[Sidenote: Arthur tries to remember every sin done since his years of innocence,] ++Than arthur, Richt obedient {and} mek, In to his wit memoratyvecan ſeik Of euery gilt wich that he can pens, Done frome he paſſith the ȝer{is} of Innocens; 1432 And as his maiſter hyme commandit hade, [Sidenote: and made his confession with lamentable cheer.] He goith and his confeſſione haith he maad Richt deuotly with lementable chere; The man{er} wich quho lykith for to here 1436 He may It fynd In to the holl romans, Of confeſſione o paſing c{er}cumſtans. I can It not, I am no confeſſour, My wyt haith ewill conſat of that labour, 1440 Quharof I wot I aucht repent me ſore. The king wich was confeſſit, what is more, Goith and til his maiſt{er} tellith hee, How euery ſyne In to his awn degree 1444 He shew, that mycht occuryng to his mynde. [Sidenote: “Leftest thou aught behind,” quoth the master, “about Ban, king of Albanak, and his disinherited wife?”] “Now,” q{uo}d the maiſtere, “left thow aght behynde Of albenak the vorſchipful king ban, The wich that vas in to my ſ{er}uice ſlan, 1448 And of his wif diſheriſt eft alſo? Bot of ther ſone, the wich was them fro, Ne ſpek[T31] y not;”--the king in his entent Abaſyt was, and furt{h}w{i}t{h} is he went 1452 [Sidenote: The king again confesses, and returns,] Aȝane, and to his confeſſour declarith; [Footnote T31: MS. apparently has “srpek;” but a comparison with line 1543 shews that the apparent _r_ is due to the meeting of two slight flourishes belonging to the _s_ and _p_.] [Headnote: AND AGAIN ASKS FOR ADVICE.]