49r Hg 49v. Miller's Tale 661-FRE

And eủery wight gan laughen at this stryf
Thus swyued / was the Carpenters wyf
For al his kepyng and his Ialousye
And Absolon / hath kist hir nether Iye
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And Nicholas / is scalded in the toute

This tale is doon / and god saue al the route¶ Here is ended / the Millerys tale


¶ The prologe / of the Reues tale
Whan folk hadde laughen / at this nyce cas
Of Absolon / and hende Nicholas
Diủerse folk / diuersely they seyde
But for the moore part they lowe and pleyde
5 C
Ne at his tale I seigh no man hym greue

But it were oonly / Osewold the Reue
By cause he was / of Carpenters craft
A litel Ire / is in his herte ylaft
He gan to grucche / and blamed it a lite
10 C
So the ik quod he / ful wel koude I thee quyte

With bleryng of a proud Millerys Iye
If þat me liste / speke of rybaudye
But ik am oold / me list no pleye for age
Gras tyme is doon / my fodder is now forage
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This white top̄pe / writeth myne olde yerys

Myn herte / is also mowled / as myne herys
But if ik fare / as dooth an Openers
That ilke fruyt is euer lenger the wers
Til it be roten / in Mollok / or in stree
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We olde men / I drede so fare we

Til we be roten / kan we noght be rype
We hoppe alwey / whil þat the world wol pipe
For in oure wil / ther stiketh ever a nayl
To haue an hoor heer / and a grene tayl
25 C
As hath a leek / for thogh oure myght be goon

Oure wil desireth folie / euere in oon
For whan we may noght doon / than wol we speke
Yet in oure asshen olde / is fyr yreke
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       Original spellingMiller's Tale 661 Collation  
AndThateuery wighteuery witheuery mangancanlaughenlaughelaughe fastelaughe wengawrento laugheatofonthishisthethatstryf
  
       Original spellingMiller's Tale 661 Collation  
  
AndThateuery wighteuery witheuery mangancanlaughenlaughelaughe fastelaughe wengawrento laugheatofonthishisthethatstryf
  

euery wight47Edition Bo1 Cx1 El Fi Ld2 Mg Ph2 Pn Sl2 Tc2 (euery wight), Ad1 (eủy wyht), Ad3 Dd En1 Ma (eủy wyght), Bw Gl (euꝰy wight), Ch Cn Cp En2 Ha2 Ha5 Hg Lc Py Ry2 Se Sl1 To1 (eủy wight), Cx2 Wy (euery wyght), Dl (every wyght), Ds1 Ra3 Tc1 (eueri wiȝt), En3 (euery wiht), He Nl (every white), Hk (euerywight), Ht (eueri wight), La (euery white), Mm (eủy wiȝht), Ne (euery wiȝt), Pw (euere wight), Ry1 (euerye wyghte)
euery with1Bo2 (eủy with)
euery man6Ha3 Ii (eủy man), Ha4 Ln Ps Ra1 (euery man)
       Original spellingMiller's Tale 661 Collation  
  
AndThateuery wighteuery witheuery mangancanlaughenlaughelaughe fastelaughe wengawrento laugheatofonthishisthethatstryf
  
       Original spellingMiller's Tale 661 Collation  
  
AndThateuery wighteuery witheuery mangancanlaughenlaughelaughe fastelaughe wengawrento laugheatofonthishisthethatstryf
  

laughen30Edition Ad3 Bo2 Ch Cn Cp Dd Ds1 El En1 Ha3 Ha5 Hg Hk Lc Mg Pw Ry1 Ry2 (laughen), Dl Sl2 (lawghen), En2 Ha4 (lawhen), Gl Ld2 Mm (laghen), Ha2 Se Sl1 (laughwen), La (lauhen)
laughe19Bo1 Ph2 Pn Ps Py Tc1 Tc2 Wy (laugh), Cx1 Cx2 Fi (lawghe), He (laghe), Ht (lagh), Ln Ne (lawȝe), Ma (lawgh), Nl (lawȝ), Ra1 Ra3 (laughe)
laughe faste1To1 (laughe faste)
laughe wen1Bw (laugh wen)
gawren2Ad1 En3 (gawren)
to laughe1Ii (to laughe)
       Original spellingMiller's Tale 661 Collation  
  
