[274]. Lestude y mist, H.
[275]. Plus quen nulle autre auoir, H.
[276]. Et du bien largement y prendre, H. The strange word “theryng” is probably nothing more than “therein.”
[277]. See Ovid, Met. i. 583 sq. The source of the statement that Io invented letters is doubtful. Possibly it rests only on the two lines (ib. 649):
Littera pro verbis quam pes in pulvere duxit
Corporis indicium mutati triste peregit.
[278]. Les vertus de iupiter, H.
[279]. Tho, MS.
[280]. Sc. note.
[281]. Sc. cloud; en vne nue, H.