| c. |
53. singele.
111. be your.
132. In woulde.
162. spende.
171, 1071. whent.
183. fore.
221. shop-wyndow.
224. great full great.
233. Gy.
261. welgood.
303. Alece.
332. all gon.
343,4. and sayde begins the fourth line.
442. there Alyce.
444. geuend.
464. Allreadye.
484. in reaffte [?].
511. Cyerlel.
521. Carelell.
Variations from b.
533. shut: wonderous.
541, 561, 643,
761, 853, 1021, 1071. Then.
543. Lee.
544. come nowe.
553. scales.
563. a wanting.
564. faste wanting.
574. come ryght.
582. me for we.
591. commeth none.
592. Be: vpon.
613. went.
621. he saide.
623. full shortlye.
631. are we.
638. know.
644, 792, 1064, 1081. When.
651. a wanting.
654. hys keys.
662, 673, 763. brother.
664. hundred.
681. They bent theyr bowes. Then, good yew
from e, f.
683. in mery.
684. in wanting.
693. And they: squyers.
702. bounde wanting.
712. Cloudesle.
713. good wanting:
yeman, and ye always, as,
883, 903, 933, 941.
721. Cloudesli.
732. the hange.
733. that wanting: brtehren, or, breehren.
742, 821, 841,
1001, 1034. brethen.
742. stande wanting.
748. marked,
745. to chaunce.
751. good wanting.
752. will.
761. Then spake.
768. Brother.
771. shyrfe.
772. an wanting.
781. thre arrowes.
784. there sedes.
792. fell downe.
812. out of.
814. he taryed all to.
822. togyder wanting.
824. shall you.
831. shot.
833. sede.
841. The: together.
852. preced to.
863. mas myd.
872. they wanting.
884. For of theyr lyues they stode in great,
902. brust.
903. euyll.
906. That.
911. yt ye.
912. to fast.
914. at wanting.
922,3. Transposed: Yf you do,
etc., Myne offce.
924. do we.
931. theyr keys,
942. lyghtly as left.
943. The lough an.
944. fere.
951, 981. Englyshe.
952. Under the: trusty, and 982.
953. There wanting.
954. full great.
961. God me help.
963. nowe wanting.
972. drynke.
973. fet of.
974. And wanting: I wyll.
983. They thaught: woman wepe.
984. mought.
991. the fayre; and sayde begins the next line.
992. I sawe.
1002. Or with.
1002. wanting.
1004. put out.
1022. Under thus trusti.
1024. had se.
1061, 1091. Alee.
1063. by me.
1071. theyr wanting.
1072,3. Transposed: And thanked,
etc., Wyth such.
1082. without any.
1091. Alce shalbe at our.
1103. you breng.
1111. these good yemen.
1112. myght hye.
111 3. pallace.
Variations from a.
1142. you.
1152. without any.
1153. become.
1161. the kyng.
1163, 1171. The.
1171. beseche the.
1181. be your nams: then, and 1191.
1222. you graunt.
1233. hundreth.
1243. then sayd.
1261. you wanting.
1272. These: ye.
1274. all thre.
1281. town.
1371. hauy graunted.
1531. apele
Variations from a.
1622. myght se.
1624. sholdest wanting.
1641. .xvii.
1643. when.
1651. the a.
1663. estate.
1672. her sore.
1674. To gouerne.
1681. thanketh.
1682. To some bysshop wyl we wend.
1691. begone: there good.
1704. they wanting.
a bout, a gayne, a monge, a none, a byde,
a lyue, ther at, etc., are joined. |
| d, e, f. |
The readings of all three are the same
unless divergence is noted.
11. f. in the.
13. whereas men hunt east.
21. raise.
22. d. sights haue oft.
e. sights haue not oft. f. has oft.
23. three yeomen.
24. as wanting.
32. Another.
42. thre wanting.
d, e. euery chone. f. eueryeche one.
43. brethren on a.
44. English wood.
52. And wanting: mirth.
53. e. were wanting.
63. brethren, and generally, e. on a.
71. There to: Alice.
72. f. with wanting.
81. e, f. we go. d. Carlell,
and generally.
e, f. Carlile, and generally.
83. If that: doe you.
84. life is.
