[71]. at the laste, finally: 'Postremò.'
[78]. that I ne wot it. The ne is superfluous, though in all the copies. The sense is—'if I know a thing, it cannot be false (must be true) that I know it.'
[80]. wanteth lesing, is free from falsehood: 'mendacio careat.'
[90, 1]. egaly, equally: 'aeque.' indifferently, impartially.
[94]. Iape-worthy, ridiculous: 'ridiculo.' From Horace, Sat. ii. 5. 59—'O Laërtiade, quicquid dicam, aut erit, aut non.'
[116]. sent, for sendeth, sends: 'mittit.'
[117]. constreineth: 'futuri cogit certa necessitas.'
[121]. discrecioun, discernment: 'indiscreta confusio.'
And yit, &c. To make sense, read than whiche for of the whiche. The whole clause, from And yit down to wikke is expanded from 'Quoque nihil sceleratius excogitari potest.'
[131]. sin that: 'quando optanda omnia series indeflexa connectit?'