47. Wright, He. 65. MS. Harl. Ilk on toke a blak hat. 72. MS. Harl. He gat hym a mare. 73. MS. Harl. gadryng. 78-81. MS. Harl. For cryeng of the men, Forther wold not Tyb then, Tyl scho had hur brode hen, Set in hur lap. 82. on. MS. Harl. 85. MS. Harl. With the holy, &c. wrotyn. 86. Wolde they spare. Wright. v. 91-99. Stands thus in MS. Harl. "I wow to God," quoth Herry, "I schal not lefe behynde, May I mete wyth Bernard on Bayard the blynde. Ich man kepe hym out of my wynde, For whatsoever that he be before me I fynde, I wot I schall hym greve." "Wele sayd," quoth Hawkyn, "And I wow," quoth Dawkyn, "May I mete wyth Tomkyn, Hys flayle I schal hym reve." 104-108. Here stand vs. 113-117 in MS. Harl. 109-117. This stanza is written as follows in MS. Harl.: "I vow to God," quoth Hawkyn, "Yf he have the gowt, Al that I fynde in the felde thrustand here aboute, Have I twyes or thryes redyn thrugh the route, In ych a stede ther thay me se, of me thay schal have doute. When I begyn to play, I make a vowe that I ne schall, But yf Tybbe wyl me call, Or I be thryes don fall, Ryzt onys com away. 122-126. Here stand v. 104-108 in MS. Harl. 128. Whyls me ys left my merth. MS. Harl. Whil I am most mery. Wright. We must obviously read "mer," i. e. mare, with Percy and Ritson; otherwise the rest of the stanza is nonsense. The _th_ which is added in the MS. Harl., was caught from the _thou_ following. 132-3. MS. Harl. Sche wyl me bere, I dar say, On a lang-somerys day. 141. MS. H. wele. 144. MS. H. Wyth so forth, Gybbe. Wright. Joo forth. 145. hie, MS. Harl. te, Wright. 150-151. MS. H. Of an old rotten fell, The cheveron of a plow-mell. 153. MS. H. Poudred. 159-161. MS. H. slatred--flatred--schatred. 175. my noye. MS. H. myn one. Wright. 191-194. MS. Harl. Among those wery boyes he wrest and he wrang, He threw tham doun to the erth, and thrast them amang, When he saw Tyrry away wyth Tyb fang, And after hym ran. 201-207. Here evidently corrupted. In MS. Harl. as follows: Wyth wyspes, and kexis, and ryschys there lyzt, To fetch hom ther husbandes that were tham trouth-plyzt. And sum brozt gret harwos Ther husbandes hom to fetch, Sum on dores, and sum on hech, Sum on hyrdyllys, and sum on crech, And sum on whele-barows. 212. MS. H. And thay ifere assent. 215. MS. H. The prayse-folk that hur led. 224-5. MS. H. And so was all the bachelary, When thay met togedyr. 226. MS. H. with a ryche aray. 229. MS. H. And at the last thay went to bed with ful gret deray. N. B. The letter z in our reprint of this poem often represents the old character [gh], which has generally the force of gh (aspirated g), sometimes of y. THE WYF OF AUCHTIRMUCHTY.