'Wherefore I pray you, Sir Daungere,
For to mayntene no lenger here
Such cruel werre agayn your man.'
We may also compare Machault's poem entitled Le Dit du Vergier, where we find such lines as—
'Einssi encontre Cruauté
Deffent l'amant douce Pité.'
66. Under colour, beneath the outward appearance.
67. 'In order that people should not observe her tyranny.'
70. Hight, is (rightly) named. The final -e, though required by grammar, is suppressed; the word being conformed to other examples of the third person singular of the present tense, whilst hight-e is commonly used as the past tense. Pity's right name is here said to be 'Beauty, such as belongs to Favour.' The poet is really thinking of his mistress rather than his personified Pity. It is very difficult to keep up the allegory.
71. 'Heritage, of course, stands in the gen. case'; Ten Brink.