AndThateuery wighteuery witheuery mangancanlaughenlaughelaughe fastelaughe wengawrento laugheatofonthishisthethatstryf
  
       Original spellingMiller's Tale 661 Collation  
  
AndThateuery wighteuery witheuery mangancanlaughenlaughelaughe fastelaughe wengawrento laugheatofonthishisthethatstryf
  

this30Edition Ad3 Ch Cn Cx1 Dd Ds1 El Ha5 Hg Ii Ma Mg Nl Py Se Sl2 Tc2 To1 Wy (this), Bo1 Bo2 En1 En2 Ha3 He Lc Ne Ph2 (þis), Cx2 (thys)
his22Ad1 Bw Cp Dl En3 Ha2 Ha4 Hk Ht La Ld2 Ln Mm Pn Ps Pw Ra3 Ry1 Ry2 Sl1 Tc1 (his), Gl (hise)
the1Fi (þe)
that1Ra1 (that)
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AndThateuery wighteuery witheuery mangancanlaughenlaughelaughe fastelaughe wengawrento laugheatofonthishisthethatstryf

stryf54Edition Ad3 Bo2 Cx2 El En1 En2 Fi Ha3 Ha4 Hg Ii Lc Mg Pn Ra1 Ry2 Sl1 Wy (stryf), Ad1 Nl (stryff), Bo1 Ht Ma (strife), Bw Cn Cp Cx1 Ds1 Ha2 Ha5 La Ne Ph2 Pw Py Ra3 Sl2 Tc1 To1 (strif), Ch Gl He Hk Ld2 Mm Ps Ry1 (stryfe), Dd (striffe), Dl (stryif), En3 Ln Se Tc2 (striff)
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 662 Collation  
ThusThisswyued waswas swyuedwas swyued wasserued waschapedswives wasthethisCarpentersCarpenterwyf
  
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 662 Collation  
  
ThusThisswyued waswas swyuedwas swyued wasserued waschapedswives wasthethisCarpentersCarpenterwyf
  

was swyued1Ii
was swyued was1Nl
serued was2Ha3 Ph2
chaped1Ld2
swives was1Se

swyued was48Edition Ad3 Bo1 Ch Cp Dd El En2 Fi Ha2 Ha4 Ha5 Hg Hk Ht La Lc Ln Ma Pn Pw Ra1 Ra3 Sl1 Wy (swyued was), Ad1 Bo2 Cn En1 En3 Gl Mg Mm Py Sl2 (swyved was), Bw (swywid was), Cx1 Cx2 Ne Ps To1 (swyuyd was), Dl (swivid was), Ds1 (swifed was), He (swyvid was), Ry1 (swyvede was), Ry2 (swywed was), Tc1 (swiued was), Tc2 (swyuede was)
was swyued1Ii (was swyfed)
was swyued was1Nl (was swyvid was)
serued was2Ha3 Ph2 (ʆued was)
chaped1Ld2 (chaped)
swives was1Se (swives was)
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 662 Collation  
  
ThusThisswyued waswas swyuedwas swyued wasserued waschapedswives wasthethisCarpentersCarpenterwyf
  
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 662 Collation  
  
ThusThisswyued waswas swyuedwas swyued wasserued waschapedswives wasthethisCarpentersCarpenterwyf
  

Carpenters53Edition Ad1 Ch Cn Ds1 En1 Ha2 Ha3 Ha5 Hg Ln Mm Pw Ra3 Se Sl2 Tc1 (Carpenters), Ad3 Dd Ha4 (Carpenteres), Bo1 Ph2 (carpinters), Bw (carpntꝰs), Cp (Carpunteres), Cx1 Dl Ne Nl (carpenteris), Cx2 Hk Ii Ld2 Pn Ps Py Ry2 Sl1 Tc2 (carpenters), El He (Carpenteris), En2 (Carpunters), En3 (Carpenteeris), Fi (Carpenterz), Gl (Carpentꝰs), Ht (carpentrs), La (Carpentiers), Lc (Carpents), Ma Ry1 (Carpynters), Mg (Carpent̉s), Ra1 (carpynteres), To1 (Carpinteres), Wy (carpentars)
Carpenter1Bo2 (Carpenter)
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 662 Collation  
  
