Dear Hans,

Example 1 below causes TeX to hang and I have to abort the TeX run whereas Example 2 works when I omit \startlines / \stoplines and use \crlf. I have included the console readout for Example 1 below. I can get by with Example 2 but I thought I should let you know. 

Thanks again,
Charlie Doherty

\starttext

Example 1

And here is the sentence before
\startnarrower[2*left,2*right]
\startlines
A Somonour was ther with us in that place,
That hadde a fyr-reed cherubynnes face,
For saucefleem he was, with eyen narwe.
As hoot he was and lecherous as a sparwe,
With scalled browes blake and piled berd.
Of his visage children were aferd.%
\footnote{Burgess, A., \slanted{The Riverside Chaucer}, p.\ 33  (623--628).  From this point on, any further references to \slanted{The Canterbury Tales}, will be made from this edition and line numbers only will be provided.}
\stoplines
\stopnarrower
And here is the one after


Example 2
And here is the sentence before
\startnarrower[2*left,2*right]
A Somonour was ther with us in that place, \crlf
That hadde a fyr-reed cherubynnes face, \crlf
For saucefleem he was, with eyen narwe. \crlf
As hoot he was and lecherous as a sparwe, \crlf
With scalled browes blake and piled berd. \crlf
Of his visage children were aferd.%
\footnote{Burgess, A., \slanted{The Riverside Chaucer}, p.\ 33  (623--628).  From this point on, any further references to \slanted{The Canterbury Tales}, will be made from this edition and line numbers only will be provided.}
\stopnarrower
And here is the one after

\stoptext

 TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005

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             inputfile : linetest
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             interface : en
          current mode : none
               TeX run : 1

This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx)
entering extended mode
(./linetest.tex

ConTeXt  ver: 2005.06.27  fmt: 2005.7.14  int: english  mes: english

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Early Irish History,

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