PASSUS II.
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Title; found in TH2UD; H has Ter|cius Passus by mistake, as it also calls the next Passus by the same name.
OBS. The first 23 lines occur twice in U; readings from the fragment are distinguished by the italic letter U.
] [Passus secundus de visione.]
Yit kneled I on my knees · and cried hire of grace, [folio 395b:2] [cried] prayed H.]
And seide, "Merci, Madame · for Maries loue of heuene [Merci, Madame] V has Madame Merci, with marks for transposition.]
Þat Bar þe blisful Barn · þat bouȝt vs on þe Roode, [blisful] blisside TU; blessyd D. on þe Roode] wiþ his blood H.]
Teche me þe kuynde craft · forte knowe þe false." [Teche—kuynde] kenne me be sum TU U H2D; teche me by kynde H. forte knowe] to kenne TH2; to knowe U U D.]
Line 4
"Loke on þe lufthond," quod heo · "and seo wher [he] stondeþ! [lufthond] left U; left half TU. quod heo] TDU omit; quod sche U. seo] lo TH2. [he TUH2D] þei H U; V has heo.]
Boþe Fals and Fauuel · and al his hole Meyne!" [his] her H. al—Meyne] hise feris manye TU U H2D.]
I lokede on þe luft half · as þe ladi me tauhte;
Þenne was I war of a wommon · wonderliche cloþed, [
cloþed] atired U; clothid U.
OBS. After cloþed H inserts, In reed scarlet heo rode · rybande wiþ gold (see l. 13).
] Line 8 Purfylet with pelure · þe ricchest vppon eorþe, [ricchest vppon] pureste on U U D; purest in H2.
OBS. Here H inserts, pyȝte ful of perrye · & of preciouse stoones (see l. 12).
] I-Corouned with a Coroune · þe kyng haþ no bettre; Alle hir Fyue Fyngres · weore frettet with Rynges, [U omits this line; so also does U.] Of þe preciousest perre · þat prince wered euere; [preciousest] pureste TU U H2D. H reads.
Of reed gold so ryche · redilyche I-dyȝte
Wiþ preciouse stoones so stoute · stond|ynge þer-ynne.
] Line 12
