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JorWat
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jenno wrote: March 2nd, 2024, 4:44 pm Here is section 18.

I am not at all sure I have labelled it correctly regarding chapter and part. Please correct me if necessary.
Also my reading of middle english is rudimentary and may need some direction !!!



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Jennifer
0:00: You need to say 'Chapter 14, Part 2' here.
3:47: Repetition of "who found the"
22:49: 'xls.' in "shall have the place that he dwellethe inne for xls. (40s.) be yere" is just an old way of writing '40s.', so you just need the 'forty shillings' part
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Hello, I have uploaded section 22 (length 29:02)

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jenno wrote: March 5th, 2024, 9:31 pm Revised section 18


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Jennifer
3:49: You've still got a repetition of 'who found the'.
Owler wrote: March 7th, 2024, 9:41 am Hello, I have uploaded section 22 (length 29:02)

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PL OK
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section 18 - second revision - sorry for inconvenience caused !

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jenno wrote: March 7th, 2024, 5:21 pm section 18 - second revision - sorry for inconvenience caused !

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PL OK
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May I have sections 19 and 20?
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Cbteddy wrote: April 21st, 2024, 6:20 am May I have sections 19 and 20?
They're all yours.
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Cheers,
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Hello! Here is section 20 (34:12). I did my best with the Old English, but always happy to make any corrections as needed.

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Cbteddy wrote: April 25th, 2024, 7:01 pm Hello! Here is section 19 (32:23).

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9:00: 'cokfyting' in "but the traces of "le cokfyting palce"" is 'cock-fighting', not 'cofting'
12:41 (not required): 'gysarnes' in "bear no bills, nor gysarnes, not great staves" seems to be a form of 'gisarmes' (long-shafted battle-axes), which is pronounced 'gi-ZARMZ' (like 'bizarre', but with a 'g' instead of a 'b' at the start, and an 'm' and 'z' added to the end), though in this case, it's probably 'gi-ZARNZ'
14:12-14:50 (not required): I believe the quote here should be read as follows: "fell in hands together, and Sir Robert smote him (Sir Humphrey) a great stroke on the head with his sword, and Richard with his dagger hastely went toward him, and as he stumbled one of Harcourt's men smote him in the back with a knife, men wot [knew] not who it was redely [clearly]; his father heard noise and rode toward him and his men ran before him thitherward, and in the going down of his horse, one, he wot not who, behind him smote him on the head with an edge tool, men know not with us with what weapon, that he fell down and his son fell down before him as good as dead."
14:52: 'dystres' in "be cawse of an old debate that was betwene heme for takyng of a dystres as hyt is told." is 'distress'
24:46: 'Leicester' in "and four times in Leicester between 1564 and 1571-2" is pronounces 'LES-ter'
24:51 (not required): 'Warwickshire' in "In this manner did Warwickshire folk prepare for Shakespeare's coming" is pronounced 'WOH-rik-shur'
26:25 (not required): "such an one in honour of S. Catherine" is what was written, but I think it's supposed to be "such as one..."
26:29: 'monastic' and 'Dunstable' in "at a monastic school at Dunstable" are pronounced 'muh-NAS-tik' and 'DUN-stuh-buhl'
Cbteddy wrote: April 27th, 2024, 7:01 pm Hello! Here is section 20 (34:12). I did my best with the Old English, but always happy to make any corrections as needed.

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3:07: 'Warwickshire' in "It is also on the slenderest grounds that the historian of Warwickshire attributes the fifteenth century MS.", see 24:51 of Section 19
10:31: I'm hearing "my chyld with cold" rather than "my chyld waxith [waxeth] cold", 'to wax' meaning 'to become' here.
11:04: 'i-wys' in "For the brethyng of these bestis hath warmyd [hym] well, i-wys." is 'iwis', pronounced 'ih-WIS'
12:30: 'iis' in "Or watur his iis when he wold syng" is 'eyes'
14:06: I think this line should be read as 'It is through my fire that they such noise doth make'
14:17: 'oftymis' in "That oftymis for drede ther-of the verre yerth doth quake." is 'oft-times'
14:22: I believe 'males' in "Loke, when I with males this bryght brond doth schake," is 'malice'. Also, 'brond' seems to be 'brand', as in "Burning, conflagration, destruction by fire."
14:42: I'm hearing "Then to behold my person that you so gave" instead of "...that ys soo gaye [is so gay]"
14:45: I'm hearing "My fawcun and my passion" rather than "...and my fassion [fashion]". Also, I believe 'fawcun' is a form of 'falchion', a type of sword.
14:47: 'arraye' in "with my gorgis arraye' is 'array'
14:52: I believe this line should be read as 'Live they might allway without other meat or drink'
19:31 (not required): 'Warwickshire' again in "S. George's long dramatic life in the Mummers' Christmas play in Warwickshire has, of course, only ceased in our time"
19:59: You're missing "There were others, with "divers beautiful damsels," and "goodly stage play" upon them" here between "...to greet them" and "but we have no..."
20:55 (not required): 'alecunner' in "led on by Captain Cox, alecunner and mason" is a form of 'ale conner', and pronounced 'AYL-kon-uhr'
20:58 (not required): 'storiall' in "presented the "olld storiall sheaw" before the Queen" is a form of 'storial', and pronounced 'STOR-ee-uhl'
21:09: 'wear the iocunder' in "while the players "were the iocunder" is 'were the jocunder', where 'jocunder' is the compartive form of 'jocund' meaning 'cheerful' and pronounced 'JOCK-und-uhr' or 'JOH-kund-uhr'
21:17 (not required): 'launsknights' in "The play consisted in a sham fight between the English and the Danish "launsknights,"" is a form of 'lance-knights'.
21:29: I'm hearing "the meeting what sumwhat warm" rather than "the meeting waxt [waxed] sumwhat warm"
21:32: "A valiant captain of great prowez az fiers az a fox" should be read as "a valiant captain of great prowess, as fierce as a fox"
22:00: I'm hearing "and many led capture for triumph" rather than "and many led captiue [captive] for triumph"
22:29: I'm hearing "whereon Sir Edward" rather than "whereon S. [Saint] Edward"
26:21: Repetition of 'and' in "for the Newe yate and a honde gunne". Also, 'honde gunne' is 'handgun'

You won't believe the effort it took to decipher 'fawcun'...
Jordan

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