[96]. in hir sherte, in her smock only; i.e. without much rich clothing; 'as she was.'
[99]. 'For because I saw no opportunity.'
[112]. as yerne, as briskly as possible, very soon; so in l. 201.
[120-4]. Laomedon, father of Priam, founded Troy. Apollo and Poseidon (Neptune) had been condemned for a while to serve him for wages. But Laomedon refused them payment, and incurred their displeasure.
[133]. Antenor had been taken prisoner by the Greeks; see Lydgate, Siege of Troye, Bk. iii. ch. 24. Lydgate's version is that Antenor was to be exchanged for Thoas, king of Calydon; and, at the request of Chalcas, it was arranged that Antenor should be exchanged for both Thoas and Criseyde (see l. 138); to which Priam consented.
withoute more, without further ado; cf. l. 376.
[143]. parlement; here Boccaccio has parlamento, i.e. a parley. Chaucer gives it the English sense.
[168]. 'The love of you both, where it was before unknown.'
[197]. From Juvenal, Sat. x. ll. 2-4:—
'pauci dignoscere possunt