Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
Minor spelling variations-- such as added or missing final “e”-- between
the main text and endnotes were left as printed.
[61 Sidenote] ... where the rocks and cliffs ... [Where]
[278] & iueleȝ wern hyr ge{n}tyl saweȝ, [saweȝ”]
[373 Sidenote] ... his bale and bliss. [bliss,]
[775] So mony a cumly on v{n}der cambe, [vu{n}der]
[_spelling changed to agree with Note_]
[993 Sidenote] the foundation composed of twelve stones. [The]
[1059 Sidenote] it flowed through each street. [It]
[1205] Ou{er} þis hyl[50] þis lote I laȝte,
[Sidenote 50] MS. _hyiil_.
[_1864 edition had “hyiil” in the body text,
with note “_hye-hil_ or _hyul_?”]
ORPHANED QUOTATION MARKS
[396] Hit is i{n} grou{n}de of alle my blysse.”
[501] “My regne, he saytȝ, is lyk on hyȝt,
[602] Þat gentyl sayde “lys no Ioparde,
[744] & porchace þy perle maskelles.”
[902] Q{uod} I, “my perle þaȝ I appose,
[939] “Þat is þe cyte þat þe lombe con fonde
[966] “Þ{o}u may not enter w{i}t{h}-i{n}ne hys tor,
NOTES
78 _on vch a tynde_, on each branch. [vcha]
213 _schorne golde schyr_, refined gold pure. [_, missing_]
223-4 _A manneȝ dom myȝt dryȝly demme, [_. for ,_]
343 For anger avails the not a cress
[_modern text unchanged: error for “thee”?_]
Cf. the following passage from “Piers Ploughman,” [Piers’]
536 [535]
865 [864]
1026 [1025]
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CLEANNESS.
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