149. The reading must, of course, be moveresse, as in the Fr. text; Speght corrected it in 1598; it means a mover or stirrer up of strife.
196. Read miscounting (Kaluza); F. text, mesconter.
197. maketh; pronounced mak'th. Note, once for all, that 'th for final -eth is extremely common throughout all parts of this poem.
206. thing, pl. goods (A. S. þing, pl.). Cf. l. 387.
207. Avarice, i. e. Penuriousness, as distinct from Coveitise, i. e. Covetousness of the wealth of others. Compare the description of Avarice in Piers Plowman, B. v. 188.
220. courtepy, short coat, cape; see Prol. 290.
225. perche, a horizontal pole, on which clothes were sometimes hung.
226. burnet, a cloth of dyed wool, orig. of a dark brown colour. Gowns were nearly always trimmed with fur, but in this case only a common lambskin fur was used, instead of a costly fur such as miniver.
240. I supply doun, down. Cf. 'heng ... doun'; Cant. Ta. G 574.
247. Envy. Cf. Ovid, Met. ii. 775; P. Plowman, B. v. 76.