[Footnote 9: inserted above the line.] [Footnote 10: MS. has _ils_, surely a scribal error; the original had probably _u{er}s_ = _vers ‘towards’_, with the MS. compendium for _er_, written over and confused with the second stroke of the _u_ so as to look like _il_.] [Footnote 11: H. _e’teyne_.] [Footnote 12: H. _peisez_.] [Footnote 13: H. _foilment_.] [Footnotes 14, 15: _in fresher ink above the line._] [Footnote 16: MS. _isoeþ_.] [Footnote 17: above the line.] [Footnote 18: MS. _foelle_; ? _falle_.] [Footnote 19: All words marked [19] are omitted in H.’s transcript, the MS. at this point being stained and obscure.] [Footnote 20: Professor Robinson Ellis suggests _obiu{r}gabit_ here, which would fit the space: there is room for 2-3 letters, and possibly a trace of an _r_ contraction.] [Footnote 21: H. _urgabit_.] [Footnote 22: obscure, H. _fuit_; MS. might be _ffinit_.] [Footnote 23: H. _t’roe_.] [Footnote 24: H. _neþer_.] [Footnote 25: H. _mo ert_.] [Footnote 26: inserted in margin; H. omits.] [Footnote 27: H. _aler_.] [Footnote 28: H. _le_.] [Footnote 29: H. _sayt cydaunt_.] [Footnote 30: H. _. . . . . . eyne_.] [Footnote 31: H. _t^{r}menti_.] [Footnote 32: H. _ou_.] APPENDIX II. #B# VERSION 19. MS. TRINITY COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE R. 3. 21. [fol. 33, v^o.] (This text represents the normal seven-stanza type of the B version, but without precise verbal agreement with any text printed above.) [Transcriber’s Note: The initial “E” is printed in the middle of a large blank space, E.E.T.S. notation for a decorative capital.] 1 [E]rthe vppon erthe so wondyrly wrought, Erthe opon erthe hath gete a dignite of nought, Erthe opon erthe hath set all hys thought How erthe opon erthe may on hyght be brought. 4 2 Erthe opon erthe wold be a kyng; But how that erthe goth to erthe thynketh he nothyng. When erthe byddyth erthe hys rent home bryng, Than erthe from erthe hath full hard partyng. 8 3 Erthe opon erthe wynneth castelles and towres; Than seyth erthe to erthe: ‘Thys ys all owres’. When erthe opon erthe hath bylde halles and bowres, Then shall erthe fro erthe suffre sharpe showres. 12 4 Erthe goth opon erthe as molde opon molde, Erthe goth opon erthe and glytereth as golde, Lyke as erthe to erthe neu{er} go sholde. And yet shall erthe to erthe rather then he wolde. 16 5 Why erthe loueth erthe wondyr I may thynke, Or why erthe for erthe wyll other swete or s[w]ynke, Ffor when erthe in-to erthe ys brought w{i}t{h}yn the brynke, Than shall erthe of erthe haue a foule stynke. 20