p. 39, [l. 1105]. lefte may be a mistake for loste; cf. Gower, I. 207:
‘Contenaunce for a þrowe
He loste.’
[St. 96]
p. 40, [l. 1117]. Cf. Ritson’s Met. Rom., III. p. 341 f., and Zupitza’s note to Guy, l. 436.
[St. 97]
p. 40, [l. 1121]. he bare looks rather suspicious, but it is supported by [l. 2169]. The author is about to describe the figures inlaid on the shield. Cf. Eglamour, l. 1030 f.:
’He bare in azure[1] a grype of golde,
Rychely beton on the molde.’
p. 40, [l. 1124]. This line is hopelessly spoilt; the scribe, careless as he was, has almost literally repeated [l. 1121]; l. 1125 directly continues the description begun before.