[2697]. Nedes cost, by condition of necessity, i.e. necessarily; see Kn. Ta., 619 (A 1477), and the note.
[2700]. Supply he before hath; cf. note to l. 2630.
[2705]. Goter, gutter, channel for water. This is an addition. The original merely has (ll. 77, 78):—
'Quaerenti caussam, "Dum nox sinit, effuge," dixi;
"dum nox atra sinit, tu fugis, ipsa moror."'
[2708]. Roggeth, shaketh. 'Roggyn, or mevyn, or scogghyn, rokkyn. Agito'; Prompt. Parv. See P. Plowman, B. xvi. 78; and ruggen in Stratmann. Cf. Icel. rugga, to rock a cradle. Prof. Napier tells me that the A.S. roccan, to rock, has been found in a gloss. Bell's edition has the singular and unauthorised reading jeggeth (sic).
[2709]. The rest of the story seems to be Chaucer's addition. Ovid merely has (ll. 83, 84):—
'Abstrahor a patriis pedibus; raptamque capillis
(haec meruit pietas praemia) carcer habet.'
[2710]. Doon him bote, given him assistance.