[108]. whan they passen: 'cùm ... proficiscantur.' Thus whan should rather be so as, i.e. whereas, because.
[112]. unable to ben ybowed: 'indeclinabilem caussarum ordinem promat.'
[114]. sholden fleten: 'res ... temerè fluituras.'
For which it is: 'Quo fit.'
[116]. natheles: 'nihilominus tamen suus modus ad bonum dirigens cuncta disponat.'
[121]. ne the ordre: 'ne dum ordo de summi boni cardine proficiscens, a suo quoquam deflectat exordio.' MS. C. has 'deflectatur.'
[123]. 'Quae uero, inquies, potest ulla iniquior esse confusio.' For 'iniquior,' MS. C. has the extraordinary reading 'inquiescior,' which Chaucer seems to have tried to translate.
[138]. Ne it ne is nat: 'Non enim dissimile est miraculum nescienti.'
[145]. hele of corages: 'animorum salus.'
[148]. lecher, i.e. leech-er, healer: 'medicator mentium Deus.'