Note 1 — INTRODUCTION
Reading edition
The poem is in a different hand on the last leaf of the MS., and the writing is much worn and stained, and in many cases barely legible. A few letters have been re-written in black ink by a later hand.
2. wroht, cf. nogth, thowth, browth, and similar cases of th for ht in v. 6.
3. MS. perhaps iset.
4. MS. obscure.
5. omitted in MS.
6. partyn re-written in black ink, ge of the original hand still clear.
7. MS. stained and illegible; portions of nyth a seem to be visible.
8. bow in original hand, rys re-written in black ink.
9. The second hand has re-written chowrys ignoring the s which is no longer visible.
10. o and y re-written, the rest illegible.
11. w no longer legible.