ThusThisswyued waswas swyuedwas swyued wasserued waschapedswives wasthethisCarpentersCarpenterwyf

wyf54Edition Ad3 Bo2 Cx1 Cx2 El En1 En2 Ha4 Hg Ii Lc Mg Ra1 Sl1 Sl2 Wy (wyf), Ad1 En3 Nl (wyff), Bo1 Ma Ph2 (wife), Bw Cn Ds1 Ha2 Ha3 Ha5 Ht La Ne Pn Py Ra3 Ry2 Tc1 To1 (wif), Ch Fi Gl He Hk Ld2 Ps Ry1 (wyfe), Cp (wijf), Dd Mm (wyffe), Dl (wyif), Ln Pw Se Tc2 (wiff)
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 663 Collation  
  
Foral hishiskepyngandhis Ialousyeal his IalousyeIalousye
  

al his53Edition Ad1 Bo2 Bw Cx1 Dd El En2 En3 Ha4 Ha5 He Hg Ht La Lc Mg Ne Ph2 Ps Pw Py Ry2 Se Sl1 To1 (al his), Ad3 Ch Cn Dl Ds1 En1 Fi Ha2 Ha3 Hk Ii Ld2 Ln Ma Mm Nl Ra3 Ry1 Tc1 Wy (all his), Bo1 Pn Sl2 Tc2 (alle his), Cp (aƚƚ his), Cx2 (al hys), Gl (all hise)
his1Ra1 (his)
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 663 Collation  
  
Foral hishiskepyngandhis Ialousyeal his IalousyeIalousye
  

kepyng54Edition Ad1 Ad3 Bo2 Bw Ch Cn Cx2 Dd El En1 En2 Fi Gl Ha2 Ha4 Ha5 Hg Ii Lc Ld2 Ma Mg Mm Pn Ps Py Ra1 Se Sl1 Sl2 (kepyng), Bo1 Ds1 En3 Ha3 He Ht Ph2 Pw Ra3 Ry2 Tc1 To1 (keping), Cp (keepyng), Cx1 Hk Ln Tc2 Wy (kepynge), Dl (kepyngge), La (kepeinge), Ne (kepinge), Nl (kepeing), Ry1 (kepenge)
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 663 Collation  
  
Foral hishiskepyngandhis Ialousyeal his IalousyeIalousye

his Ialousye40Edition Ad3 Bo2 Bw Cp El Hg Lc (his Ialousye), Ad1 Ha3 Pw Ry2 (his Ielousie), Bo1 (his ielousy), Cn (his Ielosie), Dd En3 Ii Ph2 Ra1 (his Ielousye), Dl Gl (his ielosye), Ds1 Ha2 Ld2 Ma (his ielousie), En1 (his ielousye), En2 Sl1 (his Ialousie), Fi Nl (his Ielousy), Ha4 (his gelousye), Ha5 Mm (his Ialowsie), Ht (his Ielusie), La (his Ielouseie), Ln (hys Ielosye), Mg Se (his ialousie), Ry1 (his Iellowsye), To1 (his gelosie)
al his Ialousye10Ch (all his Ialousye), Cx1 Ne (al his Ielosye), Cx2 (al hys Ielousye), He (al his Ielowsy), Hk (all his Ielousye), Pn (alle his ielousy), Ra3 (al his ielousie), Tc2 (alle his ielosye), Wy (all his Ielowsye)
Ialousye4Ps Tc1 (Ielousye), Py (Ialowsie), Sl2 (ialousye)
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 664 Collation  
  
