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275. _in to that gret Revare_, in that great river.
284. _o gret confusione of pupil and knychtis_, al enarmyt, a great medley of people and knights, all fully armed. Stevenson actually reads _unarmyt!_
294. _I wil report_; both here and in l. 320 we should almost expect to find "_I nil report_;" i.e. I will not tell. It must mean, "I will tell you why I omit to mention these things." Compare lines 266, 320.
297. _thing_, think.
P. 10, l. 305. _veris_, wars.
306. _be the wais_, by the ways.
307. _Tuex_, betwixt; _accorde_, agreement.
314. _mot_, must.
316. _stek_, concluded.
319. _most conpilour_, very great composer.
320. "As to whose name I will only say, that it is unfit," etc.
326. _stant_, standeth.
328. _yroung_, rung.
330. _beith_, shall be; observe the _future_ sense of _beith_ in this place.
331. _suet_, sweet.
332. "His soul in bliss preserved be on that account."
334. _and this endit._ Whether _endit_ here refers to _inditing_ or _ending_ is perhaps doubtful.
NOTES TO BOOK I.
P. 11, l. 336. If by _aryeit_ is here meant the _sign_, not the _constellation_ of Aries, the day referred to is April 1 or 2, according to Chaucer's "Astrolabie."
338. _bewis_, boughs.
340. _makyne gone_, did make.
341. _in ther chere_, after their fas.h.i.+on. (For _chere_, see Glossary.)
345. _auerding to_, belonging to.
351. _Anoit_, annoyed.
352. _For why_, wherefore; so also _for-thi_, therefore.
354. _can_, began.
355. _sende_, sent.
358. _heryng_, hear (infin. mood). In the next line it occurs as a present participle.
362. _to pas hyme_, to go, depart.
364. _meit_, to dream of; _aperans_, an appearance, apparition.
P. 12, l. 365. _h.o.r.e_, hair.
375. _vombe_, womb; hence bowels.
377. _stert_, started.
384. _gert_, caused.
390. _traist_, trust.
397. _demande_, demur, delay.
398. _at_, that.
P. 13, l. 407. _whill_, until.
408. _the_, they.
410. _to viting_, to know.
412. _shauyth al hall_, sheweth all whole.
414. _chesith_, chooseth.
422. _s.h.i.+re_, sir.
424. _fore to awysing_, in order to take counsel.
432. All this about _astronomy_ (i.e. astrology) should be compared with Gower; Conf. Amantis, lib. vii; ed. Pauli, vol. 3, pp. 133, 134.
Arach.e.l.l, Nembrote, Moises, Hermes are there mentioned as astrologers.
433. The MS. has "set" (_not_ with a long _s_). Mr Stevenson has "fet,"
which would seem right.
P. 14, l. 435. _nembrot_, Nimrod; see _Genesis and Exodus_ (E.E.T.S.), l. 659.
436. _herynes_, miswritten for _herymes_, i.e. Hermes.
439. "The which they found were wondrously evil set."
