Chapter XXXV: Part 35

[733] 29668 enfait

[734] 29688 ensoio_n_t

[735] 29693 Maisqen

[736] 29772 masqil

[737] 29848 enont

[738] 29886 yviens

[739] 29936 plusbelle

[740] _A few leaves are lost at the end of the MS._

[741] _The authority for the Balades is the MS. at Trentham Hall._

[742] II _The damage to f. 12 of the MS. has caused the loss of a part of this Balade and of the next._

[743] 26-28 _The ends of these lines are somewhat damaged and have been conjecturally restored._

[744] 27 Courte

[745] 21 enau_er_ai

[746] II 4 qil ses ioiera

[747] 17 noueƚƚ

[748] III 10 tielment

[749] 13 plusforte

[750] 14, 21, 25 Enattendant

[751] IIII* _In the MS. this and the preceding Balade are both numbered_ IIII.

[752] VII 5 Pouceo

[753] VIII 12 sibon

[754] IX 7 Qa pres

[755] 19 plussouent

[756] IX 37 poestes

[757] 41 plusbelle

[758] X 9 plussouent

[759] XI 6 plusbelle

[760] 7, 14, 21, 25 plusamerouse

[761] 15 Iieo

[762] XIII 8 al loill

[763] 17 no_u_n suffisance

[764] 19 endevient

[765] XIIII 2 Een

[766] XIIII 15 doules

[767] XV 17 lesprees

[768] XVI 7 Com bien

[769] 11 endeuient

[770] 16 plusgrief

[771] 26 plusexcellente

[772] XVIII 12 plusdure

[773] 20 Qell

[774] XIX 1 plussalvage

[775] XIX 18 tout dis

[776] 24 Cage

[777] XXI 18 Terstout

[778] XXII 19 ensi

[779] XXIII 22 plusnoble

[780] XXV 2 plussovent

[781] 4 mout (?)

[782] 21 endoie

[783] XXVI 22 plusqe

[784] XXX 5 Le Nief] _Perhaps rather_ Le vent

[785] 12 circes

[786] 20 Plusq_ue_

[787] XXXI 16 ales

[788] 22 enp_ar_lont

[789] XXXII 5 nuisand

[790] XXXII 9 si siqau devant

[791] XXXV 10 deson

[792] XXXVI 14 nai

[793] XXXVI 25 nai

[794] XXXVII 1 plusioiouse

[795] 3 Ruge

[796] 19 refiers

[797] XXXVIII 9 Quilnait

[798] 23 hosteƚƚ

[799] XXXIX 3 enestes

[800] XLI 18 le sciet

[801] XLII 4 plusqueinte

[802] 12 constregnte

[803] XLIII 1 Plustricherous

[804] 2 qercules

[805] 3 qeneas

[806] XLIII 19 par Tonope

[807] XLIIII 23 endie

[808] XLV 5 endevient pluspreciouse

[809] XLVI 17 endeviens

[810] XLVIII 4 e (_for_ et)

[811] 8 La mier

[812] 11 La halt

[813] 20 fors banie

[814] XLVIII 25 touz

[815] XLIX 1 ales

[816] 19 cest

[817] L 6 plusfiers

[818] LI 7 pluscherie

[819] 15 ceƚƚ

[820] _The text is that of_ F (_Fairfax_ 3) _with collation of_ S (_All Souls’_ 98), G (_Glasgow, Hunterian Mus._ T. 2. 17), _and_ T (_Trentham Hall_). _A full collation of_ B (_Bodl._ 294) _is given for the heading and it is occasionally cited afterwards._

HEADING. _In_ G _as follows_: Cest vn traitie quel Iohan Gower ad fait selonc les auctours touchant lestat de matrimoine dont les amantz marietz se pourront essampler a tenir la foi de lour seintes espousailes.

S T _are imperfect at the beginning._

[821] I _Margin_ dominium possidebit] regim_in_is dominiu_m_ possidebat B

[822] 1 Puis qil B Pvsquil F cy B englois B

[823] 2 celluy B

[824] 3 franceis B

[825] 4 vn B vne F solonc lez B pur ensampler B

[826] 5 foy B seints B

[827] 6 purront B

[828] 7 Raison ert Conestable G

[829] I 12 Du G

[830] 14, 21 Raison ert Conestable G

[831] 15 reson G

[832] II 9 _The text of_ T _begins here_

[833] 11 enserra T

[834] 13 toute T

[835] III 1 plusp_ar_fit MSS.

