The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who Conquerede Rome
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The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who Conquerede Rome
Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814 -- Romances; English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500; Romances, English
[117] «MS. is rubbed, but it looks more like» welawai.
[118] «Read»: ‘reliqes.’
[119] «A modern hand has written in the margin» “Mount.”
[120] «See the note.»
[121] «Insert»: ‘gan.’
[122] «Read»: ‘sone.’
[123] «Read»: ‘lefe.’
[124] «Read»: ‘as thenketh.’
[125] «Blank in MS. See the note.»
[126] «MS.» deistowe.
[127] «Read»: ‘free.’
[128] «MS.» ensuce.
[129] «See the note.»
[130]–† «See the note.»
[131] «Probably an error for» ‘half.’
[132] «In the margin the Scribe adds»:—‘The merci Ladi helpe.’
[133] «See the note.»
[134] «Read»: ‘soghten.’
[135]–†: «See the note.»
[136] «Read»: ‘caughte.’
[137] As«c»opartes.
[138] «Miswritten for» ‘bounde«n».’
[139] ‘was.’
[140] «Read»: ‘dirke.’
[141] «Read»: ‘mente.’
[142] «Read»: ‘trew.’
[143] «Read»: ‘harme & skathe.’
[144] «See the note.»
[145] «Sic in MS. Query»—‘char«g»e.’
[146] «Read»: ‘byleven.’
[147] «Read»: ‘reliqes.’
[148] «Read»: ‘I dyne.’ «See the note.»
[149] «Sic in MS. Read»: ‘ye.’
[150]–† «These two lines are written as one in the MS.»
[151] MS. i^ouste.
[152] «Miswritten for» ‘were’?
[153] «MS.» strowde.
[154] «Read»: ‘a-«w»apide.’
[155] «Read»: ‘Assye.’
[156] «See the note.»
[157] «These two lines are written as one in the MS.»
[158] «See the note.»
[159] «See the note.»
[160] «Read»: ‘lafte.’
[161] «See the note.»
[162] «See the note.»
[163] «See the note.»
[164] «MS.» mete.
[165]? I now.
[166] «Read»: ‘went.’
[167]? Me.
[168]? ‘When.’
[169] «Read»: ‘wende.’
[170]? ‘while.’
[171]? xj.
[172] «See the note.»
[173] «MS.» Gamylokes.
[174] «Read»: ‘as armes.’
[175]-† «See the note.»
[176] «MS.» ‘alaye.’ «See the note.»
[177] «Read»: ‘leve.’
[178] «Read»: ‘God.’
[179] «Read»: ‘gray.’
[180] «See the note.»
[181]? ‘whether.’
[182] «Read» ‘over.’
[183] «See the note.»
[184] «Read»: ‘mete.’
[185] «These two lines are written as one in the MS.»
[186] «Read»: ‘streng«t»he’
[187] «A corner of the leaf torn off.»
[p095]
NOTES.
Page 1, line 1. «myghteste», evidently an error of the scribe for
«myghtes», cf. ll. 1635, 1312, 3068, 2546, 1200, 2059; and «Syr
Ferumbras», l. 2719.
“Nov help hem þe heȝ kyng of hevene,
Þat art of miȝtes most.”
«God in glorie» occurs again in l. 3229; cf. the French expression
«Damedeu de glore»; «Fierabras» 2332.
p. 1, l. 2. «made» and «wroght» in l. 5 are the 2nd person sing.
preterite, which in all other instances in this poem ends in «-est».
But perhaps we might suppose a change of person here, and regard «made»
and «wroght» as the third person. For examples of the change of person
see «Syr Ferumbras», ll. 2719, 4393, and «Guy of Warwick», ed. Zupitza,
l. 2324.
p. 1, l. 7. «shulde to love»; «to» before an infinitive, governed by an
auxiliary verb, is pretty common in Middle English works. See Zupitza’s
note to Guy, 1925.
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