93. Trust you then that, d, f. tane.
e. taken.
111. Alice he said.
112. My wife and children three.
113. owne husband, f. thy.
122. e, f. very sore.
124. d, f. halfe a. e. Full halfe a.
131. e. I am.
132. d, f. in I. e. in we.
141. d. fet.
142. d. true and.
143. e. what she.
151. d. in the.
152. little before.
161. rose and forth she goes.
162. e. might.
163. not wanting.
164. e. yeeres. f. not 7 yeere.
171. into.
173. night she said is come to towne.
181. e. Thereat.
182. e. was wanting, f. And wanting.
183. e. dame wanting.
184. ere.
192. d, e. as wanting,
d, e, f. saine.
201. raised.
202. that wanting.
203. e. And thronging fast vnto the house.
204. As fast as. e. gan.
211. the good yeoman.
212. Round wanting.
213. d. of the folke. e. of folke.
f. of the folkes.
214. thetherward: fast for they.
221. back for shot.
223. e. bothe wanting.
e, f. second the wanting.
224. e, f. And with them. e. a great rout,
f . a full great.
231. then cryed.
233. e, f. second my wanting,
f. sweet husband.
242. e. second hys wanting.
243. the for hys.
f. He went.
244. f. the surest.
251. Alice like a louer true.
252. f. Tooke a.
253. d, f . Said he shall die that commeth.
e. Said he shall dye.
261. right good.
262. of a.
264. burst.
274. had beene neere the.
282. d. second thy wanting,
e. thine arrowes.
f. the bow and arrowes.
292. d, e. Sith no better it will be.
293. burne: saith. f. burne there.
294. and his.
301. f. The for they: and of ten.
302. d, e. vp wanting, f. fledd on.
303. then, and generally, e, f. said faire.
304. e. we here shall, f. here wee shall.
311. a for hys.
312. second on wanting, d. was on.
313. And there: he did let downe.
314. His wife and children.
321. f. Haue you here.
322. d, f. second my wanting.
321,2. e. wanting.
323. f. Gods loue.
332. d, f. agoe. e. go.
333. the wanting, about for vpon.
334. f. burnt.
341. fell vppon.
343,4. and sayde begins the fourth line.
351. e, f. had I.
352. runne.
353. e. amongst, d, f. my.
354. So: burne.
361. buckler then.
362. f. amongst.
363. people thickest were.
371. man abide, e, f. strokes.
372. e. run.
373. f. Then the: att him. e. doore.
374. that yeoman, f. And then the.
381. both wanting.
382. in a.
383. d, e. then said,
d, f. hye wanting.
392. e. gallowes thou shalt haue.
393. d. al wanting.
401. There, f. helpe yett.
403. f. a 100d men.
411. arose.
412. f . can he.
413. d. them to: full wanting.
e, f. to shut close.
423. d, e. he set vp.
f . There he new a paire of gallowes he sett vpp.
424. f. Hard by the.
432. meant.
441. the wanting, f. The litle.
443. f. seene William.
444. e. gaue.
451. at a creuice of.
452. wood he ran (ron, runn). f. And wanting.
453. e. he met. e, f. wighty yeomen.
461. e, f. said the.
462. e, f. You.
463. e, f. tane. e. doomd.
464. d. Already, e,
f. And ready to be hangd.
472. saw.
473. d, e. might haue tarried heere with vs.
f. He had better haue tarryed with vs.
474. e. as wanting.
481. haue dwelled.
482. these for the. f. shaddoowes greene.
483. haue wanting: at rest.
484. d, f. of all.
492. he had.
501. e. we go.
d. wighty yeomen, e, f. iolly yeomen.
502. longer.
511. f. bold yeomen.
512. f. All in a mor[n]inge of May.
514. f. And wanting.
521. f. to wanting.
522. f. All in a morning.
523. vnto.
533. wonderous. d, f. be shut. e. are shut,
f. ffast for well.
534. therein.
544. come.
e. the king.
551. wryten wanting.
552. e. Now wanting, f. wiselye marke.
561. d, f. at the. f. gates.
562. f. hard and.
563. d, e. a wanting.
f. marueiled who was theratt.
564. faste wanting, e, f. gates.
