This book exists in at least two forms, distinguished by minor differences in the modern (1868) material. The title page(s), verso and introduction give no hint that there were any changes or additions; references to the “former” and “present” edition are to Madden alone (Roxburghe, 1828) contrasted with Skeat (EETS, 1868). For convenience the two 1868 variants will be called “preliminary” and “final”. The 1975 reprint used the “final” version. Anglo-Saxon diphthongs are written as eá, eó with stress on second vowel. The form “hung” (with the meaning “hanged”) is used consistently. _Preface:_ § 7: ‘Apres ceo vient [_open quote invisible_] § 9: Seuene an tuenti fulle ȝer.’ / MS. Reg. 12. C. xii. [_close quote printed after MS name_] § 13: (the Latin text, viz. MSS. Harl. 655, Cott. Jul. E. 8, Reg. 13 E. 1) [_close parenthesis missing_] § 18: In his MSS. collections [“In his...] he proceeds: / “that Hauelocke did sometymes [_in the original, the quoted passage begins at mid-paragraph in smaller type_] § 22: his five children are yet alive [_inconsistent tense in original_] § 27: _Nouns._ ... _bleikè_ [_è conjectural: printed text unclear_] § 28: Here the syllables _-nes and_ in l. 3, _of a_ in l. 4, and _it wile_ in l. 5 [_printed as shown: errors for ll. 2, 3, 4_] [Footnote 41] _sawe_, _wowe_; _beþe_, _rede_; _knaue_, _plawe_; _sawe_, _hawe_ [_printed commas changed to semicolons for consistency_] [Footnote 43] 1083, 1289, 1685, 2431 [_comma after 1289 invisible_] § 29 [Section C.1] ... various grammatical inflexions:-- [_paragraph break added by transcriber_] [Section 3.d] Observe hated = hated_e_, 40. [_final . missing_] þinë cherlës, þinë hinë, 620; [_printed . for ;_] each foot has _two_ or _three_ syllables in it [sylalbles] _Emendations:_ p. 20, l. 640. For _ney_ ... [_text has 60 for 640_] p. 24, l. 784. Perhaps we should, however, read _se-weren_, and the note on the line (p. 93) may be wrong. See _Weren_ in the Glossary. [_The preliminary version of the Emendations reads:_ ... Perhaps there should be no stop in the line, and ... _There are no differences in the body text or Note._] Also, _Greting_ is wrongly placed before _Gres_. [_This and the remainder of the Emendations-- _Hal_, _Shoten_ (_Schoten_), _Teyte_, _Bise_-- are missing from the preliminary version._] _HAVELOK:_ [_sidenote line numbers refer to their location in the e-text_] [307 sidenote] My son shall have England.” [_close quote missing_] [452 sidenote] [Fol. 206b, col. 1.] [col 1.] [1377] Þat ihc haue ther-offe douthe and kare, [_see Glossary_] [2897 sidenote] Havelok remembers Bertram, the earl’s cook, [_comma after “cook” missing_] _Notes:_