| a. |
A curl over final n, as in Robyn, John, on,
sawten, etc.; a crossed h, as in John, mych,
etc.; crossed ll, as in full, litull, well,
etc.; a hooked g, as in mornyng, kyng, etc.,
have been treated as not significant. As to Robyn, cf.
73, 111,3, 134, 141,
etc., where there is simple n; as to John,
101,3, 143, 314, etc., where
we have Jon; as to Litull, 141,3,
391, 683, 691, 703,
711, where we have Litul. And is printed
for &; be twene, be fore, be side, be held, be spake,
þer with, thorow out, with outen, etc., are
joined.
31. tide no longer legible.
71. seid h ..., illegible after h.
83,6. xij.
101. þi nown.
124, 133. v s'.
141. lyed before Robyn struck through.
233. of a C li.
271. thorow at: but cf. 302.
274. xij.
301. Robyns men to the churche ran:
Madden.
There are no men with Robin. "This line
is almost illegible. It certainly begins with
Robyn, and the second word is not men.
I read it, Robyn into the churche ran."
Skeat.
302. A gap here between two pages, and there
are commonly six stanzas to a page. At
least six are required for the capture of
Robin Hood and the conveying of the tidings to his men.
432. Of xx.
441. me me in my copy, probably by inadvertence.
442. Of a C li.
531. hym.
561. Þs kyng.
582. xx li.
774. b has Quit me,
which is perhaps better.
782. perhaps saie; nearly illegible.
902. I wysse. |