571. nowe wanting, f. Who be.
572. f. makes.
573. e. said they then.
f. quoth Clim.
574. come right.
584. the for our.
591. none in.
592. e. of a.
593. Till that. f. a wanting.
601. d. the for that.
e. that good yeman wanting.
f. spake good Clim.
604. d, f. thou shalt.
611. got wanting.
613. d, e. porter wend (weend).
f. had went wanting.
621. is my: he said.
622. d. ye shall, e, f. you shall.
623. e, f. gates, d, e. full shortly.
f. ryght wanting.
631. are we.
632. Whereof: are right.
633. d. knowes.
e, f. Christ he knowes assuredly.
634. e. come wanting, f. gett out.
642,3,4. then, When, and nearly always.
651. a wanting.
653. cast.
654. d, f. his keyes.
662. e. we haue.
663. in for to.
664. d. hundred.
e, f. That came this hundred.
671. we will.
673. brother.
674. That for Where he.
681. d. Then: their good.
e, f. Then: their good yew.
683. in for of.
693. d, f. of squiers. e. squirers.
694. e, f. That iudged William hanged.
701. e, f. hymselfe wanting.
f. ready there in.
704. d, e. Already.
f. to hange.
712,he should, e. Cloudesle.
713. good wanting.
714. e. thereby make him a. f. And wanting.
721. a wanting.
723. a graue.
732. I will thee hang.
733. heard this.
741. eye. e. William.
742. two (tow) brethren: stande wanting.
743. e. the corner: place wel prepard.
744. d. good wanting: bent wanting.
e, f. wanting.
745. d, e. the justice to chase.
f. the iustice to slaine.
751. good wanting.
753. e. hands let free.
754. d, e. might I.
761. Then spake.
763. Brother: you.
764. you.
771. And wanting.
782. d, e. they had.
783. f. the shirrfe, the other the iustice.
784. d, f. can.
791. e. stood them.
793. fell wanting.
794. d, e. deaths.
801. f. flye.
802. d, f. longer.
803. e. Then.
811. d, f. start, e. stept.
812. out of.
814. had wanting: all too. f. Hee thought.
821. e. brethren.
822. togyder wanting.
831, shot. e, f. in wanting.
832. full wanting.
834. e. The.
d, f. long did.
841. like for as.
852. d, f. pressed to.
853. e. swords out anon.
863. d, f. was mid. f. were mid.
864. had wanting.
871. e. There was wanting,
e, f. Carlile was.
872. they wanting, d. backwards.
881, 891, 901. mayor, maior.
883. thre wanting.
884. For of.
d. f. they stood in great.
e. they were in great.
894. e. Within that stoure.
902. brast.
d, f. he wanting.
903. euill.
904. f. ffull woe.
905. f. Keepe well.
906. That.
912. d, e. downe they.
f. were downe.
914. gotten out. e. of a.
922. heere I. e. My.
923. d, f. you.
924. doe you.
931. d, f. their keyes at.
d. head. =
933. any.
941. e, f. be the.
d. word.
942. lightly.
943. f. wood.
951. d, e. English wood,
f. merry greenwood.
952. the trustie.
954. d. full great.
961. God me helpe.
963. nowe wanting.
964. d. manie. e. many. f. meanye.
971. d, f. sate. e. Then sat they.
972. d, e. drunke.
973. fit of: yeomen for yonge men.
f. A 2d ffitt of the wightye.
974. And wanting: I will.
981. English wood, d, f. sate.
982. d, e. trustie. f. the greenwoode.
982. woman wepe. e, f. They.
984. e, f. could act.
991. Sore then: there wanting.
d. f. and sayd begins the next line.
991,2. e. And sayd Alas wanting.
992. saw.
993. f. nowe wanting.
1001. e. spoke.
1002. Or with.
1003. d, e. To shew to them what him befell.
f. To show them, etc.
1011. aside.
1012. f. He looked.
1013. second his wanting, e. He saw his.
1022. Under, d. this trustie. e. a trusty.
f. the trustye.
1024. d, f. shouldest had.
e. shouldst had.
1034. d, e. brethren.
1044. e. It resteth.
1051. the lawnd.
1052. noble men all.
