+And so forth; and my love so shalt thou winne.' And with that word of sleep I gan a-awake, (B. 578) +And right thus on my Legend gan I make. 545 EXPLICIT PROHEMIUM. 1. thousent sythis. 2. there; heuene. 3. it. 4. wit (_over erasure_); _read_ wot. 5. ne is; dwellyth; cuntre. 6. heuene. 10. goddis; schulde. 13. say (_better_ seigh). 14. neuere. 21. trowyn; aprouede storyis. 27. ou[gh]te; thanne; bokys. 28. There; othyr a-say (_see_ l. 9); be (_for_ by). 29. thow; myn. 30, 34. bokys. 33. onethe. 39. stodye; lastynge. 48. sen; flouris a-gen; sunne to sprede. 49. be (_for_ by); schene. 50. walkynge. 51. sunne be-gynnys. 52. it; drawith it. 53. it; a-ferid. 54. it; dayis. 55. flouris. 57. frosch. 58. wyntyr; somyr. 59. preysyn; a-ryht. 60. my_n_. 62. makynge ropyn. 63. C. _om._ And; aftyr glenynge; ther. 64. er. 65. ony; laft. 66. reherse. 67. here frosche songis. 68. wele; euele a-payed. 69. Sithe. 70. eythir seruyn lef. 71. trustyth; vndyr-take. 72. lef a-gayn. 73. lef. 74. a-gen; shef. 75. lefere non; lothere. 76. witholde; nothire. 77. ho seruyth lef. 80. old. 81. -fore. 82. bokys; don. 83. schulde autoriteis. 84. There; there; othyr a-say; be. 86. nakede tixt; englis. 87. manye (_twice_); ellis. 88. autourys; leuyth. 89. monyth. 90. hadde; somerys. 91. medewe. 92. frosche dayseie. 93. souht (!). 94. clothede (_error for_ closed). 95. derknese; nyht; sche dradde. 96. spadde. 97. lytyl. 98. I-benchede; turwis frorsche I-grawe (!). 99. schulde; myn. 100. somerys. 101. flouris. 102. hadde; hid (_for_ hed). 103. with-Inne; our. 104. medewe. 105. romede. 106. sen. 107. medewe. 108. flouris sote embroudit. 110. non I-makede. 111. surmountede; odours. 112. _om._ eek; beute; flourys. 113. Forgetyn hadde. 114. wyntyr; nakede. 115. hadde greuyd. 116. hadde the tempre; releuyd. 117. clothede; a-geyn. 127. _I supply_ layes. 128. _I supply_ May. 129. worschepe; hire. 130. somerys. 131. sungyn blyssede; volentyn. 132. _I supply_ For; ches. 133. repentynge. 134. here bekys gunne. 135. C. _is here corrupt; it has_--The honour and the humble obeysaunce. _I try to give some sense; in any case we must read_ obeisaunces. 136. dedyn othere. 137, 138. C. _is again corrupt and imperfect; I supply_ plesing _and_ doth wel. C. _has_ natures, cryaturys; _but read_ nature. 139. herkenyn; dede; entent. 140. ment. 143. comyth; hise wyngis. 144. loke. 146. Clothid. 147. frette; goold; hyre her. 148. corone sche ber. 149. mane (!) flourys. 150. dayseye. 151. I-corounede; leuys. 152. flourys; corene (_sic_). 159. I-broudede; greuys. 160. hed; leuys. 161. Stekid; lylye flourys. 163. schon; bryhte. 164. glem a-stonede; syhte. 165. myhte; not. 167. Tho (_error for_ Two); fery dartis; gleedys. 168. hyse wengis. 179. the thebonoyre (_sic_). 180. preye; euere. 186. nynetene. 192. Haddyn euere. 199. aftyr; wentyn. 201. songyn. 202. whiche; schal. 206. Penolope. 209. destene. 221. [gh]oure. 224. I-songyn. [179.