[18]. as of that, as regards that hoard.
[19]. a voys al hool, a voice not yet dispersed: 'uox ... tota.'
[32]. yif it wanteth, if it lacks: 'carens animae motu atque membrorum compage.'
[35]. of the laste: 'postremae aliquid pulcritudinis.' Perhaps it means 'of the lowest kind of beauty.' Mr. Stewart, in his Essay, p. 225, reads postremo, for which I find no authority. MS. C. has postreme.
[36]. through the distinccioun: 'suique distinctione.'
[40]. Why sholde it nat, &c. In some editions, this passage is not marked as being assigned to Boethius. In others, it is.
[85]. ostelments, furniture, household goods: 'supellectilis.' O.F. ostillement, oustillement, furniture; cf. mod. F. outil, a word of doubtful origin. Cf. l. 94.
[90]. subgit; as if for 'suppositis'; but the Lat. text has 'sepositis,' i.e. separate, independent.
[92]. beest, animal: 'diuinum merito rationis animal.'
[97]. of the lowest, &c., 'by means of vilest things.'