205. dyzt, MS. dyst.

211. werthe, MS. worthe, written at the beginning of the following line. 216. Arayep MS.; Wr. Arayes.

218. bee3, MS. beep.

226. souedazes =
= seue dazes.

229. seuene, MS. pene. Read pe seuene? or pat bep pe seuene? (cp. p. 89, 1. 105) or omit þat before Cryst in the following line?

Of marie maudaleyne

bat goospel þat ne weyp.

(59. i.)

pe ferste pryns hys prede,
pat ledep pane flok',
þat of alle opere onlede
Hys rote and eke stok.

(60)

For nys non of pe syxe
bat hy ne comep of pane,
For myx of alle myxe

In heuene hy by-gan.

(61)

Prede suwep in floures

Of wysdom and of wyt, Amang leuedys in boures be foule prude syzt. (62)

Vnder couele and cope
be foule prede lype;

bez man go gert wyp rope,
3et prede to hym swyp.
(63)

Prede sy3t vnder ragge

Wel cobel and wel balgp;

pat kepep wordes bragge
And countenaunces zaldep.
(64)

Nys non, þaz som myt wene,

þat some prede ne takep,

Ne none so proud, ich wene,

As he pat al for-sakep.

(65)

(110)

For who hys pat neuere set hys pouzt

And erpe to be hez?

Who hys hit pat neuer ypouzt

Of pompe pat he se3?

232. weyp. Kölbing writes le3p, and 1. 230 se3p.

249-252. See note.

258. hez, MS. hyz.

259. Read pat neuer [hep] ypozt?

Pride sucks in flowers of wisdom and wit; sits in ladies' bowers;

is hidden under cowl and cope;

makes ostentation

[leaf 195, bk.] under rags.

There is no

one free from pride.

For, who has never been ambitious?

263. ist, MS. hist, the h underdotted. For the sense of 11. 263-4 see note. 265. yst, MS. hyst, h underdotted.-gollich, MS. godlich.

274. wes, MS. was.

283. hep y-ment in MS. at the beginning of the following line, with a dot after it.

286. wole, see note.

296. by, MS. be.

300. weddyng for wedyng, clothing, O.E. 3ewadian ?—many a bly (O.E.

blio), MS. manyable.

302. stent for stend, pa. pple., O.E. stanan, to adorn with precious stones ?-say, read gay? 311. pryncy, read pryncely?

319. het for hep, as 1. 339.

322. After schewep an underdotted w is written in MS.

325. wreches, MS. werches.

327. plecches, MS. plocches?

331. brethe, MS. breche (or broche).

340

333. chaunce, MS. thonse, for chonse, a possible form; if we retain it, we have to alter the corresponding ryme-word veniaunce to venionse (cp. p. 94, 1. 248).

334. to wylle in MS. at the end of the preceding line.-alse alse he.penkp [: clenkep], MS. pynthe. We may as well write peng] [: clengp]. 338. in egrete, MS. megrete, i-stroke wanting.

339. hy, read hyt ?-het = hep.