51, 52. Cf. Anelida, 181, 182; Compl. Pite, 110; Parl. Foules, 7.
55. Cf. Anelida, 214—'That turned is to quaking al my daunce.'
56. Here a line is missing, as again at l. 59. This appears from the form of the stanza, in which the rimes are arranged in the order a a b a a b c d d c. I supply the lines from Anelida, 181, 182.
63. Cf. the use of y-whet in Anelida, 212.
64, 65. Cf. Anelida, 272—'My swete fo, why do ye so for shame?'
73. For leest, ed. 1561 has best!
79. The MSS. have—'What so I wist that were to youre hyenesse'; where youre hyenesse is absurdly repeated from l. 76. Ed. 1561 has the same error. It is obvious that the right final word is distresse, to be preceded by yow or your; of which I prefer yow.
83. Ch. uses both wille and wil; the latter is, e. g., in Cant. Ta. A 1104. We must here read wil.
86. shal, i. e. shall be. See also XXII. ll. 78, 87.
88. leveth wel, believe me wholly. MS. Ph. and ed. 1561 wrongly have loveth.