1469. This story of Narcissus is from Ovid, Met. iii. 346.
1470. in his daungere, within his control; in l. 1492, daungerous means 'disdainful.' See note to l. 1049.
1498. The right spelling is vilaynsly; it occurs in the Pers. Tale, I 279; and the adj. vilayns in the same, I 627, 715, 854.
1517, 18. The right spellings are sene, adj., visible, and shene, adj., showy, bright.
1525. bere, bore; but it is in the subjunctive mood; A. S. bǣre.
1537. warisoun, reward; F. guerredon. But this is not the usual sense; it commonly means healing, cure, or remedy; see Guarison in Cotgrave. However, it also means provision, store, assistance; whence it is no great step to the sense of 'reward.' To 'winne a warisun' is to obtain a reward; Will. of Palerne, 2253, 2259. Cf. note to l. 886.
1550. scatheles, without harm. There is actually a touch of humour here; the poet ran no risk of falling in love with such a face as his own.
1561. welmeth up, boils up, bubbles up; from A. S. wylm, a spring.
1564. For moiste, because it was moist, because of its moisture. The adj. has almost the force of a sb. Cf. note to l. 276.
1591. entrees is, of course, a blunder for estres, as the F. text shews. See l. 1448 above, where estres rightly occurs, to represent F. l'estre. accuseth, reveals, shews; see the New Eng. Dict.