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Layamon's Brut. Ed from BL mms Cotton Caligula A IX and Otho C XIII
by G.L. Brook and R.T. Leslie. OUP 1973, 1978 (EETS OS vols 250 and 277)

ENCODING SCHEME

\ small thorn
` large thorn
{ large ash
} small ash
| small yogh
~ large yogh
$ small eth

% (between double letters) indicates a line break in the original
= lines added to the Caligula ms
* lines added to the Caligula ms that have no relationship to Otho
+ indicate missing letters. Each plus sign indicates one
  missing letter, (the number of spaces indicate the extent of damage and
  hence the reliability of this count)

< ... > enclose interlinear or marginal additions in the mss
" ... ' enclose supplied editorial readings (note that footnotes are
          not included)
( ... ) enclose readings no longer legible but derived from Madden's 
          edition (1847)

Oxford Text Archive, August 1988