[64]. the auctor ... of hele: 'sospitatis auctori.'

[65]. norisshinges; perhaps better norisshing, as in Caxton and Thynne; 'fomitem,' i. e. furtherance.

[71]. faster, firmer, stronger: 'firmioribus.'

[76]. to maken thinne and wayk: 'attenuare.'

[77]. meneliche, moderate: 'mediocribus.'

Metre 7. [1]. yeten a-doun, pour down; 'fundere.' Not geten, as in A.

[2]. trouble, turbid; 'Turbidus Auster.'

[3]. medleth the hete: 'Misceat aestum.' See above, Met. iv. l. 5.

[5]. clere as glas; cf. Knight's Tale, A 1958.

withstande: 'Mox resoluto Sordida caeno, Visibus obstat.'