Lancelot of the Laik Part 36

880. _dirk_, dark.

883. _tan and slan_, taken and slain.

P. 27, l. 895. It frequently occurs in the MS. that a s.p.a.ce is left at the beginning of a line, and the first letter of the line is omitted. It is evident that the intention was that the first letter should be illuminated, and that this, after all, was not done. Here, for instance, the T is omitted, as indicated by the square brackets. So also in l. 1083, etc.

897. _pasing home_, go home.

899. _was vent_, had gone.

905. _dulay_, delay. So also _duclar_ for _declare_.

907. _comyne_, came.

908. _ill paid_, displeased.

909. _homly_, humbly. Stevenson reads _hourly_, but this is wrong; see l. 914.

911. _carful_, full of care, unhappy.

912. _withouten were_, without doubt.

914. _lawly_, lowly.

918. _wight_, with (unusual, and perhaps wrong).

P. 28, l. 924. _leife_, live.

929. _eft_, after.

933. _thar longith_, there belongeth.

943. _I was for til excuss_, I had some excuse.

944. "Because I did behove (to do it), out of very need."

946. _lefe it but_, leave it without.

953. _ma_, make.

954. _ga_, go.

955. _of new_, anew.

958. _But if that deth or other lat certan_, "Except it be owing to death or other sure hindrance."

P. 29, l. 960. _be hold_, be held. MS. _behold_. Stevenson suggested the alteration, which is certainly correct.

961. _withthy_, on the condition that.

965. _promyt_, promise; _als fast as_, as soon as.

973. _ferd_, fourth.

982. "Where we shall decide the end of this war."

P. 30, l. 997. _cag_, cage, prison.

999. _amen_, pleasant.

1000. _vodis_, woods.

1004. _l.u.s.t_, pleasure (Ch.). But the line is obscure; unless we read "_diuersitee_."

1009. "His spirit started (owing to the) love (which) anon hath caught him," etc.

1012. _at_, that.

1014. "(As to) whom they know not at all."

1019. _sen at_, since that.

1022. _the dewod_, devoid thee.

1024. _and_, if.

1026. _be ony mayne_, by any mean.

P. 31, l. 1027. _y red_, I advise.

1035. _To warnnyng_, to warn.

1040. _our the furdis_, over the fords.

1044. _oyer._ So in MS.; the _y_ representing the old _th_ (__); other.

1046. _hufyng_, halting.

1050. _worschip_, honour. "It were more expedient to maintain your honour."

1058. _wonk_, winked.

1062. _vare_, aware.

P. 32, l. 1064. The meaning of "ferst-conquest" is "first-conquered"

(_conquest_ being Old Fr. for conquered). It is explained in l. 1547 as having been a t.i.tle given to the king whom Galiot first subdued.

1067. _ferss_, fierce.