AndAdAbsolonhathhadhahkisthirhir hirnether Iye
  

Absolon54Edition Bo1 Bo2 Ch Ds1 El En1 En2 Fi Ha2 He Hg La Ma Mg Mm Ne Nl Ph2 Py Ra1 Ry2 Sl1 Tc2 (Absolon), Ad1 Dd Ha5 Se (Absolon̄), Ad3 Cp Cx1 Cx2 Dl En3 Ha4 Lc Ld2 Pn Wy (absolon), Bw (absolan), Cn Ha3 (Absolou), Gl Pw (Absalon), Hk (absoloune), Ht Ln Ry1 To1 (absolon̄), Ii Ps (absalon), Ra3 Tc1 (Absoloū), Sl2 (Absolōn)
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 664 Collation  
  
AndAdAbsolonhathhadhahkisthirhir hirnether Iye
  
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 664 Collation  
  
AndAdAbsolonhathhadhahkisthirhir hirnether Iye
  

kist54Edition Bo1 Bo2 Bw Cn Cp Ds1 El En3 Ha2 Ha3 Ha4 Hg Lc Mg Ph2 Py Ra3 Sl1 Tc1 To1 (kist), Ad1 Ad3 En1 Ld2 Ln (kyst), Ch Ii (kyste), Cx1 Ht Ma Ne Pw Sl2 (kissed), Cx2 Dd Fi Gl Ha5 Mm Pn Ra1 Wy (kyssed), Dl Ry2 Se (kest), En2 (kessid), He (kyssid), Hk (kiste), La (keste), Nl Ps (kissid), Ry1 Tc2 (kyssede)
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 664 Collation  
  
AndAdAbsolonhathhadhahkisthirhir hirnether Iye
  

hir53Edition Ad3 Bo1 Bo2 Bw Cp Ds1 El En1 En2 Gl Ha2 Ha4 Hg Hk Ii Lc Ln Mg Nl Ph2 Ps Py Ry2 Se Sl1 Sl2 Tc1 To1 (hir), Ad1 Ch Cx1 Cx2 Fi Ha3 Ha5 He Ld2 Mm Ne Pn Pw Ra3 Ry1 Tc2 Wy (her), Cn (hure), Dd (hire), Dl Ma (here), En3 (heere), Ht (hir͗), Ra1 (hur)
hir hir1La (hire hir)
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AndAdAbsolonhathhadhahkisthirhir hirnether Iye

nether Iye54Edition Hg (nether Iye), Ad1 Bo1 En3 Ha3 Nl Ps Ra3 Sl2 (nethir eye), Ad3 Dd El Gl Ha5 Lc Ld2 Mg Py Ra1 Ry1 Wy (nether eye), Bo2 Ch Cn Ln Sl1 (nether ye), Bw (neither Eye), Cp (neþer yhe), Cx1 Ha2 He Ne Tc2 (nethir ye), Cx2 (nethyr eye), Dl (nether Eeye), Ds1 (neither yhe), En1 (nether yee), En2 (nether eyghe), Fi (nethur yȝe), Ha4 (neþir ye), Hk (nether yie), Ht (neþer ey), Ii (nether Eye), La Ma (neþer eye), Mm (nethereye), Ph2 (nethir iye), Pn (neyther eye), Pw (nethere ye), Ry2 (nether ey), Se (nether eighe), Tc1 (nethir yhe), To1 (nethir ieie)
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 665 Collation  
AndThis tale is I doun AndNicholasiswasscaldedscalded sorebrent soreinin toonthemyddes thehistoute
  
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 665 Collation  
  
AndThis tale is I doun AndNicholasiswasscaldedscalded sorebrent soreinin toonthemyddes thehistoute
  

Nicholas54Edition Ad3 Bo1 Bo2 Bw Ch Cn Cp Cx1 Dd Dl Ds1 El En1 En2 En3 Gl Ha2 Ha3 Ha4 Ha5 Hg Hk Ht La Ma Ne Pw Py Ra3 Ry1 Ry2 Se Sl1 Sl2 Tc1 Tc2 To1 (Nicholas), Ad1 Cx2 He Nl (Nycholas), Fi (nycolas), Ii Ld2 Pn Wy (nycholas), Lc Mg Mm Ra1 (Nicolas), Ln Ph2 (nicholas), Ps (nicholay)
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 665 Collation  
  
