[13]. so that: 'respicientiumque hominum frustrabatur intuitum.'
[14]. delye (so in both MSS.) = deli-ē, O. F. deliè (see Cotgrave), delicate, thin, slender, from Lat. delicatus, with the usual loss of c between two vowels and before the accented syllable; Lat. 'tenuissimis filis.'
After crafte it would have been better to insert and; Lat. 'indissolubilique materiâ.' But some MSS., including C., omit que.
[18]. as it is wont: 'ueluti fumosas imagines solet.'
[21]. a Grekissh P; i.e. Π. a Grekissh T; i.e. Θ, not Τ; the Greek θ being pronounced as t in Latin. The reference is to φιλοσοφία πρακτικὴ καὶ θεωρητική; in Latin, Philosophia Actiua et Contemplatiua; i. e. Practical (or Active) and Theoretical (or Contemplative) Philosophy. This is the same distinction as that between the Vita Actiua and Vita Contemplatiua, so common in medieval literature; see note (3) to the Sec. Non. Tale, G 87; and note to P. Plowman, B. vi. 251.
[26]. corven, cut, cut away pieces from; Lat. 'sciderant.'
[33]. cruel, i. e. stern; 'toruis.'
[34]. thise comune: 'has scenicas meretriculas.'
[39]. no-thing fructefyinge; 'infructuosis.' Hence we may perhaps prefer to read no-thing fructuous, as in Caxton and Thynne.
[41]. holden: 'hominumque mentes assuefaciunt morbo, non liberant.'