[9] Treatise on the Astrolabe; Prologue, l. 43 (vol. iii. p. 176).
[10] I have been courteously provided with proof-sheets from time to time; but my text of Troilus had already been prepared before I was able to make any real use of them.
[11] Chiefly prepared by Miss Gunning and Miss Wilkinson; with liberal additions by Mr. J. H. Hessels, who assisted me in the revision.
[12] The Glossaries to William of Palerne and Havelok were originally prepared by Sir F. Madden, and very well done. We also owe to the same editor a full and satisfactory glossary to Layamon.
[13] In A. 4172, thair occurs, in avowed imitation of the Northern dialect; yet in the line above we find hem instead of them.
[14] For references, see the Glossary.
[15] We even find the double form knittinge, knettinge in Boethius, where there are no rimes to influence the word-form.
[16] Cf. dint of thonder, HF. 534; but, as dint is not a riming word, it may be put for dent.
[17] Hence, in D 51, we should read senne (the Kentish form), to rime with brenne.
[18] Here the standard English thrust is really Southern. We also find thraste, C 260; but this is from A.S. thrǣstan.