mansioun (_see_ ll. 754, 831). 830. _For_ That _read_ Than? 838. MSS. a wey, away. 839. F. Th. B. haue before; Cx. P. _omit the line_. 853. Th. B. this; F. thus. 859. Th. of; F. B. or. 860. _All_ ought. 866. P. to a lewde; Cx. Th. vnto a lewde; F. t_re_alwed (!); B. talwyd (!). 872. _All omit_ Quod he; cf. ll. 700, 701. 873. P. Cx. Th. I; F. B. he. F. B. me (_for_ be). 886. P. Cx. speken; _rest_ speke. 896. Cx. Th. gan to; _rest_ to (!). 899. F. B. P. _om._ and. 911. F. B. _omit this line; for_ Seestow, Cx. Th. P. _have_ Seest thou. _For_ toun, _all have_ token; _see_ l. 890. 912. _From_ P.; F. B. _omit this line_. Cx. Or ought that in the world is of spoken; Th. Or aught that in this worlde is of spoken; _see_ l. 889. 913. F. B. _om._ I seyde. 932. F. B. _om._ the. 951. Cx. P. lete (= leet); F. B. lat. 955. F. Cx. Iubiter. 956. F. B. fer fro; P. Cx. Th. _om._ fer. 957. Cx. P. grete; Th. great; F. mochil; B. mochill. 961. Cx. Th. P. alway vpper; F. B. vpper alway for. Cf. l. 884. 964. F. Th. B. _ins._ to _bef._ loken. 969. P. Cx. And; _rest om._ 973. Cx. Th. wryteth; F. writ. F. B. of (_for_ a). 978. _So_ P. Cx.; _rest ins._ and erthe _bef._ and. 984. F. B. Nas (_om._ he me); Th. Nas me; Cx. P. Nadde he me. 998. to] F. B. ther-to. 999. F. B. _insert_ and _before_ No. 1003. F. B. Briddes; P. Brid; Cx. Byrd; Th. Byrde. 1007. F. Cx. Th. B. Athalantes (-ys); P. athlauntres; _see_ note. 1014. Cx. Th. P. As; F. Alle; B. Al. 1015. Cx. P. they shynen; F. Th. B. thy seluen (!). 1029. F. _inserts_ that _before_ soth. 1030. Cx. Herkne; P. Th. Herken; F. B. Herke. 1034. F. B. P. _om._ lyk. 1040. Cx. Th. P. the; F. P. a. Cx. Th. P. a; F. B. oo. 1044. F. P. beten; Th. B. byten; Cx. greue. 1056. Th. tel; P. tell; _rest_ telle. 1057. Cx. Th. P. I wyl; F. B. wil I. 1063. F. B. _om._ And. 1071. F. B. _ins._ now _bef._ how. 1072. Th. the efte; Cx. the more; F. B. eft the; P. the. 1079. Cx. Th. hath so very; P. hath so verrey; F. B. so were (!). 1080. Cx. P. That; F. B. Th. And (!). 1088. F. Cx. Th. lerne; _read_ lernen. COLOPHON.--_From_ Cx. Th. BOOK III. INCIPIT LIBER TERCIUS. _Invocation._ O god of science and of light, Apollo, through thy grete might, This litel laste book thou gye! Nat that I wilne, for maistrye, Here art poetical be shewed; 1095 But, for the rym is light and lewed, Yit make hit sumwhat agreable, Though som vers faile in a sillable; And that I do no diligence To shewe craft, but o sentence. (10) 1100 And if, divyne vertu, thou Wilt helpe me to shewe now That in myn hede y-marked is-- Lo, that is for to menen this, The Hous of Fame to descryve-- 1105 Thou shalt see me go, as blyve, Unto the nexte laure I see, And kisse hit, for hit is thy tree; Now entreth in my breste anoon!-- _The Dream._