[836] 4 _The text of_ S _begins here_

[837] 5 quiert S T G quier F

[838] 7 seint S T

[839] 8 q_ua_nt T

[840] 14 seint S esglise F G

[841] 21 esglise F

[842] IV _Margin_ libidine S

[843] 1 sa queinte G

[844] 3 lui G B guiliers S T G plusqueinte T

[845] 6 com S T

[846] IV 15 sa queinte T

[847] 20 sacorde S T

[848] V 1 m_er_veile S reso_u_n T

[849] 3 puiss T eleccio_u_n T

[850] 13 t_re_ssentisme T

[851] 15 lespousails T beneico_u_n F T beneiceon S beneicon G

[852] 16 esglise S

[853] 17 dissolucion S

[854] 20 vengance T

[855] VI 7, 14, 21 demonstre T

[856] 8 eloigne S G

[857] 9 destine S

[858] 10 sanz _om._ S

[859] 11 piere S G T

[860] 18 De S sont S

[861] VII _Margin_ am_m_ouit T

[862] 2 darrein T

[863] 4 de _om._ S

[864] 6 bataile T

[865] 8 celle T

[866] 10 fille T

[867] VII 16 vengee S G

[868] 19 tant _om._ S qil S G

[869] 20 contretaile S G T

[870] VIII 3 loos T

[871] 4 encourt S T

[872] 10 luy T

[873] 11 quell S G quelle T

[874] 15 cloos T

[875] 17 queux T en clos MSS.

[876] 18 com S T

[877] IX _Margin_ Clemestram S T G

[878] 4 croniqe S

[879] 6 ceo] se F qil S T G

[880] 17 repentace S

[881] 18 Orestes T

[882] X 3 Estoit S

[883] 4 quoi T se _om._ S

[884] 5 way T

[885] 6 Q_ua_nt T

[886] 7 halt T

[887] X _Margin_ vna_m_ S

[888] 8 Tarquinus T pensee S T G

[889] 10 nul T

[890] 12 cotell F T G coutell S

[891] 14 halt T

[892] _Margin_ Paulina_m_ T (_by correction_) G Paulinu_m_ F S

[893] 18 embastiront T

[894] 19 iuggement S T G

[895] 20 prestre S T G

[896] 21 halt T

[897] XI _Margin_ Elmeges S Gurmundi S G Abbinique F

[898] 5 fille T

[899] 8 Ciel T

[900] 9 seintefie T

[901] 12 aillours S

[902] 18 estoiont S T G ars S

[903] 19 quot T

[904] 20 iuggement S T G

[905] XII _Margin_ transmutatum S T B

[906] 3 auoient T

[907] 6 li T

[908] 8 reso_u_n T G

[909] 10 proteccio_u_n G

[910] 16 nee T

[911] 17 decoccio_u_n T G

[912] 18 deuouree T

[913] 19 transforme T

[914] 20 qui fuist T

[915] XIII 6 enfist T

[916] 7 haut F

[917] 8 moult ... Roy T

[918] 10 coy T

[919] XIII 11 falsisine F

[920] 17 esfroi T

[921] 19 cel T

[922] XIV _Margin_ Bersabe S sepulcro F B sepulture S T G

[923] 1 lumaine T

[924] 3 la Bible S la bible T G enseigne S

[925] 8 quil S G

[926] 9 Qil S

[927] 10 Mais quil S

[928] 12 un autre] lautre F

[929] XV _Margin_ ex_re_mos S G

[930] XV _Owing to a slight damage to the leaf the beginnings of the first ten lines and a few syllables of the marginal summary are wanting in_ F.

[931] 1 lestoire S G

[932] 4 de S G

[933] 6 la T

[934] 8 trust ... ffoire T

[935] 11 plusdouls F T G

[936] 12 plusq_ue_ F G

[937] 14 oiseal T

[938] XVI 1 es S G B et T de F

[939] 4 condicio_u_n T

[940] 6 Romeines T

[941] 9 endoit F T

[942] 10 poeit S

[943] XVI 11 baundo_u_n S G

[944] 12 Agardes G comparison S G

[945] 16 plusfort MSS. professio_u_n S

[946] 18 reso_u_n S T

[947] 19 p_er_feccion S G

[948] 20 cell S

[949] XVII _Margin_ due F

[950] 3 q_ua_nt T

[951] 6 troue T

[952] 16 primere F monstre (?) T

[953] 17 Q_ua_nt T

[954] XVIII _Margin_ adinvicem T

[955] 2 cil S

[956] 4 aillours T

[957] 6 enad T

[958] 9 endroit T

[959] 12 Pourceo S T G purvoie S G

[960] 13 quil S G naid G

[961] 14 so_u_n F son S T G

[962] 19 com T

[963] 23 Iehan S G

[964] 25 foruoie G

[965] 27 en die S endie F T G

[966] T _omits the_ ‘Carmen de variis’ etc., ‘Est amor ... participantur ita,’ _and combines the eight lines_, ‘Lex docet auctorum,’ _with the first piece_ ‘Quis sit vel qualis’. S _has the title thus_: Carmen quod Iohannes Gower sup_er_ amoris multiplici varietate sub compendio metrice composuit.

[967] 10 tenobrosa S

[968] _The last two lines are omitted in_ B