AndThis tale is I doun AndNicholasiswasscaldedscalded sorebrent soreinin toonthemyddes thehistoute
  
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 665 Collation  
  
AndThis tale is I doun AndNicholasiswasscaldedscalded sorebrent soreinin toonthemyddes thehistoute
  

scalded52Edition Ch Cn Cp Cx1 Cx2 Ds1 El En1 En2 En3 Fi Gl Hg Hk Ht Ii La Lc Ld2 Ln Ma Mg Ne Pn Pw Py Ra3 Ry2 Se Sl2 Tc1 Wy (scalded), Ad1 Bo2 Dd Dl Mm (skalded), Ad3 (scalled), Bo1 Ph2 (scallid), Bw Ha2 Nl Sl1 (scaldid), Ha4 Ps (skaldid), Ha5 (schalded), He (skaldit), Ra1 (skalled), Ry1 (scallede), Tc2 (scaldede)
scalded sore1To1 (scaldid sore)
brent sore1Ha3 (brent sore)
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 665 Collation  
  
AndThis tale is I doun AndNicholasiswasscaldedscalded sorebrent soreinin toonthemyddes thehistoute
  
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 665 Collation  
  
AndThis tale is I doun AndNicholasiswasscaldedscalded sorebrent soreinin toonthemyddes thehistoute
  
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 665 Collation  
  
AndThis tale is I doun AndNicholasiswasscaldedscalded sorebrent soreinin toonthemyddes thehistoute
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 666 Collation  
ThisMytaleisdoondoand godgodsauealthethisrouteroute Amen
  
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 666 Collation  
  
ThisMytaleisdoondoand godgodsauealthethisrouteroute Amen
  

doon51Edition Ad3 Ch Cx1 Cx2 Dl Ds1 El En2 Ha4 Hg Lc Ne Nl Sl2 (doon), Ad1 Bo1 En1 Gl He Ht Ii La Ld2 Mm Ph2 Pn Tc2 Wy (done), Bo2 (doıı̄), Bw Cp En3 Fi Ha2 Ha3 Ha5 Ma Mg Pw Py Ra1 Ra3 Ry2 Se Sl1 Tc1 (don), Cn (don̄), Hk Ry1 (doone), To1 (doun)
do2Ln Ps (do)
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 666 Collation  
  
ThisMytaleisdoondoand godgodsauealthethisrouteroute Amen
  
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 666 Collation  
  
ThisMytaleisdoondoand godgodsauealthethisrouteroute Amen
  
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 666 Collation  
  
ThisMytaleisdoondoand godgodsauealthethisrouteroute Amen
  
      Original spellingMiller's Tale 666 Collation  
  
ThisMytaleisdoondoand godgodsauealthethisrouteroute Amen

route52Edition Ad3 Bw Ch Cn Cp Cx1 Cx2 Ds1 En2 Gl Ha2 Ha4 Hg Hk Ht Ii La Lc Ld2 Ln Ma Mg Mm Ne Pn Ps Pw Ra1 Ra3 Ry2 Se Sl1 Sl2 Tc1 Tc2 (route), Ad1 Ha5 Nl (rowt), Bo1 En1 (rout), Bo2 El En3 Ha3 He Wy (rowte), Dl Ry1 (Rowte), Fi Py (Route), Ph2 (Rout)
route Amen1To1 (rowte Amen)
      Original spellingMiller's Tale FRE Collation   
Here is endedHere endethHere enThus endethAnd thus here endeththe Millerys tale ~the Millerys tale of the Revethe Millerys tale of hende Nicholas and Absolonthe Tale of the Millerthe Miller his tale ~the Miller his tale of Absolon and hende Nicholasthe mylners talethe Mylward tale explicitMillerys tale
  

Here is ended4Edition Ch Hg Ra3
Here en1Bo2
Thus endeth6Cn Dd En1 En3 Lc Mg
And thus here endeth1Ha3

