pres. p. walkand 53 (in rime); beside shynyng 94.
strong pp. stoken 193, brokynne 195, &c.
Contracted verbal forms are mase pres. 3 pl. (in rime) 116, bus pres. 2 sg. 338, tane pp. 172.
PRONOUN 3 PERS.: pl. nom. þei 21; poss. thare 18, þer 20; obj. þame 9; but hemselue 307.
The demonstrative þer 'these' 97, 399, is Northern.
Sounds: ā remains in rimes: are: care 345-7, waa: gloria 406-8, lawe: knawe 313-15, moste (for māste): taste 358-60; but ō̮ is also proved for the original in restore: euermore: were (for wǭre): before 13 ff.
Spelling: In fois (= fǭs) 30, the spelling with i indicates vowel length.
17. were: rime requires the alternative form wǭre.
39. Foure thowsande and sex hundereth ȝere. I do not know on what calculation the writer changes 5,500, which is the figure in the Greek and Latin texts of the Gospel of Nicodemus, in the French verse renderings, and the ME. poem Harrowing of Hell. Cp. l. 354.