Chapter 40

[xiii_164]Cfull douchtely(S). E Hhow, in accord with the exclamatory phrase.

[xiii_173]Egret anoy.

[xiii_183]Equhytys. Hcoates. (See note.)

[xiii_209]Edeliverly.

[xiii_224]Cthame fouly(S). Hfully.

[xiii_250]CApon thame! on thame hardely!(S). H as in E.

[xiii_299]Ethe Argente.

[xiii_308]EThan for to lyve schamly, and fley.

[xiii_311]CBrysis(S);ytoo in 165.

[xiii_377]EAnd his consaill.

[xiii_406]CGilbertstoune(S), but see note.

[xiii_417]E Hthe Berclay.

[xiii_*447-*450]In C H. Not in E.

[xiii_463]CSevin hundreth paris(S).TwaE H.

[xiii_485]CThat he(S).

[xiii_490]E HAthole.

[xiii_493]RCamyskynnell.

[xiii_495]EKeth. HAirth.

[xiii_516]Cwille wes(S).

[xiii_523]CMarmadak Betung(S), but see note.

[xiii_581]A pennystane castE H.

[xiii_595]Ebut supleyng. H as in C.

[xiii_616]EBawmburgh.

[xiii_623]EStad thai war full narrowly.

[xiii_643]Con(S). E Hin.

[xiii_645]E Hwith few men.

[xiii_649, 650]C—For his syde, throu the quhele on hicht,Vencust thar fais, wes mekill of mycht.H as in E.

[xiii_649, 650]C—

For his syde, throu the quhele on hicht,Vencust thar fais, wes mekill of mycht.

H as in E.

[xiii_*651-*656]In C H. Not in E. Similar rhymes occur just before and at end.

[xiii_654, 655]Ctwo-so(S);twoonly here. Text from E.

[xiii_707]C HSix; E v.

[xiv_33]CWavering Fyrth(S).WolyngsH.

[xiv_49]CDe Savagis(S).

[xiv_148]Cthair wes(S).

[xiv_178]Cthat with him(S).

[xiv_339]Ebourne. Hburne.

[xiv_354]Hto dem.

[xiv_376]EDowne. HDun.

[xiv_406]E HRobert. CGilbert.

[xiv_478]Eto-morn.

[xiv_501]Cthat wes(S).

[xiv_515]CSyr Waryn; butcf.xv., 75.

[xiv_522]CKyllvanane(S); but see note.

[xv_34]CAnd(S).

[xv_54]Erowtis roid;cf.Bk. VI., 288.

[xv_187]Cby his(S).

[xv_221]Cslow(S).

[xv_246]Cby(S).

[xv_*271-*274]From C H. Not in E.

[xv_276]Elompnyt.

[xv_321]CEwmound(S). HEdmound. CCalion(S). HCalhow. (See note.)

[xv_*337-*344]*337-*344 and *345-*356: From C H; not in E.

[xv_*347-*348]*347-*348 in C only.

[xv_338]Cin the(S); but Skeat suggests that ‘perhaps it should beon.’

[xv_341]Cscaill(S); but S in note seems to preferstaill.

[xv_351]Ehis lemman(love).

[xv_366]CThair mycht men se ficht fellely(S).

[xv_371]Cconfortit(S).

[xv_377]CEwmound de Caleone(S).

[xv_506]CThat wes slayn thair in-to the ficht(S), which does not seem to explain the context.

[xv_528]CCalyheoun(S). HCalhow. CEwmond. HEdmound. Names in text from E.

[xv_*539, *540]In C only. These lines seem to be a repeat of 533, 534.

[xv_541]Cgrevit(S). Hgroowed. E H give the more effective term—shuddered.

[xvi_16]Eshipping.

[xvi_46]CHe maid(S). E HAnd maid.

[xvi_47, 52]Csudjornyt(S).

[xvi_48]EAnd that in myrth and jolyte. Hroyaltie.

[xvi_61]Esouthwart. Hfordward.

[xvi_64]Ein ilk spray. Hon ilk.

[xvi_65]E Hseymly.

[xvi_69]Ear strowyt. Hstrowed ar.

[xvi_70]Esaverand. Hsavouring.

[xvi_73]Esouthwart. Hsouthward.

[xvi_79, 80]C gives—Till him a full gret chevelryOf squyaris, burges and yhemanry(S).But burgesses and yeomanry would not bechevelry, and H agrees with E.

[xvi_79, 80]C gives—

Till him a full gret chevelryOf squyaris, burges and yhemanry(S).

But burgesses and yeomanry would not bechevelry, and H agrees with E.

[xvi_134]CAvisit(S). HHes meased.

[xvi_177]CI undirstand(S). E Htak on hand.

[xvi_178]CIn-til(S). S also insertsall, which C omits here, but inserts beforeIrland, which it gives asIngland. C is clearly defective.

[xvi_*197, *198]That he slew all he might ourtakAnd rudely rushed them abak.—In H only.

[xvi_*197, *198]

That he slew all he might ourtakAnd rudely rushed them abak.—In H only.

[xvi_184]Exxx. Htwentie.

[xvi_206]Cby thair(S).

[xvi_*209-*212]In C H, not in E; owing to occurrence of twomychts.

[xvi_229]CHe askit(S).

[xvi_232]Elossyt the suet. Hslain at my feete.

[xvi_260]Eobstakill maid.

[xvi_264]Esouthwart.

[xvi_265]Erycht till.

[xvi_265]CLunyk(S). EKynrike. HLynrike. In Anderson’s edition we findLymrik.

[xvi_280]Cup-on woman(S). H like E.

[xvi_293]E Hlavender.