Here is ended4Edition Ch Hg Ra3 (Here is ended)
Here endeth25Ad3 Wy (Here endyth), Bw En2 He Ne Nl Pn Py Ry1 Ry2 Se Sl2 (Here endith), Cx1 Cx2 Fi Ha2 Ht Tc2 (Here endeth), El (heere endeth), Gl (Here endethh), Ha4 (HEre endeth), Ii (Here Endeth), Pw (Here endeþ), Tc1 (Hiere endeth)
Here en1Bo2 (Here en)
Thus endeth6Cn Dd En1 Lc Mg (Thus endeth), En3 (Thus eedith)
And thus here endeth1Ha3 (And thus here endith)
      Original spellingMiller's Tale FRE Collation   
  
Here is endedHere endethHere enThus endethAnd thus here endeththe Millerys tale ~the Millerys tale of the Revethe Millerys tale of hende Nicholas and Absolonthe Tale of the Millerthe Miller his tale ~the Miller his tale of Absolon and hende Nicholasthe mylners talethe Mylward tale explicitMillerys tale

the Millerys tale ~24Edition Ad3 Bw Ch Cn Cx1 Cx2 Dd En1 En2 En3 Ha2 Ha4 Hg Lc Mg Ne Pn Pw Py Ra3 Tc1 Tc2 Wy
the Millerys tale of the Reve1Sl2
the Millerys tale of hende Nicholas and Absolon1Ht
the Tale of the Miller2Gl Ry1
the Miller his tale ~3El He Nl
the Miller his tale of Absolon and hende Nicholas1Se
the mylners tale3Fi Ha3 Ii
the Mylward tale explicit1Ry2
Millerys tale1Bo2

the Millerys tale ~24Edition (the Millerys tale ~), Ad3 Ch Cn Dd En1 En3 Ha2 Lc Py Ra3 Tc2 (the millers tale), Bw (þe milleris tale), Cx1 En2 (the milleres tale), Cx2 (the myllers tale), Ha4 (þe millers tale), Hg (the Millerys tale), Mg (the mellers tale), Ne (þe milleres tale), Pn (the myllers tal), Pw (þe mylers tale), Tc1 (The Millers tale), Wy (the myllars tale)
the Millerys tale of the Reve1Sl2 (the Mellers tale of the Reve)
the Millerys tale of hende Nicholas and Absolon1Ht (þe myllers tale of hende Nicholas ⁊ absolon̄)
the Tale of the Miller2Gl (the Tale of the Miller), Ry1 (the talle of the myller)
the Miller his tale ~3El (the Millere his tale ~), He Nl (the millere his tale)
the Miller his tale of Absolon and hende Nicholas1Se (the miller͗ his tale of Absolon and hende Nicholas)
the mylners tale3Fi (þe Mylners tale), Ha3 Ii (the mylners tale)
the Mylward tale explicit1Ry2 (the Mylward tale explicit)
Millerys tale1Bo2 (Millers tale)
Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales Peniarth 392 D

CTP: MI 665

Group (Traditional): A 3853

Fragment (Riverside): I 3853

El Hg and five other manuscripts have a short form of this incipit, as "The Prologue of the Reeues Tale", without the initial "Here bigynneth" (and variants) present in Ch and most manuscripts. (Peter Robinson, Jun 17, 2024, 16:46)
This is a test commentary.
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And another paragraph (Peter Robinson, Nov 16, 2023, 06:00)

CTP: L2 5

Group (Traditional): A 3859

Fragment (Riverside): I 3859

CTP: L2 5

Group (Traditional): A 3859

Fragment (Riverside): I 3859

his: The Hg Ch reading his is supported by Bo2 Ad1 En3, while El's this appears in Ha5 Ha4, throughout a and in most of b cd. The strength of that support and the fact that there is no logical antecedent for his makes archetypal this more likely. (Peter Robinson, May 20, 2022, 20:19)

