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§ 18. Reppuli sugere mammellas eorum A. B here has sugire 

 7nammas; hut the variants of CF4, F3R are still more 

 remote. 



§ 20. Qumidiu fuero in hoc corpore for Q. fueram, &c. 



§ 41. TJirgines Christi esse uidentur for Uirg, C. ipse uid. 



§ 55. Ego uero miser, ins. iiero AB. 



It must be remembered that B breaks off near the commencement 

 of § 20, and that the two mss. only meet again in the very short §§ 41, 

 54, 55. The following agreements of A and Boll, are taken from 

 portions of the Confessio not accessible to Denis in Ussher's work. 



§ 20. Bum clamarem Heliam for Bum clamahmn, &c. 



§ 22. Peruenimus omnes (2). Here F3 joins the group. CF4 read 



Peru, ad homines^ with Muirchu. Note that A and Boll. 



om. ad bef. omnes (1). 

 §24. Qui dedit animam, SiQ. Here CF4 read ^osw?^. FgE-haveno 



verb at all. 



§ 29. Faciem designati for Fac. Bei signati CF3F4. 

 § 30. Inpediret a profectione for Inpenderet 



§ 35. Bee iniuriam legentihus faciam A. Boll, has Ne ; CF3F4 

 Nec et. 



The groups AC, AF4 have been already noticed, p. 212. I have 

 only observed one reading in which AF3 stand alone, % 4: et om?iis 

 lingua, where the other four read uf. The agreements of R with A are 

 not worth mentioning. 



The two passages which afford the clearest guide to the affinities 

 of the MSS. of the Confessio are to be found in §§ 18 and 19. 



1. {a) Reppuli sugere mammellas eorum A. 



Reppuli sugire mammas eorum B. 

 {h) Repulis fugire mammas illorum F3R. 

 (c) Repulsus sum fugere amicitias illorum CF4. 



2. («) Canes eorum repleti sunt A. 

 (5) ,, ,, reuelati BF3R. 

 {c) Carnes ,, releuati CF4. 



We see here at a glance the close relationship of the fundamental 

 text of BF3R to A. At the same time, when we bear in mind the 

 general inartificial character of CF4, and the fact noticed above that in 

 § 22 Muirchu supports its reading ad homines, it seems difficult to 

 condemn the {c) readings as mere emendations. It is not necessary to 

 give any more instances of the peculiar readings of CF4. They will 



