Reeve's Tale 88 About variant maps Reeve's Tale 89 Reeve's Tale 90

Reeve's Tale 89 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)


And hardily Edition Ad1 Ad3 Bo1 Bw Cp Dd Dl El En3 Ha4 Ha5 Hg Ma Mm Ps Py To1 Wy (And hardily), Bo2 (And hardelych), Ch Cn Cx1 Cx2 En1 En2 Fi Gg-mod Gl Ha2 He Hk Ii La Ln Mc Mg Ne Nl Pn Pw Ra1 Ry2 Sl1 Tc2 (And hardely), Ds1 Ra3 (And hardeli), Ha3 Ry1 (And hardelye), Ht Se Sl2 (And hardly), Lc (And hartely), Ld2 (And herdely), Ph2 (And hardili), Tc1 (And hardli)

And hadely Gg-orig (And hadely)

they dorste leye Ad1 (thei durst leyn̄), Ad3 Ds1 Ld2 Ph2 Ps (thei durst ley), Edition El Hg Lc (they dorste leye), Bo1 Ch Cn En1 He Nl Pn Py Tc1 (they durst ley), Bo2 Ht Ma (þei durst ley), Bw (þei dorst ley), Cp Mm (þei dorste leye), Cx1 Cx2 Ii Tc2 (they durste ley), Dd (they durst leyn), Dl Ln (they durste leye), En2 (thei dorste leie), En3 Hk (they durste leyn), Fi (þey durst ley), Gg (þey durste leyn), Ha2 (thei durste leie), Ha4 (þey dursten ley), Ha5 (thei durste lay), La (þei dorst leine), Mc (þei durste ley), Mg (they durste leie), Ne (þey durste ley), Pw (þei dorst lay), Ra3 (thei dorst lay), Ry1 Wy (they durste laye), Ry2 (þei dorste ley), Se (thei durste ley), Sl1 (thei dorste leye), Sl2 (they durst leye), To1 (thei durst leye)

they dorste leye wedde Ha3 (þey dourste ley wedde)

they dorste helde Gl (they durst helde)

they dorste yeue Ra1 (thei durst yeue)

hir nekke Ad1 Bo1 Cx1 Cx2 Ds1 En3 Ii Ne Ry1 Wy (her necke), Edition Ad3 El Ha5 Hg Ln Sl2 (hir nekke), Bo2 Bw Ch En2 Gl Hk Lc Ld2 Mg Pw Sl1 (her nekke), Cn Dl Ha2 Ma (here necke), Cp Dd Gg Ha4 Ra3 Ry2 Se (here nekke), En1 He (her nek), Fi To1 (hur nekke), Ha3 (þeyr͗ necke), Ht (þeir͗ nek), La (her͗ neke), Mc (here nek), Mm (her͗ nekke), Nl (hir͗ nek), Ph2 Tc2 (their necke), Pn (theire necke), Ps (theyr necke), Py (theyr nek), Ra1 (hur necke), Tc1 (ther necke)

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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....