CTP: L2 10

Group (Traditional): A 3864

Fragment (Riverside): I 3864

CTP: L2 10

Group (Traditional): A 3864

Fragment (Riverside): I 3864

ik .. thee: No witness outside Mc Ra1 uses a pronoun other than ik, but a good many were obviously uncertain about the whole phrase. Every o witness has a different spelling: the ik in Hg, theek in El, thee ik in Ch (before Hand 2's obscure "correction"), theyk in Ha5 Ha4 cd, and (less so) a have similar spellings, making the basic shape of the reading quite clear.
At the end of the line, thee appears in Hg, all of a, Ha4, most of b and several early witnesses (which?) in cd. In contrast, El Ch Bo2 Ha5 and the majority of cd have the more formal yow.
[There is an apparent argument for yow from its presence in four o witnesses versus one supporting thee. But of five o readings in L2, Bo2 contains only 1, Ha5 2: I don't fully trust that analysis.
On the other hand there is the possible aural echo of /θek/ at the beginning of the line with /θe kwɪt/ at its end and the apparently more appropriate use of the familiar form thee to indicate the Reeve's scorn for the Miller.] (Peter Robinson, May 20, 2022, 20:25)
no: The vast majority of witnesses reads not pleye. But the El Hg Sl2 reading, by no means impossible syntactically, can readily be defended. El Hg consistently spell the adverb nat or noght (cf. L3 35). The idea that Scribe B would accidentally have spelled either of those forms as no in two separate copies requires something of a stretch to imagine. Thus no pley can be considered an o reading, a lectio difficilior. (Barbara Bordalejo, Jun 6, 2022, 23:03)

CTP: L2 15

Group (Traditional): A 3869

Fragment (Riverside): I 3869

also mowled: El uniquely has is mowled also as, a simple transposition error.
herys: At the end of the line, Ch and b offer a typically Chaucerian rhyme of the plural with the copula in heer is, but such an isolated variant (also dependent on the vagaries of word separation) is unlikely to be archetypal. (Peter Robinson, May 20, 2022, 20:30)
I: Only Hg reads ik, although Py may be inferred to have had something similar that generated its iche (not a form usual in that witness). As in line 37, it is possible to imagine that the dialect form has been smoothed to the London standard in most witnesses, but that is not a stemmatic argument. (Peter Robinson, May 20, 2022, 20:54)
lenger: El's leng is unsupported elsewhere, although La To1 have longe. The reading in the rest of o a b cd e is archetypal. (Peter Robinson, May 20, 2022, 20:55)

CTP: L2 20

Group (Traditional): A 3874

Fragment (Riverside): I 3874

hoppe alwey: Metrical issues are highlighted by the variant pairs hoppe alwey / hoppen ay found in Hg and El, respectively (the variants whil / whil that, considered below add another metrical variable). To begin with what seems most certain, El's ay is poorly supported: alwey in Hg, the rest of o, all of a b and almost all of cd is clearly archetypal.
El finds broader support for hoppen in Ch Ha4 and across b cd; monosyllabic hoppe in Hg Ha5 Bo2, all of a and Py . . . [Again the status of Bo2 Ha5 matters directly to the stemmatic analysis.]
whil that the: A smoother reading is provided by whil the in most of the genetic groups. But the unanimous evidence of the o witnesses, buttressed by unanimity in a, is strong evidence that whil that the is archetypal. (Peter Robinson, May 20, 2022, 21:27)
The support for Hg's heer in Bo2 a cdis slightly less imposing than that for heed in El Ch Ha5 Ha4 and and a slight majority of witnesses. Look at earlier "heer" readings. Also check metaphor (All editors heed.) The metaphor might work with either reading. (Peter Robinson, May 11, 2022, 18:50) NO APPROVED COMMENTARY

CTP: L2 25

Group (Traditional): A 3879

Fragment (Riverside): I 3879

CTP: L2 25

Group (Traditional): A 3879

Fragment (Riverside): I 3879

though that in Ch is unique and scribal. (Peter Robinson, May 12, 2022, 01:04) NO APPROVED COMMENTARY
noght v. nat reference the one with the nothing variant (Peter Robinson, May 12, 2022, 01:04) NO APPROVED COMMENTARY