John Lydgate,
Chaucerian and Other Pieces — Beware of Doubleness
(1897)
“ Lest men assaile your sikernesse: Set on your brest, your-self t'assure, A mighty sheld of doublenesse. 1. From F. (Fairfax 16) ; collated with Ed. (ed. 1561) . Also in A. (Ashmole 59) , in which it is much altered; other copies in Ha. (Harl. 7578) , and Ad. (Addit. 16165) . 2. F. whoo. 6. I supply nat. 9. F. A. these; Ed. that. 12. F. feynt; Ha. Ed. feinte. 13. F. Ed. sene. 18. F. A. Ad. is shene; Ed. ishene. 21. F. A. who so; Ha. Ad. Ed. who. 23. Ad. these; rest om. ”
