128. This is from S. Gregory, ‘Quia nimirum virtus boni operis perseverantia est; et voce Veritatis dicitur: Qui autem perseveraverit usque in finem, hic salvus erit. Et praecepto legis cauda hostiae in sacrificio iubetur offerri. In cauda quippe finis est corporis; et ille bene immolat qui sacrificium boni operis usque ad finem debitae perducit actionis,’ In Evang. Homiliae, ii. 25, § 1. Similarly S. Isidore, v. 427; Alanus, 78. See Lev. iii. 9. 129. #alle dier#, a subject without a verb; the construction is altered. 132. S. Matt. x. 22, xxiv. 13. 136. #beswonken#, worked at; like L. elaborare, with acc. as in OE. #he it wat# &c.: a favourite expression of the author, as VV 21/3, 95/26; ‘He it wot ðe all wot,’ id. 75/2. 137. #wissin . . . warnin#: so ‘wissedest ⁊ warnedest,’ VV 21/27. 139. #twene#, doubt: OE. #twȳn#. 143. #Hvte we#, let us: comp. 175/422; ‘Wuten we fare,’ VV 23/22. 147. #on#, in: see 83/15. 149. #ne heriȝe#: see 25/241 note. 151. #ofte ⁊ ȝelome#: see 32/47. 153. #implet#: a variant, without authority, for imple. _Cross-References_ 25/241 (note) = VI. (The Proverbs of Alfred) 46/292 (note) = VIII. (Poema Morale) 79/17, 81/80 (notes) = XI. (Hic Dicendum est de Propheta) _Errata_ #Facsimile:# Palæographical Society [_anomalous æ unchanged_] #ea# before #r# ... halt 40 (#heald#) [40,] #ēa# is _ea_ ... #ȝīet# is ȝiet 90, 95. [_text unchanged: apparent error for #gīet#_] #a# + #g# is _aȝ_, laȝe 128, 131, forðdraȝen 97 [forðdragen] 59. ... ‘ðarof ðe,’ id. 69/26 [_open quote missing_] ‘ðar to ðe,’ id. 73/15 [_close quote missing_] 93. ... Comp. ‘þa ða he hamwerd wæs,’ [Comp,] XIV. LAȜAMON #Manuscripts:# i. Cotton Caligula A 9, British Museum (C); on vellum, 216 × 153 mm.; 192 folios in double columns of 32 to 34 lines, written by two scribes in the first quarter of the thirteenth century. It is bound up with another manuscript containing the Owl and the Nightingale and other pieces. ii. Cotton Otho C 13, British Museum (O); injured in the fire of 1731; on vellum; 145 folios in double columns of 38 lines; written in one hand, of the third quarter of the thirteenth century. C is by far the better representative of the original, yet O alone not infrequently preserves it in details; though fifty years later than C, it has probably been transmitted through fewer copies than the latter. Mistakes common to both versions have been derived from an intermediate manuscript X. O represents a recension of X, made by a man who was mainly interested in the chronicle of events, a matter-of-fact person who stood in a critical attitude to his exemplar and took no pleasure in simile, epic repetition or descriptive touch. Under his handling, much that is characteristic of the author disappears. #Facsimiles:# Of C. Madden, i. p. xxxv, and New Palaeographical Society, plate 86. Of O. Madden, i. p. xxxviii.