Vr copus weore cumberous, and cundelet vs care, [C. our care.]
But ȝit we trinet a trot, þat traytur take. [P., C. I. to take.]
Line 225
He was borlich and bigge, bold as a bare, [P. He was ful bayne and bygge.]
More miȝti mon þen we his Maistris to Make.
To the ȝate ȝaply þei ȝeoden wel ȝare, [P. they ȝedyn. C. þen ȝede he. I. he hyed him.]
And he lift vp þe lach and leop ouer þe lake, [After this line the two following lines are added in I., to make up for ll. 222, 223 omitted in that MS.—
Þe sertan sothe for to say wil we nouth spare,And sche may it not deny, we gun him ouertake.] Þat ȝouthe. Line 230 Heo ne schunte for no schame, But bouwed aftur for blame; Heo nolde cuyþe vs his name, For craft þat we couþe."
XIX.
Nou heo is dampned on deis, with deol þauȝ hir deue, [The first nine lines of this stanza differ considerably in I. from the other MSS. P. with dool þey her deve. C. with dyn þey hyr deme.]
Line 235
And hir domus men vnduwe do hir be withdrawen. [C. þe domesmen derf.]
Loueliche heo louted, and lacched hir leue
At kynred and cosyn þat heo hed euere iknawen;
Heo asked Merci with mouþ in þis mischeue.
"I am sakeles of syn," heo seide in hir sawen;
Line 240
"Grete god of his grace ȝor gultus forȝiue, [folio 317b]
Þat doþ me derfliche be ded and don out of dawen
Wiþ dere.
Wolde god þat I miht
Speke wiþ Ioachim a niht; [P. aright. C. or nyghte. I. to nyht.]
Line 245
And siþen to deþ me be diht,
I charge hit not a pere." [P. I ȝeve not a pere. C. I ne sett at a pere. I. I counte nouth a pere.]
