Beſeching them to be of good comfort,

And ſich enconter

[The rest is wanting.]

[NOTES.]


[It may be observed, once for all, that the expression in to repeatedly occurs where we should simply use in; and one to is in like manner put for unto. The ending -ith (for -ed) is frequent in the past tense, and -it (also for -ed) in the past participle, though this distinction is not always observed. A still more noticeable ending is -ing (for -en) in the infinitive. Observe further that the letters v, u, and w are perfectly convertible, and used quite indiscriminately; so that wpone means upon; vthir means uthir, i.e., other: our is put for over; vounde signifies wound, etc.]

[Page 1], [line 1]. The soft morow. This nominative case has no verb. A similar construction occurs in the first lines of Books II. and III.

[4.] Uprisith—his hot courss, Upriseth in his hot course; chare, chariot.

[6.] sent, sendeth; so also stant, standeth, [l. 326].