Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookagain, For wel I woot that it is al in vain, Sin that the goddes been contraire to me. 1360 But sin my name is lost through yow,' quod she, 'I may wel lese a word on yow, or letter, Al-be-it that I shal be never the better; (440) For thilke wind that blew your ship a-wey, The same wind hath blowe a-wey your fey.'-- 1365 But who wol al this letter have in minde, Rede Ovide, and in him he shal hit finde. EXPLICIT LEGENDA DIDONIS MARTIRIS, CARTAGINIS REGINE. N.B. _From this point onward obvious corrections in the spelling of_ MS. F. _are unnoticed_. 928. C. _has_--In Naso and Eneydos wele [_for_ wol] I take. 932. C. I offerede to; _rest_ offred unto. 950. C. wol (= wel); _for_ ful. 960, 961. _These two lines are in_ C. _and_ P. _only; all former editions omit them_. 964. C. clepid; _rest_ called. 966. Tn. Th. B. tespye; C. tespie; F. to spye; T. to spy; A. to aspye. 973. C. P. cutte; F. B. knytte; _rest_ cutted (cuttyd, cuttit). 979. _So all_; Oon (_for_ Any) _would read better_. 994. F. Tn. Th. B. _om._ him. 997. Tn. ner; F. Th. B. nere; _rest_ were (wer). 1002. F. by; _rest_ for. 1003. T. P. Addit. a; _rest om._ 1006. C. Addit. is; _rest om._ 1018. C. thus (_for_ than). 1019. F. (_only_) _om._ large. 1024. P. F. the; _rest_ this. 1028. F. Tn. A. B. _om._ so. 1046. T. Th. was ther yet; P. more was ther; Add. was their; A. [gh]it was sene; _rest_ was yit (_or_ yit was). F. in (_for_ a). 1048. C. A. P. he; _rest_ we (!). 1063. C. she hadde; A. sche had eke; P. she hedd þo; T. Add. had she; B. had; F. and (!). 1066. F. (_only_) _om._ that he. 1072. F. Tn. Th. _om._ he. 1074. C. P. Add. he; _rest_ him. 1079. F. Tn. Th. B. _om._ that _and_ in. 1081. F. B. mote; P. wold; _rest_ muste (must, moost, most); _read_ moste. 1085. F. Tn. _om._ and. F. Tn. B. _repeat_ in this manere; _rest_ as ye may here. 1091. C. massangerys; B. messagerys; A. messinger_is_; F. Tn. messagers; _after which all but_ F. _and_ B. _needlessly insert_ to, _or_ for to. 1094. C. Sche; _rest_ Ful (_because they put_ beest, she _for_ beste, _as in_ C). 1107. C. T. Add. ornamentis; _rest_ pavements (_error for_ parements, _caught from_ l. 1106). 1112. C. For his ese and for to take. 1115. C. to iuste (_for_ the Iusting). 1117. C. T. Add. frettid; A. P. fretted; F. B. frette; Tn. Th. fret. 1119. F. B. rubee; _rest_ ruby. C. shynede; Tn. P. shyned; F. T. A. Th. B. shyneth. 1126. _For_ noble _all have_ honourable, _giving_ two _syllables too many; see ll._ 1143, 1210, 1222. 1129. A. vnto; C. on to; _rest_ to. 1139. _So_ C. P.; F. Tn. Th. B. For to him yt was reported thus (_badly_). 1143. C. holy; _rest_ noble 1144. F. T. Th. B. _om._ as. 1149. F. Tn. Th. B. _om._ ful. 1155. _All but_ C. P. _needlessly put_ for to (_for_ to) _twice_. 1159. C. T. A. P. Add. hath; _rest om._ 1160. C. now comyth the freut. 1163. F. Tn. vp-reyseth (_error for_ vp-reysed). C. A. Th. P. hadde (had); F. Tn. B. hath. C. his; _rest_ hire (hir, her); _see note_. 1169. P. mon (= A.S. _mán_); _rest_ mone; _read_ moon. 1171. C. slep; _rest_ dreme. 1173. C. Me thynkith that he. 1174. C. T. P. Add. for; _rest om._ 1175. T. A. P. therwith al; Th. therwith; C. ek thereto; F. Tn. _om._ ther. 1178. C. rede it me; _rest om._ it. 1179. C. T. A. P. Add. wolde; F. Tn. wil; Th. wol. 1195. Add. coursers; C. B. courseris; F. Tn. Th. coursere. 1196. F. Tn. Th. heuen (!); _rest_ houen (houyn). 1200, 1201. C. hye, wrye; F. heighe, wreighe. 1202. C. bright (_for_ fair). 