[188]. I, i. e. for me. A remarkable grammatical use.
[190]. right clene: 'penetral innocens domus.'
[193]. thorugh, i. e. for. Caxton and Thynne read for.
[195]. feith: 'de te tanti criminis fidem capiunt.'
[198]. it suffiseth nat only ... but-yif, this alone is insufficient ... unless thou also, &c. of thy free wille: 'ultro.'
[212]. good gessinge, high esteem: 'existimatio bona.'
[215]. charge, burden, load: 'sarcinam.'
[219]. by gessinge, in men's esteem: 'existimatione.'
[223]. for drede: 'nostri discriminis terrore.'
Metre 5. [1]. whele, sphere: 'orbis.' Not only were there seven spheres allotted to the planets, but there was an eighth larger sphere, called the sphere of fixed stars, and a ninth 'sphere of first motion,' or primum mobile, which revolved round the earth once in 24 hours, according to the Ptolemaic astronomy. This is here alluded to. God is supposed to sit in an immoveable throne beyond it.