MOUT M’ENTREMIS DE CHANTAR VOLUNTIERS

(366.21)

MW, II, 16; Delius, p. 33.

Order of stanzas: ABCGIKMPRSTVa: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

                            DH: 1 2 4 3 5 6 7

                            N: 1 2 3 4 6 5 7                           

                            L: 1 2 3 4 5 6

                            F: 3 4 6

                            Dc: 3 6

There are no well-defined lines of tradition to be observed among the MSS., and the few variations of importance are insufficient to reveal any consistent groupings. The most important divergences occur in ll. 5, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, 30, 31, 36, 43.

5. Ne de midons mais ABCDHIKNRTVa, M; ne mais secors GLPS.

13. clam IKNR.

15. De leis no·s pot partir IKNR.

16. Per ren ABDH (AB have an extra syllable in the latter half of the line, hence AB, DH).

18. afan CTa.

19. Missing in DcHV; Mal o ai dich ACIKMRT; Qe fols ai dich GLPS. The divergence of B from A is unusual.

20. vet DHPSa.

23. ades ABDFHMV; sovent CTa; tot(z) iorn(z) GIKLNPRS.

25. conosc finamen GIKLNR; conosc veramen ABFHMPS; luenh C, T, a.

29. Sabetz ABDH.

30. cor ABDHIKMV; geng CGLPSTa —further divergences in this line reveal G, CPSTa(L); ies (de) poder NR.

31. voler ABD.

36. anz mestarai GLD, PS, a.

43. tramet . . . ren. IKV, MR, N; midonz ABCDGHTa, PS.

Six coblas unissonans, with one tornada of three lines: a b b c c d d, lines of ten syllables. Maus 660. This is a common rhyme scheme, used again by Peirol in XXII.

Musical setting: G 45 (Rmi, III, 418). See Appx. Plate 4.

Base and Orthography: C.