19-04-2021, 07:56 PM
David, I also want to emphasize that I am open to the possibility of parts of the ms text being written in Anglo-French or Anglo-Norman as well as in Middle English. Yes, it is a "Middle English theory", but more specifically now it is a "Middle English Yorkist theory", and the Yorkists may well have used Anglo-French / Anglo-Norman words or written in Anglo-French / Anglo-Norman in some places in the ms. Again, the explanation for the mixing of languages would be to maintain the forwards/backwards words concept of "YORK"/"#ROY". However, I wish to point out that every word in "fous", "irour thee#", "fob sib isib", and "York/#roy" appears in the Middle English Compendium, so I have not had to rely on Anglo-French / Anglo-Norman to explain any words yet.