicos, quo magis essem tutior. reseruaui.’
Basilius. Not much is known of him; see H. F. Stewart, as above, p. 48.
compelled, i. e. bribed to accuse me. for nede of foreine moneye: ‘alienae aeris necessitate.’
Opilion, Opilio; the Opilio mentioned in Cassiodorus, lib. v. epist. 41, and lib. viii. epist. 16, and brother of the Cyprian mentioned above, l. 75. His father’s name was Opilio likewise.
aperceived, made known. the king, i. e. Theodoric, king of Italy for 33 years, ad 493-526. His reign was, on the whole, good and glorious, but he committed the great crime of putting to death both Boethius and his aged father-in-law Symmachus, for which he afterwards expressed his deep repentance. See Gibbon’s Roman Empire. The chief record of his reign is in the collection of twelve books of public epistles composed in his name by Cassiodorus. The seat of his government was Ravenna, as mentioned below.
lykned; rather, added; Lat. ‘posse adstrui uidetur.’