Note M — INTRODUCTION (continued 2)

For example B gives us the following variations in the first two balades:

Trait. i. l. 4 gouernance 6 discret 13 bon 20 et (for a) ii. l. 1. la spirit qui ert 2 Est 4 Qui ert om. dont 5 de (for le) 7 bone.

There are more bad mistakes here in two balades than in the whole text of the Traitié as given by any one of the four best MSS. On the other hand, ‘creatoris’ in the heading of the first balade, and ‘homme’ (for ‘lomme’) in ii. 11, are mistakes of the German editor.