1203. A. B. P. folk; F. Tn. T. Th. folkes; C. men. 1210. F. _om._ noble. T. thus lat; Addit. thus late; _rest_ this lady (!!). 1211. T. Add. An; A. In; _rest_ On; _see l._ 1191. 1215. T. A. P. ones mete him; _rest_ him ones mete. 1217. C. T. A. Add. These; _rest_ The. C. bestys wilde; T. A. P. wild bestys; _rest_ wilde hertes; _but read_ hertes wilde. 1221. C. A. it; F. Tn. B. P. is (!). 1238. _I propose to read_ to been; _all have_ and becom (became), _which cannot possibly be scanned_. 1239. C. Tn. -mo; F. -mor. 1242. C. wikke fame a-ros. 1247. F. Tn. Th. B. _om. 2nd_ her. 1251. C. of; _rest_ at. 1253. T. A. Add. he; _rest om._ 1255. F. and (_for 2nd_ of). 1258. C. T. A. Th. olde ensamples; F. ensamples olde. 1259. C. A. how that; _rest_ how. 1267. C. trewe; A. besy; _rest_ privy. 1268, 1269. F. Tn. Th. B. -aunce; C. T. A. P. -aunces. 1269. C. And waytyn hire; T. Add. And plesyn hyr; Tn. A. And hir (!); F. Th. To hir (!). 1273. C. Tn. A. Th. Not; F. B. Wot. 1275. _All but_ C. _ins._ and _before_ ringes. 1281. C. F. T. B. reame; Tn. P. ream; Th. realme; A. regne. 1285. C. A. P. so; _rest_ thus. 1296. C. A. so sore me; Add. sore me; _rest_ me so sore. 1298. F. Tn. B. _om._ to. 1313. C. gre; _rest_ degree (degre). 1314. C. to-fore (_for_ to fote). 1319. C. T. A. Add. so; _rest om._ F. now me; _rest_ me now. 1322. F. shal I yet; Tn. C. T. A. Th. yit shall I. 1323. C. T. yeue; F. yive; Tn. yif. 1324. C. hauyth; _rest_ haue. 1326, 1327. _The old printed editions omit these two lines._ 1327. C. on to; T. A. Add. vnto; F. Tn. B. vpon. 1330. C. Thus; _rest_ And thus. C. Tn. laft; F. lefte. 1332. C. lafte; F. lefte. 1333. F. (_only_) _om._ her. 1337. F. Tn. B. _om._ hit. 1338. _All but_ T. A. Add. _insert_ swete _after_ O. 1339. F. Tn. Th. B. P. _om._ now. C. and brynge it of this onreste; Tn. T. Th. P. Add. vnbynde me of this vnreste; F. B. vnbynde me of this reste (!); A. me bynd of myn vnrest; _I follow_ Tn. T. Th. P. Add. 1345. F. Tn. Th. P. _om._ a. C. tendite; _rest_ to endite (endyte). 1346. A. P. Add. suster; C. T. A. sistir; _rest_ sustren (!). 1347. C. T. A. P. Add. thing; _rest_ thinges. 1351. C. Tn. rof. 1352. C. A. right; P. _om.; rest_ yet (yit). 1353. A. Add. before that; C. F. T. Th. B. byforn or (byforne er); P. and befor or. 1355. C. A. that; T. Add. doth; _rest om._ 1356. C. A[gh]ens; A. A[gh]eynes; Tn. Ayeinste; _rest_ Ayenst. 1357. C. T. A. Add. make I; _rest_ I make. 1359. C. T. A. P. that; _rest om._ 1360. A. contrair; P. contrarie; C. T. contrary; _rest_ contrarious. 1363. C. T. A. P. Add. that; _rest om._ 1366. Tn. P. who; _rest_ who so, _or_ who that. IV. THE LEGEND OF HYPSIPYLE AND MEDEA. INCIPIT LEGENDA YSIPHILE ET MEDEE, MARTIRUM. PART I. THE LEGEND OF HYPSIPYLE. Thou rote of false lovers, duk Iasoun! Thou sly devourer and confusioun Of gentil-wommen, tender creatures, 1370 Thou madest thy reclaiming and thy lures To ladies of thy statly apparaunce, And of thy wordes, farced with plesaunce, And of thy feyned trouthe and thy manere, With thyn obeisaunce and thy humble chere, 1375 And with thy counterfeted peyne and wo. Ther other falsen oon, thou falsest two! (10) O! ofte swore thou that thou woldest dye For love, whan thou ne feltest maladye Save foul delyt, which that thou callest love! 1380 If that I live, thy name shal be shove In English, that thy sleighte shal be knowe! Have at thee, Iasoun! now thyn horn is blowe! But certes, hit is bothe routhe and wo That love with false loveres werketh so; 1385 For they shul have wel better l |