[111] MS. Brouht biforn; but the word brouht clearly belongs to the preceding line, in which, however, it is omitted.
[112] We should perhaps read flawen, as required by the sense. See ll. 2495, 2502.
GODARD IS FLAYED ALIVE AND HUNG.
Godard is shriven.
Hwan þe dom was demd and giue,
And he was wit þe prestes shriue,
And it ne mouhte ben non oþer,
Ne for fader, ne for broþer,
Þat he sholde þarne lif;
A lad flays him.