34. tha[gh]the N; have tau[gh]t M; have taw[gh]t O; haue tauht L. 36. the (1); _supplied from_ M; LNO _omit_. w_i_t_h_ the] _so in_ M; wyche N; _see_ l. 36. 40. in (2)] in-to N; yn M. § 45. From MS. Digby 72 (N); also in LOR; but not in M. 4. that N; the L; þe O (_after_ wryte _in_ l. 3). 6. wrytou_n_ O; Iwyton N. _But_ L _has_ I wold wyttyn; _read_--I wolde witen precise my rote; cf. ll. 19, 30. 8. 1397] _miswritten_ 1391 LN; O _has_ 1391, _corrected to_ 1397; see l. 3. 11. so[gh]th N; sowte O; sowthe L; _read_ soghte. 14. vnd_er_ N; vndyr-nethe O; vndre-nethe L. 20, 1. oþer i_n_ any oþ_er_ tyme or monyth N; or any oder tymys or monthys O; or i_n_ eny other moneth L. 27. adde] _supplied from_ L; NO _omit_. There is no doubt about it, for see l. 16. 31. wete the] _so in_ O; wete thi L; _miswritten_ with thy N; see l. 19. 35. and (3)] _supplied from_ LO; N _omits_. § 46, 5, 6. þat same E; þe same S. 10. it S; E _omits_. 13. þ_a_t same (_om._ tyme) E; þe same tyme S. 16. þ_o_u þan esely E; than shallt thou easly S. 17. tyme of E; tyme of the S. 20. S meve (_for_ bringe furþe). § 41_a_. This and the remaining sections are certainly spurious. They occur in LMNR, the first being also found in O. The text of 41_a_-42_b_ is from M. 3. hast] _supplied from_ LR; M _omits_. § 42_a_, 1. heyth by þy N; heyth by the L; heythe bi þi R; M _om._ 4. lyk] lykk M; L. _omits_. mete] mette M; mett L. 9. is L; _miswritten_ bys M. § 43_a_, 1. nat] not R; nott L; M _omits_; see the footnote. In the rubric, M has _versam_; but L has the rubric--_Vmbra Recta_. § 42_b_, 5. as] _so in_ LR; _miswritten_ & M. 6. 4 _is supplied from_ LR; M _omits_. NOTES TO THE HOUSE OF FAME. BOOK I. Written in three Books; but I number the lines consecutively throughout, for convenience; at the same time giving the _separate_ numbering (of Books II. and III.) within marks of parenthesis. The title of the poem is expressly given at l. 663. The author gives his name as Geffrey; l. 729. Lydgate's Temple of Glass is partly imitated from the House of Fame; Warton, Hist. E. Poetry, 1871, iii. 61. The same is true of the Palice of Honour, by Gawain Douglas. For further remarks, see the Introduction. As the poem is not quite easy to follow, I here subjoin a brief Argument of its contents. BOOK I. A discussion on dreams. I will tell you my dream on the 10th of December. But first let me invoke Morpheus. May those who gladly hear me have joy; but may those who dislike my words have as evil a fate as Croesus, King of Lydia! (1-110).