[31]. in comune good, for the common good: 'in commune bonum.'
[34]. thinges ... aposed, accusations; 'delatorum.'
[45]. thy wode Muse: 'Musae saeuientis'; cf. Met. 5 above, l. 22.
[51]. thilke passiouns: 'ut quae in tumorem perturbationibus influentibus induruerunt.'
[54]. by an esier touchinge refers to the preceding mowen ... softe: 'tactu blandiore mollescant.'
Metre 6. This Metre refers to the necessity of doing everything in its proper season.
[2]. 'When the sun is in Cancer'; i.e. in the month of June.
[4]. lat him gon, let him go and eat acorns.
[6]. whan the feld: 'Cùm saeuis Aquilonibus Stridens campus inhorruit.' Chirkinge, hoarse, rustling; alluding to the rustling of frozen grass in a high wind.
[15]. And forthy: 'Sic quod praecipiti uiâ Certum deserit ordinem, Laetos non habet exitus.'