Reeve's Tale 38 About variant maps Reeve's Tale 39 Reeve's Tale 40

Reeve's Tale 39 is in 56 witnesses (Edition Ad1 Ad3 Bo1 Bo2 Bw Ch Cn Cp Cx1 Cx2 Dd Dl Ds1 El En1 En2 En3 Fi Gg Gl Ha2 Ha3 Ha4 Ha5 He Hg Hk Ht Ii La Lc Ld2 Ln Ma Mc Mg Mm Ne Nl Ph2 Pn Ps Pw Py Ra1 Ra3 Ry1 Ry2 Se Sl1 Sl2 Tc1 Tc2 To1 Wy)

OUT 3 witnesses (Ld1 Ox2 Ra2)


But if Ad3 Cn Dl Ps To1 (But yif), Edition Bo1 Ch Cp Dd Ds1 El En2 Gl Ha2 Ha4 Ha5 Hg Hk Ht Ii Ma Mm Ne Ph2 Pn Pw Py Ra3 Se Sl1 Tc1 (But if), Bo2 Cx1 Cx2 En1 Fi Ha3 He Sl2 Tc2 Wy (But yf), Gg Lc Ld2 Mg Ry2 (But ȝif), La (Bot if), Ln (But yef), Nl (But yff), Ry1 (Butte yefe)

But Ad1 Bw En3 Mc Ra1 (But)

wolde be slayn Ad1 Gl Ma Mg Sl2 (wolde be slayn̄), Edition Ad3 Ch Cx1 Dd El En2 En3 Gg Ha2 Ha5 Hg Lc Ln Mc Mm Ne Pn Ra3 Ry2 Se Sl1 Wy (wolde be slayn), Bo1 En1 (wold be slayn̄), Bo2 (wolde be slayen), Bw Cx2 Ha4 Ht Ps Py Tc2 To1 (wold be slayn), Cn Hk Ii Ry1 (wolde be slayne), Cp Ds1 Tc1 (wolde be slain), Dl (wolde bee slayn), He (wold be sleyn̄), La (wolde be sleine), Ld2 Ra1 (wolde ben slayn), Nl (wold be scleyn), Ph2 (wold be slayne), Pw (wold be sclayn)

wolle be slayn Ha3 (wolle be slayne)

slayn̄ wolde be Fi (slayn̄ wold be)

of Edition Ad3 Bo1 Bo2 Bw Ch Cn Cp Cx1 Cx2 Dd Dl Ds1 El En1 En2 Fi Gg Gl Ha2 Ha4 Ha5 He Hg Hk Ht Ii La Lc Ld2 Ln Ma Mc Mg Mm Ne Nl Ph2 Pn Ps Pw Py Ra1 Ra3 Ry1 Ry2 Se Sl1 Sl2 Tc1 Tc2 To1 Wy (of)

of denyous Ad1 (of denyous)

of deynous En3 (of deynous)

of prowde Ha3 (of prowde)

Symkyn Ad1 Ln Mm (symkyn̄), Edition Ad3 Bo2 Ch Cp Cx1 Cx2 Dd Ds1 El En2 Ha2 Ha5 Hg Lc Ld2 Nl Pn Pw Py Ra3 Se Sl1 Tc2 To1 (Symkyn), Bo1 Cn En1 Fi Gl Ha3 He Ht Ii Ma Mg Ne Ph2 Tc1 (Symkyn̄), Bw En3 Gg Mc Ps Ra1 Ry1 Ry2 Sl2-mod Wy (symkyn), Dl (symkin), Ha4 (Symekyn), La (Simkynne)

Symkyn Symkyn Sl2-orig (synkyn̄ symkyn)

kymkyn Hk (kymkyn)

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On the left hand side of the screen you will see what we call "Variant Maps." These are hypotheses of relationships among the manuscripts, created by phylogenetic software developed by evolutionary biologists to explore relationships among species. For explanation of how we use these maps see....