p. 66, l. 2282. «dye» : «waye». See l. 441. «forfamelid» = “famished, starved to death.” I am not aware of any other instance of this word. Halliwell has “famele = to be famished.” The prefix «for-» has intensive or augmentative power; it is particularly used in past participles. See Mätzner’s «Grammatik», I^2. 542. p. 66, l. 2290. «faile» is the infinitive mood = “to be wanting, to become deficient.” “Roland seeing the ladies white and pale (with hunger) and (seeing) the bread wanting on their table spoke some words of lamentation,” etc. p. 66, l. 2303. «forcere», “chest, coffer.” For the etymology see Diez, «Wörterb.», II. 31, «s. v.» forziere. p. 66, l. 2309. As it stands the line is too long. As «you» and «that» may be dispensed with, we ought perhaps to read, «I pray ye wole us alle it shewe». p. 66, l. 2310. «saule», “fill, hunger satisfied to repletion.” The rhyme shows that the last syllable is accentuated. Therefore it cannot be derived from the French «soûl» (Gloss. to Roxb. Club ed.), but from «soûlée». p. 66, l. 2311. «yede» = “went.” Not from O.E. «eode», but from «ge-eode». See Zupitza’s note to «Guy», l. 60, and Skeat, «Piers the Plowman» (Clarendon Press), 94/40. p. 66, l. 2312. «vertue» : «fewe»; the rhyme is perfect, see the Abstract of Mr. Nicol’s paper in the «Academy» of June 23, 1877 (vol. xi. p. 564, col. 1). p. 66, l. 2313. We must scan this line thus: And dídẹṇ it aboútẹ hem éverychón. [Illustration: poetry scansion markup] «-en» in «diden» is mute; see «Introduction», p. xxxix. p. 67, l. 2326. «ginne» = “engin, contrivance, trick.” See note to l. 780. p. 67, l. 2337. «lefte.» The rhyme shows that the author pronounced «lafte», which we find in l. 426. p 68, l. 2351. Cf. «Fierabras», ll. 3046–3097. In the Provençal poem Maubyn or Malpi, as he is called in Provençal, enters the room by means of a charm which makes the door open itself: [p127] “Vengutz es al fossat, pres de la tor cayrada. Tantost intret dedins cuendamens a celada, Venc a l’us de la cambra: si la trobet tancada. Et «a dit son conjur»: tota s’es desfermada.” ll. 2757–60. p. 68, l. 2365. The rhyme is restored if we read «ledde» instead of «ladde». See l. 1651. p. 69, l. 2390. «By God and seynte Mary, myn avour.» I think the words «myn avoure» are due to the scribe, not to the author, as they spoil the rhythm. So we get «Mary» : «we». This rhyme, although not perfect, is of no rare occurrence in Mid. Eng. works, see «Introduction», p. xliv. As to the spelling of «avour» I am not aware of any other instance of this form of the word. There is a form «avyowre» cited by Halliwell. Besides, «avoury» and «avowery», which he quotes under different heads, are perhaps only different spellings of the same word.