Note 1 — INTRODUCTION (continued 2)
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or towres, owres, &c.
2. MS. hove for howe.
3. ? error for togh.
4. Heuser flogh, but MS. appears to be slogh as in l. 40.
5. MS. was neuer non crossed out, has neuer I nowe written above.
6. MS. bu, the last letter of the word has been erased.
7. These two lines form the missing half of v. 3, and are perhaps inserted here with the idea of forming a six-lined stanza.
8. better has.
9. or flowris.
10. wounde.
11. MS. clearly est, perh. error for erth.
12. MS. y9 = þus, perh. for þis.
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