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
Page 57, second footnote: the word “iuste” was printed with a small
“o” above the “iu”, suggesting “iouste”, which is adopted in this
transcription.
Page 59, l. 2063: the left quotation mark was unmatched. A new right
double quotation mark is inserted at the end of l. 2066, after
‘there-ate.’.
Page 64, l. 2243: the left quotation mark before ‘beitħ’ was unmatched;
a new right quotation mark is inserted at the end of line 2246.
Page 66, l. 2307: the left quotation mark ahead of ‘my loue’ was
unmatched. A new right quotation mark is inserted at the end of l. 2310.
Page 68, l. 2380: the left quotation mark seems to be unmatched in the
printed text. A new matching right quotation mark is inserted at the
end of line 2390.
Page 69: There were two footnote anchors, but only one footnote. Very
likely, although the footnote anchors are independent, the footnote
text “See the note.” applying equally to both. In this edition, a
second footnote has been inserted to correspond to the second footnote
anchor.
Page 87, l. 3021: Poem says “xiiij”; sidenote says “4”; both retained.
Page 96, under “p. 2, l. 26. «bokes of antiquyte».” The printed
text provides a reference to Gautier, «Epop. Fr.», II. 87, which is
retained herein. However, a member of the Distributed Proofreaders team
has pointed out that the reference should have been to «Les épopées
françaises. Étude sur les origines et l’histoire de la littérature
nationale», I. 87 (1865). This book is available from archive.org,
filename “lespopesfran01gautuoft”.
Page 99: in “p. 8, l. 84. «tithynge.»”, changed “8,” to “3,”.
Page 113: “p. 35, l. 1060” changed to “p. 31, l. 1060”.
Page 120: “p. 44, l. 1538” changed to “p. 44, l. 1539”.
Page 121: In the line “Sire drois emperere, pour amour Dieu. oiés”, the
full stop after Dieu was changed to comma, in agreement with the text
available at archive.org filed under “fierabraschanso00servgoog”.
Page 123: The range of line numbers in “«Destruction», ll. 1240–159”
does not seem to make sense, but is retained. The line ‘“Ja mais ne
mengerai si sera desmembrés.’’ was changed to ‘“Ja mais ne mengerai si
sera desmembrés.”’.
Page 125: In “p. 59, l. 2045. «that he wente awaye with lym» = “that
he had escaped with (his limbs, or having) his limbs safe and sound.
«lyme», O.E. «lim»., Mod. Eng. «limb».”, a right double quotation mark
was inserted after ‘sound.’, and “«lim».,” was changed to “«lim»,”.
Glossary, “nather, 36/1232”. Line 1232 spells it “nathir”; both forms
are retained.
Glossary, “then, 46/1593”. Line 1593 spells it “then̄”; both forms are
retained.
Index of Names, “Astrogot, or Estragot”. The printed references “ll.
3944, 4902” are changed to “ll. 2944, 3022”.
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Babylone and of Ferumbras his , by Anonymous
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