fynde. 857. ek. 858. comith. 859. hert; eighen. 861. Booth. Tn. leonesse; F. lyonesse. 863. Tn. Betyng; F. Betynge. helis. 866. F. Th. boxe; _rest_ box. T. wexed (_for_ wex); A. wox; Th. B. woxe; C. F. Tn. P. was (_error for_ wax). F. B. _om._ and. 868. C. herte; F. hert. 869. dedely. 870. Tesbe; heere. 873. Tn. weep; C. wep; F. wepe. 876. C. Tn. cors; F. corps. 877. dooth; Tesbe. 878. mouthe; colde. 879. ben; bolde. 880. leefe. C. Tn. spek; _rest_ speke (_wrongly_). F. Tn. Th. B. _om._ my. 881. Tesbe. 884. C. Th. herde; _rest_ herd. Tesbe. 885. dedely. Tn. B. P. yen; F. eyn; _rest_ eyen. 886. dovne; gooste. 887. vpp; booste. 888. saugh. 889. eke; swerde. 890. C. spak; F. spake. C. myn (_for_ my); _rest_ thy (!). hande. 891. werke. 892. F. (_only_) _puts_ me _before_ give. 894. wole; folowen deede. 895. eke. 897. the; trewly. 898. F. shal; C. schat (!); _rest_ shalt. C. A. Th. departe now; Tn. departe trewlie; F. T. B. now departe. 899. deth; goo. 900. F. Ielouse; C. gelos. 901. whilome. 903. oo. T. I-fere; _which the rest omit_ (!). 904. C. T. A. brought vs to; F. vs broght (!). pitouse. 906. moore. 907. C. euere [gh]it hade; T. euer had yet; _rest omit_ [gh]it (yet). 908. noo gentile. 909. puten. 911. Ben. 912. parte. 913. swerde. 914. warme; hoote. 915. smoote (!). 916. Tn. T. ar; F. are; C. A. is. C. I-go; _rest_ a-goo (a go). 917. moo. 918. bookes. 919. therfore. III. THE LEGEND OF DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE. INCIPIT LEGENDA DIDONIS MARTIRIS, CARTAGINIS REGINE. Glory and honour, Virgil Mantuan, Be to thy name! and I shal, as I can, 925 Folow thy lantern, as thou gost biforn, How Eneas to Dido was forsworn. In thyn Eneïd and Naso wol I take The tenour, and the grete effectes make. Whan Troye broght was to destruccioun 930 By Grekes sleighte, and namely by Sinoun, Feyning the hors y-offred to Minerve, Through which that many a Troyan moste sterve; (10) And Ector had, after his deeth, appered, And fyr so wood, it mighte nat be stered, 935 In al the noble tour of Ilioun, That of the citee was the cheef dungeoun; And al the contree was so lowe y-broght, And Priamus the king fordoon and noght; And Eneas was charged by Venus 940 To fleen awey, he took Ascanius, That was his sone, in his right hand, and fledde; And on his bakke he bar and with him ledde (20) His olde fader, cleped Anchises, And by the weye his wyf Creusa he lees. 945 And mochel sorwe hadde he in his minde Er that he coude his felawshippe finde. But, at the laste, whan he had hem founde, He made him redy in a certein stounde, And to the see ful faste he gan him hye, 950 And saileth forth with al his companye Toward Itaile, as wolde destinee.