[20]. so requerable, in such request: 'expetibilis.'
[29]. into the ... body: 'in secreta quaeque.'
[32]. the whiche I clepe, by which I mean; so again below, l. 39.
[35]. a thought, a mind; 'mentem firma sibi ratione cohaerentem.'
[36]. a free man; Anaxarchus of Abdera, B.C. 323. The tyraunt was Nicocreon, king of Cyprus. See Valerius Maximus, iii. 3.
[44]. But what: 'Quid autem est, quod in alium quisquam facere possit, quod sustinere ab alio ipse non possit?'
[47]. Busirides, Busiris (gen. case, Busiridis), a king of Egypt, who sacrificed all strangers on his altars. But Hercules, coming to Egypt, slew him and abolished the custom. See Vergil, Georg. iii. 5; Ovid, Tr. iii. 11. 39. In the Monkes Tale, B 3293, Chaucer calls him Busirus.
[49]. Regulus; M. Regulus, taken prisoner by the Carthaginians, B.C. 255. The story of his embassy to Rome is well known.
[63]. may I. It is necessary to insert I (only found in the black-letter editions) to complete the sense. 'Quod quidem de cunctis fortunae muneribus dignius existimari potest.'
[71]. as of wil, i.e. when it can: 'ultro.'