2002. 'For I do not vouchsafe to churls, that they shall ever come near it.' For of (suggested by sauf) we should read to.
2017. Lord seems to be dissyllabic; read (perhaps) laverd.
2037. As in l. 4681, there is here an allusion to the mode of doing homage, wherein the kneeling vassal places his joined hands between those of his lord. This is still the attitude of one who receives a degree at Cambridge from the Vice-chancellor.
2044. For taken read tan, the Northern form. So again in l. 2068.
2046. Disteyned is, of course, a blunder for Disceyued.
2051. 'If I get them into my power.'
2063. For-why, i. e. why; F. 'por quoi.'
2076. disseise, oust you from possessing it. Disseisin is the opposite of seisin, a putting in possession of a thing.
2087. aumener, purse, lit. bag for alms; F. aumoniere.
2092. I take iowell (with a bar through the ll) to be the usual (Northern) contraction for Iowellis, jewels; F. text, joiau, pl. I can find no authority for making it a collective noun, as Bell suggests.