1054. f. that they cold see.
1062. f. saith.
1063. Because: by me.
1071. they went: theyr wanting.
1073. for their.
1082, 1152. without any leace (lease).
1091. at our.
1092. f. Att a.
1101. My.
1102. I haue.
1111. good yeomen.
1113. d, f. might hye. e. can hye.
1113. pallace.
1114. e, f. Where.
d. neede. e, f. needs.
1121. kings, f. But when.
1122. f. & to.
1131. proceeded presently.
1132. they had.
1134. e, f. gan.
1141. e, f. you.
1142. e, f. to me.
1143. You: thus wanting.
1144. from for of.
1152. f. Certes.
1153. the for our.
1161. the for our.
d, f. when.
e. whan.
1171. d, e. beseech thee.
f. beseeche yee sure.
1181. What be.
e, f . the for our.
1183. e. They sayd wanting.
1191. d, e. than wanting,
f. then.
e. the for our.
1192. of wanting.
1193. f. Here I make a vow to God.
1194. You.
1203. f. officer[s] euery one.
1211. e. Therefore.
1223. doo for be: come.
1224. from.
1232. d. your wanting.
1233. d, e. hundreth: f. 100d.
1234. d, e. of you.
f. Of you wee will aske noe.
1254. You.
1261. ye.
1264. f. itt shalbe.
1271. f. good my.
1272. These: ye.
1274. them all.
1281. f. You: townes.
1302. e. garmarcie. f. god a mercye.
1304. they shall.
1312. d. they may comfort see.
e. they might comfort see.
f. some comfort they might see.
1313. e, f. the for our.
1321. e. sittin. f. sitten.
1323. came two.
1333. e. our for your.
1341. fareth.
1351. e. slaine them. f. then said.
1352. Anone that you.
1353. and wanting.
1361. f. ffor wrath.
1363. then, f. rather then.
1364. of wanting.
1371. f. y- wanting.
1372. d. forethinketh.
1381. d, f. king he.
1383. And there: thre wanting.
1392. mayor.
1393. catchpoles.
1394. f. but one.
1401. bayliffes.
1403. forresters.
1404. haue.
f. haue the slawe.
1412. e, f. Of all.
f. coice the.
1413. d. Such.
1422. hys wanting.
1423. d. table he said.
e. table then said he.
f. tables then sayd hee.
1424. e, f. I can.
1431. then called.
1433. e, f. said he. f. To see.
1434. e. hath.
1441. d, e. buskt: blithe.
f. archers busket: blythe.
1442. f. Soe did the queenes alsoe.
1443. d, e. thre wanting,
f. weightye.
1444. f . They thought with them.
1453. thre wanting.
1454. them wanting.
1462. e, f. By him.
1463. d, e. a good.
f. him not a good.
1471. e. the for our.
f. then wanting.
1472. to me.
1481. into the.
1482. brethren.
1484. f. 400 paces.
1494. For no man can so doo.
1501. f. syr wanting.
1502. further.
151. d, f. our king, e, f. then wanting.
1523. tie him.
1524. e, f. see him.
1541. hast thee. f. then wanting.
1543. f. dost: has.
1554. you hang.
1562. d, e. I neuer will forsake.
f. That I will neuer.
1573. him fro.
1583. out wanting, f. meaten.
1592. e. were.
1601. were there.
1604. had neede of a. e, f. steddy.
1621. claue.
1622. myght see. d, f. As.
1623. Now God forbid then said.
1624. d, e. shouldst.
1631. f. gaue: 3 pence.
1634. e. chiefe ranger.
1641. xiii. e, f. Ile.
1651. thee a.
1653. f. bretheren.
1654. are louely to.
1662. e, f. he shall be.
1663. mans estate, e, f. corns, comes.
1664. d. aduanced I will him see.
e, f. Better preferred.
1672. d. sore for to.
e. I long full sore to see.
f. I long her sore.
1674. To.
1682. d. To some bishop will we wend,
e, f . To some bishop we will wend.
1684. at his.
1691. e. the good.
1692. they can. d. So fast.
1693. and liued.
1694. good yeomen.
1701. f. liffe.
1703. f. with a.
1704. d, e. they wanting.
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