_b_ 49. _my Seuene Psalmes_: the Penitential Psalms, normally vi, xxxii, xxxviii, li, cii, cxxx, cxliii, in the numbering of the Authorised Version. The _Prymer_, which contained the devotions supplementary to the regular Church service, included the Placebo, Dirige, and the Seven Psalms: see the edition by Littlehales for the Early English Text Society. _b_ 50. _for hure soules of suche as me helpen_: combines the constructions _for þe soules of suche as me helpen_, and _for hure soules þat me helpen_. _b_ 51. _vochen saf_: supply _me_ as object, 'warrant me that I shall be welcome'. _b_ 61. 1 Thessalonians v. 15; Leviticus xix. 18. _b_ 63. _churches_: here and in l. 110 read the Norse form _kirkes_ for the alliteration, as in _a_ 28, 85. But the English form also belongs to the original, for it alliterates with _ch_ at _a_ 12, 50. _b_ 64. _Dominus_, &c.: Psalm xvi. 5. _b_ 83. _Symondes sone_: a son of Simon Magus—one guilty of simony, or one who receives preferment merely because of his wealth. _b_ 90. Matthew iv. 4. _b_ 103-4. _Simile est_, &c.: Matthew xiii. 44. _Mulier que_, &c.: Luke xv. 8 ff. IX #Dialect#: South-East Midland. #Vocabulary#: A number of French words are taken over from the original, e.g. _plee_ 81, _ryot_ 83, _violastres_ 97, _saphire loupe_ 116, _gowrdes_ 139, _clowe gylofres_ 157, _canell_ 158, _avaled_ 195, _trayne_ (for _taynere_?) 222, _bugles_ 256, _gowtes artetykes_ 314, _distreynen_ 315. #Inflexions#: Almost modern. VERB: pres. ind. 3 sg. _schadeweth_ 19, _turneth_ 23. 3 pl. _ben_ 4, _han_ 14, _wexen_ 22, _loue_ 100. pres. p. _fle(e)ynge_ 148, 252; _recordynge_ 317. strong pp. _ȝouen_ 90, _begonne_ 171. PRONOUN 3 PERS.: pl. _þei_ 5; _here_ 71; _hem_ 20. #Sounds#: OE. _ā_ becomes _ǭ_: _hoot_ 11, _cold_ 31. OE. _y_ appears as _y_ (= _i_): _byggynge_ 90, _kyȝn_ 'kine' 256; except regular _left_ (hand) 69, 71, 72, where Modern English has also adopted the South-Eastern form of OE. _lyft_. * * * * * 21-3. The French original says that the children have white _hair_ when they are young, which becomes black as they grow up. 24-5. The belief that one of the Three Kings came from Ethiopia is based on Ps. lxviii. 31: 'Princes shall come out of Egypt, Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.' In mediaeval representations one of the three is usually a negro. 27. _Emlak_: miswritten for _Euilak_, a name for India taken from _Havilah_ of Genesis ii. 11. 28. _þat is: þe more_: _Ynde_ has probably fallen out of the text after _is_. 34-5. _Ȝalow cristall draweth <to> colour lyke oylle_: the insertion of _to_ is necessary to give sense, and is supported by the French: _cristal iaunastre trehant a colour doile_. (MS. Harley 4383, f. 34 b.) 36-7. The translation is not accurate. The French has: _et appelle homme les dyamantz en ceo pais 'Hamese'_.