A. a. |
14. their bonheur.
82. to kill.
11 1. boy wanting: see b.
112. And will.
191. and that.
261. did stand. |
b. |
11. Childe Vyet, and always.
13, 23. Had ... loves.
14. honour.
31, 33, 411,
51, 53. the Lady.
71. He said wanting.
73. he wanting.
82. to sell.
93. I'd be.
103. Will run.
111. I am the boy, says one.
112. Will win.
131. to Vyet's.
141. line that Childe Vyet read.
143. line that he.
145,6, 151,2, as 15.
What ails my one brother, he says,
He'll not let my love be?
But I'll send to my brother's bridal,
The woman shall be free.
153. Take four and twenty bucks and ewes.
164. was wi wean.
171. about the.
182. with gold.
183, 193. keep the lady.
184. the mould.
201. bells were.
211. upon their.
214. Says he, You are with bairn.
222. came as my wooer.
223. your one.
231. so did I.
261. start him.
281, 291. for the.
283, 293. All was for Lady.
301. O get to me.
31. For ae.
313. All for the honourable marriage that. |
B. |
12. Their laid.
22. womb.
12, 13 make one stanza in the Manuscript.
15, 16 are written together in three long lines.
18 did not belong where it stands, cf. A 31,
E 43, 44, but as the text now runs,
cannot well change place. |
C. |
Herd's copies differ little except in spelling.
64. cannell (cinnamon).
I have thought it best risk cammer, for camerik, cambric,
though I have not found the word in English:
Danish kammer-dug.
103. second copy omits on.
112. due (?).
13, 14 are written in one stanza.
195. second copy hidies.
251. men, Wayets: uncle in second copy.
26-28 precede 23-25. |
D. |
42. that paid: cf. E 62.
10 follows 6 in Manuscript |
E. |
312, 352. belted and a brand. |