[14]. that children: 'nescio quem filios inuenisse tortores.'

[15]. bytinge; 'mordax.' anguissous: 'anxium.'

[16]. or, ere; in fact, Caxton has ere, and Thynne, er.

[18]. Euripidis; in the gen. case, as in the Lat. text. The reference is to Euripides, Andromache, 418: πᾶσι δ' ἀνθρώποις ἄρ' ἦν ψυχὴ, τεκν'· ὅστις δ' ἄυτ' ἄπειρος ὢν ψέγει, ἧσσον μὲν ἀλγεῖ, δυστυχῶν δ' ἐυδαιμονεῖ.

Metre 7. [3]. he fleeth: 'Fugit et nimis tenaci Ferit icta corda morsu.' As to the use of flyes for 'bees,' see note to Parl. Foules, 353.

Prose 8. [1]. that thise weyes: 'quin hae ad beatitudinem uiae deuiae quaedam sint.'

[8]. supplien, supplicate, beg: 'danti supplicabis.'

[11]. awaytes, snares: 'subiectorum insidiis obnoxius periculis subiacebis.' anoyously; a mistranslation of 'obnoxius,'; see above.

[12]. destrat, distracted: 'distractus.'

[16]. brotel, brittle, frail: 'fragilissimae.'