Transcriber’s NotesMixed PagesTwo sets of three pages appear to have been printed out of order:Pageaa.vi.(11, beginningVnto her I answerde o lady gloryous) appears before pagesaa.v.andaa.v.verso(9 and 10, beginningBe to thy kynge euer true subgete).Pagesff.iii.(69, beginningWhan I had scomfyte this serpent venymous) andff.iiii.(71, beginningAnd there met me dame clennes blyue) are transposed, withff.iii.verso(70, beginningThan came dame fayth that lady gloryous) between them.Each involves pages from the later part of a signature, so page numbering is absent. It is not known whether the error is from the original printing or from the facsimile reprint.Printed folio numbers show an unusual pattern:aa,cc,ee: 16 pages eachgg: 12 pagesbb,dd,ff,hh: 8 pagesDuplicate Chapter HeadsChapter headings for .vi. and .vii. were printed near the bottom of the page—as main text, not catchwords—and again at the top of the following page. This pattern was not consistently followed for all chapters that began at the top of a page.Unusual ErrorsA.Discrecõn,temptacõnBoth words occur in full-length lines of prose. When the typesetter saw that he needed an abbreviation to make the line fit, he may have removed the wrong letter from the word to be abbreviated.text imageandtext imageB.In four places the printed text has an unusual letter. It has been transcribed as “z” or “ȝ” (yogh) according to context, though it is the same letterform every time:text imagetexttext imagetextThere is no apparent reason for abbreviating “kynge” in this line.text imagetexttext imagetextC.bl[ey]ndeA small “e”, required by the rhyme, is printed above “y”, required by the sense.D.so gretly slynkyngeThe printed text is very slightly defective. The reading “stynkynge” fits the sense better, but the letterforms are closer to “sl-”.E.doubtaũceText reads “doubtauũce”, possibly through confusion with the preceding line, where the “governaũce” abbreviation was required by line length:text image
Two sets of three pages appear to have been printed out of order:
Pageaa.vi.(11, beginningVnto her I answerde o lady gloryous) appears before pagesaa.v.andaa.v.verso(9 and 10, beginningBe to thy kynge euer true subgete).
Pagesff.iii.(69, beginningWhan I had scomfyte this serpent venymous) andff.iiii.(71, beginningAnd there met me dame clennes blyue) are transposed, withff.iii.verso(70, beginningThan came dame fayth that lady gloryous) between them.
Each involves pages from the later part of a signature, so page numbering is absent. It is not known whether the error is from the original printing or from the facsimile reprint.
Printed folio numbers show an unusual pattern:
aa,cc,ee: 16 pages eachgg: 12 pagesbb,dd,ff,hh: 8 pages
Chapter headings for .vi. and .vii. were printed near the bottom of the page—as main text, not catchwords—and again at the top of the following page. This pattern was not consistently followed for all chapters that began at the top of a page.
A.Discrecõn,temptacõnBoth words occur in full-length lines of prose. When the typesetter saw that he needed an abbreviation to make the line fit, he may have removed the wrong letter from the word to be abbreviated.
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B.In four places the printed text has an unusual letter. It has been transcribed as “z” or “ȝ” (yogh) according to context, though it is the same letterform every time:
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There is no apparent reason for abbreviating “kynge” in this line.
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C.bl[ey]ndeA small “e”, required by the rhyme, is printed above “y”, required by the sense.
D.so gretly slynkyngeThe printed text is very slightly defective. The reading “stynkynge” fits the sense better, but the letterforms are closer to “sl-”.
E.doubtaũceText reads “doubtauũce”, possibly through confusion with the preceding line, where the “governaũce” abbreviation was required by line length:
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