The Testament of John Lydgate:
Long Melford Verses
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Notes
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This panel is badly damaged, but enough of the right portion of this line can be seen to make out the intended spellings. ↩
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This line is largely legible. The descender of the initial letter can be seen, indicating “h.” The bottom of the letter forms of the seventh word and the initial letters of the eighth can still be seen. The ninth word does not match any of the manuscript witnesses’ “good” due to what appears to be an “l” as the third letter. ↩
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Much of the line is damaged. There also appears to be two illegible words at the beginning of the line based on the length of illegible letters before “how,” which is the second word of the line in the manuscript witnesses. ↩
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This line is entirely missing due to damage. ↩
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The second half of this line is entirely missing due to damage. Remnants of the first three letters of the fourth word can be seen, but they lack any features that would allow them to be definitely determined. ↩
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The suspension mark for the third word can be seen above the second letter. Likewise, the abbreviation for “-es” can be seen to the right of the terminal “d” in the fourth word, which can be determined due to the remnant of the left-leaning ascender. The words between the fifth word and the final two in the line cannot be made out, which is unfortunate as the shift between the singular and plural would force a different form of “brother” or an entirely different word here. It appears that the initial letter of the fifth word is likely “b” but the damage is too great to determine spelling. ↩
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Although the right portion of the line is badly damaged, all but the penultimate and antepenultimate letters can be determined from the remnants visible on the panel. Those letters are supplied via the scribe’s general practice elsewhere in the chapel. ↩
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