And is not this a wonder thing?' 'Yis,' quod I tho, 'by hevene king!' And with this worde, 'Farwel,' quod he, 1085 'And here I wol abyden thee; And god of hevene sende thee grace, Som good to lernen in this place.' (580) And I of him took leve anoon, And gan forth to the paleys goon. 1090 EXPLICIT LIBER SECUNDUS. 511. P. listeth; Th. lysteth; F. Cx. listeneth; B. lystneth. 513. _All_ sely; _read_ selly (Willert). 514. Cx. Th. Scipion; F. P. Cipion; B. Cypyon. 516. Th. Alcanore. 533. Cx. Th. P. her; F. B. the. 535. F. B. kynge (_by mistake for_ thing). 536. Cx. Th. P. smyte; F. B. smote. Cx. Th. P. to; F. B. of. 537. Cx. Th. P. brende; F. beende; B. bende. 543. Cx. Th. P. at; F. B. in. 545. F. cryinge (!). 548. Cx. P. cam; F. came. 552. P. Cx. Th. That; F. B. And. F. felynge. 557. Cx. Th. P. agast so (_but read_ so agast); F. B. _omit_ so. 558. Cx. Th. tho; _which_ F. B. P. _omit_. 566. B. Th. nas; F. Cx. was. 570. F. that; _the rest_ tho. 573. _All_ seynt. 575. F. B. _omit_ hit. 592. _All_ made. 603. _All_ do; _read_ done (_gerund_). 618. goddesse _is not in the_ MSS. _The line is obviously too short._ 621. F. Th. lytel; Cx. lytyl; B. litell; P. litil (_all wrong_); _read_ lyte. 622. Cx. P. bookes songes or ditees; Th. bokes songes and ditees; F. B. songes dytees bookys. 635. F. B. and in; _rest_ and. 647. F. frerre (_by mistake_). 650. Cx. Th. dwellen; P. dwelleth; F. B. dwelle. 651. F. ner; B. nor; Cx. Th. P. ne. 653. F. ymade; B. I-made; Cx. made alle thy; Th. made al thy; P. I-made alle thy. 658. Cx. P. daswed; F. B. dasewyd; Th. dased. 673. Cx. Th. comen; F. come. 676. F. sothe sawes; Cx. Th. P. sothsawes. 680. Cx. Th. ben; P. been; F. B. _omit_. 682. fare] Cx. Th. P. welfare. 685. Cx. Th. and; _rest om._ 696. F. B. acordes (!). 705. Cx. she; _rest_ he. 711. P. heren; _rest_ here. 715. F. and erthe; _rest omit_ and. 717. Cx. Th. P. in; F. B. either. 723. or] F. B. or in. 727. Cx. Th. a worthy; P. a wurthy; F. worthe a; B. worth a; _omit_ a. 739, 740. _I add_ e _in_ wighte, highte. 746. Cx. Th. vp; F. B. P. vpwarde. Cx. Th. P. _transpose_ 745, 746. 755. B. it; F. _om._; Cx. Th. P. he. 764. _All_ herke; _see_ l. 725. 766. Cx. Th. spoken; P. poken (!); F. B. yspoken. 773. Cx. Th. P. As; F. B. Of (_copied from_ l. 772). 780. Cx. Th. P. And ryght so brekyth it; F. B. _omit this line_. 789. F. Thorwe; B. P. Throw; Cx. Th. Threwe. 794. F. Th. B. whele sercle (_for 1st_ wheel); Cx. P. _omit the line_. (Sercle _is a gloss upon_ wheel). 798. F. B. this; _rest_ thus. F. B. _om._ to. 800. Cx. Th. P. Causeth. 803. F. Tyl; _rest_ That. 804. F. _om._ thogh. 805. F. B. _om._ alway. 810. F. B. yspoken. 817. F. B. _om._ in. _Read_ another (Willert). 821. Cx. Th. P. at the. 823. Cx. Th. P. thou haue; F. B. ye haue in. 827. F. And that sum place stide; B. And that som styde; Th. And that some stede; Cx. P. _omit_ ll. 827-864. _read_ And that the