[xvi_295]EConnach. HConnoch.

[xvi_296]EMethy. HMich. EIereby. HIrrelle.

[xvi_336]ELyntaile. HLyntalle.

[xvi_391]Eand sow thaim sair. Hsaile them saire.

[xvi_401]Cbattale(S). Heshell.

[xvi_402]Cseyn weill all(S). H as E.

[xvi_408]Rychtis from H alone (S).

[xvi_434]Cand went(S). Hturned.

[xvi_449]Con hym(S). H as E.

[xvi_*501-*504]Not in E. In C H.

[xvi_505]CBrys(S).

[xvi_507]Efyfty. Hfifteene. Cxv(S).

[xvi_548]Cendlang furth held thai thar way. Eit up held thai. Hit held up their way.

[xvi_549]EEnverkething.

[xvi_550]EDunferling.

[xvii_33]Cat(S). Hane. Ea.

[xvii_172]CWith gret. HThrough.

[xvii_202]CScottis men(S).

[xvii_245]Ctrammysorcrammys. Ecranysortranys. Htrames. Owing to the similarity of ‘t’ and ‘c’ in MSS. the reading is uncertain.

[xvii_246]For the reason explained above it is doubtful whether we should here readgretorgrec—i.e., Greek—probably the latter.

[xvii_271]C Egert. Hgart. Skeat says these are “all wrong,” and that the proper reading isger.

[xvii_285]E HLongcastill.

[xvii_296]Cvittalis(S). Hbattelsas in E.

[xvii_318]Csib men(S).

[xvii_343]Cscaffatis(S). Hscaffolds.

[xvii_420]From C H. EFor oucht thai mycht, gud or ill.

[xvii_455]Equhill sik. Hwhile.

[xvii_496]Cthat, quhen(S), but there is no predicate forthat.

[xvii_601]Cscaffatis(S).

[xvii_689]Cjuntly(S), but suggestingjustly( = exactly) as right reading. Hcunningly. Egentilly.

[xvii_691]Cswappit(S).

[xvii_735]Etyme.

[xvii_774]C and H (S).With the fire that he fand thar-at.Seems an anticipation of 778. Text from E.

[xvii_785]EOff stabing.

[xvii_809]Ewoundyt uttrely.

[xvii_812]Ccertanly, but E is admittedly better.

[xvii_887, 888]H expands these two lines into eight.Throughout England full cruelly,Burning and wasting right rigorously,When that they have heard tythings tellOf this great Siege that was sa fell:That they all skailed were and gane,Unto England hame againe:Sa that their folks relieved wereAnd set now free from all danger.Skeat relegates this expansion of two lines to a footnote, and rightly.

[xvii_887, 888]H expands these two lines into eight.

Throughout England full cruelly,Burning and wasting right rigorously,When that they have heard tythings tellOf this great Siege that was sa fell:That they all skailed were and gane,Unto England hame againe:Sa that their folks relieved wereAnd set now free from all danger.

Skeat relegates this expansion of two lines to a footnote, and rightly.

[xvii_*903]That into full gret danger wes,*903Through strength of them that sieged hes.*904And of their journey what progresse,*905That thai have had, and with successe.*906These, too, are from H only. Skeat brackets them in the text, but they are surely spurious.

[xvii_*903]

That into full gret danger wes,*903Through strength of them that sieged hes.*904And of their journey what progresse,*905That thai have had, and with successe.*906

These, too, are from H only. Skeat brackets them in the text, but they are surely spurious.

[xvii_922]Cquhar that. E H omitthat.

[xvii_940]CBerwyk his(see note).

[xviii_5]Cfurthwarde(S). Hsouthward.

[xviii_30]Etribill and quatribill.

[xviii_34]Ethowsand. H as in C.

[xviii_89]Etwenty. Htwettie(!).

[xviii_117]EThomas sone. HThomson.

[xviii_184]Eall her.

[xviii_225]EAnd he it(see note).

[xviii_239]ETo dystroy up sa clene the land. H as C.

[xviii_275]Ea bule. H as C.

[xviii_283]Ebest. Hbeast.

[xviii_377]377, 393, 398, etc., Ethe pass.

[xviii_391]Emast hardy.

[xviii_396]Efour. Hfew.

[xviii_399, 405, 425]Ethe pass. H as C.

[xviii_404]Ehamlyly.

[xviii_409]CArthyn(S), but see note.

[xviii_410, 422]CCoubane: HCowbane.

[xviii_439]Cek verty(S).

[xviii_450]EThan mycht men see thaim stoutly ga. H like C.

[xviii_451-454]not in C but in E H.

[xviii_451]Hclamb(S).

[xviii_452]Hleft(S).

[xviii_498]ERyfuowis.

[xviii_536]Cyhe be(S). Buss considers E better here (Angliaix. 511).

[xviii_537]For next line C has—Of the grace he thame did suthly(S). But this gives a triple rhyme, which is not Barbour-like; and C, in any case, is defective here, giving but one line between 538 and 547 for the eight found in E and H.

[xix_1]CThus(S).

[xix_16]CMayle-Erle(S), but see note.

[xix_106]Evelanys. Hvillanous.

[xix_110]Ethe likys.

[xix_134]EHad him lent.

[xix_177]Cthai armyng(S).

[xix_*185, *186]Omitted in Pinkerton’s edition.

[xix_188]Eviii.(forxiii.). Hthrettene.

[xix_206]EBathgat.

[xix_224]Centyrit(S). Heirded.

[xix_253]Esouthwart.

[xix_282]Chad had(S). Hhes.

[xix_304]Cme to think(S).

[xix_336]EThai ger thaim cum apon thaim doun: which does not make sense.

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