Reeve's Tale 17 About variant maps Reeve's Tale 18 Reeve's Tale 19

Reeve's Tale 18 is in 55 witnesses (Edition Ad1 Ad3 Bo1 Bo2 Bw Ch Cn Cp Cx1 Cx2 Dd Dl Ds1 El En1 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 4 witnesses (En2 Ld1 Ox2 Ra2)


he ne swoor he sholde anon Edition Ad1 Ad3 Ch Dd Dl Ds1 El En1 En3 Ha5 Hg Hk Ht Ln Ra3 Tc1 (17)

he ne swoor anon he sholde Bo1 Cn Cx1 Cx2 Ha4 He Ii Mc Ne Nl Ph2 Pn Ps Ra1 Tc2 To1 Wy (17)

he ne swoor that he sholde anon Bo2 Gg (2)

he ne swoor but that he sholde Py (1)

he d swoor anon he sholde Ma-orig (1)

he he swoor he sholde anon Sl1 (1)

he were sure a noon he sholde Sl2 (1)

þer did he swoor he sholde Ha3 (1)

he swoor he sholde anon Bw Cp Gl Ha2 La Lc Ld2 Mg Mm Pw Ry1 Ry2 (12)

he swoor anon he sholde Fi Ma-mod Se (3)

Ad2 Ad4 Ar Ct Do Ds2 Ee En2 Ha1 Hl1 Hl2 Hl3 Hl4 Hn Kk Ld1 Ll1 Ll2 Me Np Ox1 Ox2 Ph1 Ph3 Ph4 Pl Pp Ra2 Ra4 Si Sl3 St Tc3 To2 (34)

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