[9]. and the wateres: 'Mixtaque fortuitos implicet unda modos: Quae tamen ipsa uagos terrae decliuia cursus Gurgitis et lapsi defluus ordo regit.'

[14]. it suffereth: 'Fors patitur frenos, ipsaque lege meat.'

Prose 2. [4], [5]. destinal, fatal; 'fatalis.' corages, minds.

[10]. thinges ... fleen, i.e. to be avoided: 'fugienda.'

[13]. is, i.e. is in, resides in: 'quibus in ipsis inest ratio.'

[14]. ordeyne, determine: 'constituo.'

[16]. sovereines, the supreme divine substances. This is a good example of adjectives of French origin with a plural in -es.

[17], [18]. wil: 'et incorrupta uoluntas.' might: 'potestas.'

[27]. talents, affections: 'affectibus.'

[30]. caitifs, captive: 'propriâ libertate captiuae.' Ll. 30-34 are repeated in Troilus, iv. 963-6; q.v.