pl. nom. he (in rime) 185, hye 91, beside þai 32, 69, &c.;

poss. her 'their' 87, 413, 415; obj. hem 69, &c.

NOUN: Note the plurals honden 79, berien 258.

The original text preserved final -e better than the extant MSS., e.g.

And seyd<ė> þus þe king<ė> to 119.

Þat noþing help<ė> þe no schal 172.

Al þe vt<ė>mast<ė> wal 357.

So, sir, as ȝe seyd<ė> nouþė 466.

Sounds: ǭ for OE. ā is proved in rime: biholde (OE. beháldan): gold (OE. góld) 367-8 (cp. 467-8); and yhote (OE. gehāten): note (OFr. note) 601-2.

The rime frut: lite 257-8 points to original frut: lut (OE. lȳt), with Western ǖ, from OE. ȳ, riming with OFr. ǖ.