ERRATA AND ADDENDA.
Reading edition
I. BOETHIUS.
P. 8, Book I, met. 4, l. 8. For thonder-light a better reading is thonder-leit; see p. xliii, and the note (p. 422).
P. 10; foot-notes, l. 10. Read: C. vnplitable; A. inplitable.
P. 26, Book II, met. 1, l. 11. For proeueth read proeveth.
P. 29, Book II, pr. 3, l. 3. Delete the comma after wherwith.
P. 48, Book II, pr. 7, l. 86. For thas read that.
P. 50, Book II, pr. 8, l. 17. For windinge read windy. See pp. xlii, 434.
P. 58, Book III, pr. 3, l. 68. For all read al.
P. 62, l. 4. Counted as l. 10; it is really l. 9.
P. 63, Book III, pr. 5, l. 41. For of read of (in italics).
P. 74, Book III, pr. 10, l. 6. For has read hast.
P. 111. The side-number 215 is one line too high.
P. 122, Book IV, met. 6, l. 24. Delete the square brackets; see pp. xlii, xliii.
P. 124, Book IV, pr. 7, l. 61. MS. C. has confirme; and MS. A. has conferme. But the right reading must be conforme; for the Latin text has conformandae.
II. TROILUS.
P. 159, Book I, 204. For cast read caste.
P. 160, Book I, 217. The alternative reading is better; see note, p. 463.
P. 160, Book I, 239. For yet read yit (for the rhyme).
P. 162, Book I, 284. For neuer read never.
P. 163, Book, I, 309. For Troylus read Troilus.
P. 163, Book I, 310. For thyng read thing.
P. 165, Book I, 401. Alter ! to ?
P. 166, Book I, 406. For thurst read thurste.
P. 166, Book I, 420. For deye read dye (for the rhyme).
P. 171, Book I, 570. For euery read every.
P. 172, Book I, 621. For Troylus read Troilus (as elsewhere).
P. 173, Book I, 626. Delete the comma after 'fare.'
P. 174, Book I, 656. For y read I.
P. 174, Book I, 657. Insert ' at the beginning.
P. 181, Book I, 879. For the read thee.
P. 192, Book II, 113. Delete ' at the end.
P. 194, Book II, 170. Insert ' at the beginning.
P. 205, Book II, 529. For penaunc read penaunce.
P. 208, Book II, 628. For swych read swich.
P. 229, Book II, 1294. Insert ' at the beginning.
P. 234, Book II, 1461. For streyt read streght, as in MS. H.
P. 260, Book III, 522. Delete the comma after laft.
P. 260, Book III, 535. For made read mad or maad.
P. 261, Book III, 558. For lengere read lenger.
P. 264, Book III, 662. For thondre read thonder.
P. 271, Book III, 885. For ringe read ring.
P. 282, Book III, 1219. For sweet read swete.
P. 312, Book IV, 318. For to the peyne read to my peyne.
P. 390, Book V, 1039. For she read he. Cf. note, p. 499; and p. lx, l. 3.
P. 431, note to Prose 5, 35; l. 3. Delete for which I find no authority. (In fact, postremo is the reading given by Peiper, from one MS. only; most MSS. have postremae, the reading given by Obbarius, who does not recognise the reading postremo).
P. 463. Note to I, 217. Add—So too in Barbour's Bruce, i. 582: 'Bot oft failyeis the fulis thocht.'
P. 479, last line; and p. 480, first line. For represents the Pers. and Arab. dū’lkarnayn, lit. two-horned; from Pers. dū, two, and karn, horn—read represents the Arab, zū’lkarnayn, lit. two-horned; from Arab. zū, lord of, hence, possessing, and the dual form of karn, horn.
Notes to I. 948, 951; II. 36, 1335; III. 1219. Dr. Köppel has shewn (in Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen, xc. 150, that Chaucer here quotes from Alanus de Insulis, Liber Parabolarum (as printed in Migne, Cursus Patrologicus, vol. ccx). The passages are:—
Fragrantes uicina rosas urtica perurit (col. 582). Post noctem sperare diem, post nubila solem; Post lacrimas risus laetitiamque potes (583). Mille uiae ducunt homines per saecula Romam (591). De nuce fit corylus, de glande fit ardua quercus (583). Dulcius haerescunt humano mella palato, Si malus hoc ipsum mordeat ante sapor (592).
P. 498, Note to V, 806. Add—L. 813 is due to Dares; see p. lxiv, note.
P. 499, Note to V, 1039, l. 6. For the rest is Chaucer's addition read the statement that she gave it to Diomede is due to Benoît; see p. lxii. Again, just below, read The incidents of the 'broche' and 'pensel' are also due to the same; see p. lxii.