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124. The relative understood. I suspect both the construc-
tion and the word denied, neither of which has the
true ring. H reads:

And ruin of red fire and sword
To all that would not hail him lord
Came fast, and far beyond the hills
Spread Northern wail and iron ills.
And therefore in wet woods and cold etc.

130. 'A weak line' (Peabody) .

[The original reading in B which Lewis criticised was who had this king
once held in scorn, changed to who once a prince of Men was born]

137. Some emend. The rhythm, however, is good, and
probably would occur more often if the syllabic
prudery of scribes had not elsewhere 'emended' it.

172. LH When I lost all
[No alteration made to the text.]

173-4. L Thus, out of met night while he gazed,
he thought, with heavy heart amazed

[No alteration made to the text.]

[In the following comment the reading criticised was:

But ere he dared to call her name
or ask how she escaping came]

175-6. she escaping. A Latinised phrase, at once betraying
very late corruption. The ugly assonace ere... dared
confirms my suspicion of the distych. No satisfactory
emendation has been proposed.

[she escaping came was changed to she escaped and came]

196. H Whining, his spirit ached for ease. Peabody
observes of the whole passage: 'The combination
of extreme simplicity, with convincing truth of
psychology, and the pathos which, without com-
ment, makes us aware that Gorlim is at once
pardonable and unpardonable, render this part
of the story extremely affecting.'

[No alteration made to line 196]