[393]. rixlet: rixeð D; ricscleþ M; lesteþ J. abuten: buten J D; ay bute M: see 34/85.
[394]. of: comp. 38/134; 112/11; 132/15: but ‘alesede hem eche deaðe,’ OEH ii. 5/26. Lines 393-4 are echoed in ‘And yef þat eche lif · þat neuere ne haueþ ende. | Hwanne vre soule vnbynd · of lykamlyche bende,’ OEM 53/551, 2. licames: J D M agree with T.
[395]. ȝyue: lete J; leue M. swilc: swichne D; suicchne M.
[396]. After this J adds, Bidde we nu leoue freond · yonge and ek olde. | þat he þat þis wryt wrot · his saule beo þer atholde. Amen.; which I take to be a prayer for the scribe himself, not for the composer of the Moral Ode.
iv. ... A leaf is lost after f. 8
f 8
Other MSS. are v. Digby A 4, Bodleian D
“D” added by author
The dialect of PM is South-Eastern
printed as shown: error for “M” alone?
ēa is ea in deaþe 182
paragraph break added by transcriber for consistency
.... ā + g produces aȝ, aȝen 30 (5), maȝe 29, but ahen 161:
final : invisible