29. alone, MS. aboue (Wr. corr.).

31. of take, read op-take, assumpta? Mätzner writes of lake (O.E. lāc,

gift, offering).

34. And, read Ac? (Kölbing's conjecture).

42. hy hy[t], MS. hy hy; Mätzner omits one hy.-wole, distinctly so in

MS.; Wr. wolde.

45. hys (not hyt) in MS.

To brynge pe typynge by-fore
hat cryst of hyre wolde by bore,

Mannes trespas to zelde,
For to brynge ous out of helle:
Wo mytte penche oper telle
Wat ioye per y uelde!
(13)

In nazareth, pe ryche toun,
Aue maria was þat soun

Of gabrieles steuene;
ho was pat mayde wel ygret,
And wyp a present wel ageet
Fram vader oure of heuene.
(14)

So he was ine hyre ycome,

For fleasch and blod of hyre to nome,

Ase pe angel hyre seyde;

52. of pe, MS. ofte pe (Mätzner corr.).

as the four streams running out of the well

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in Paradise.

This well is God Himself become man; from Him all 63 her joys are

taken.

The first was at the Conception, when the Angel

66 Gabriel

63. uour, MS. nout, Mätzner noue = new; but cp. 1. 49.

71. An o has been cancelled after mytte.

76. wel is the reading of the MS.; Wr. was.

77. wel ageet, Mätzner weleget (for weleged), enriched; see note.

114. pan, MS. pang.

122. nes (Mätzner nas), MS. nys.

112. See note.

141 grace.'

120. dyzte, Mätzner proposes be dyzle. Perhaps we ought to read

hyt dyzte.

126. Omission of on proposed by Mätzner.

133. leem, second e, being written close to the m, looks like o in MS. 135. schep-, MS. schop?

167. fur for (Mätzner); or ought we to read þor3 (also spelt pour3) ?

169. he, MS. 3e.

170. And (An) hez, MS. hez he, but the he has been cancelled.

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