p. 38, [l. 1070]. ‘I came hither to seek my death,’ i.e. this expedition was so dangerous, that I expected to die.
[St. 93]
p. 38, [l. 1076]. Cf. Ipomadon, l. 239 f.:
‘Tyll vncovth contreys will I wende,
The maner wille I see.’
p. 39, [l. 1081]. is was to be corrected into it: ‘Because you slew him that possessed it.’
[St. 94]
p. 39, [l. 1086]. This line, according to Hall’s emendation, means: You owe no homage or feudal due, the manor is yours and your heirs’ for ever; i.e. the manor is in fee simple, and free from any feudal obligation.
[St. 95]
p. 39, [st. 95]. The text would be improved by putting [ll. 1104-6] before 1101-3, although this transposition is not absolutely necessary.