1049. Hir yelow heer was broyded, her yellow hair was braided. Yellow hair was esteemed a beauty; see Seven Sages, 477, ed. Weber; King Alisaunder, 207; and the instances in Burton, Anat. of Melancholy, pt. 3. sec. 2. mem. 2. subsec. 2. Boccaccio has here—'Co' biondi crini avvolti alla sua testa'; Tes. iii. 10.
1051. the sonne upriste, the sun's uprising; the -e in sonne represents the old genitive inflexion. Upriste is here the dat. of the sb. uprist. It occurs also in Gower, Conf. Amantis, bk. i. ed. Pauli, i. 116.
1052. as hir liste, as it pleased her.
1053. party, partly; Fr. en partie.
1054. sotil gerland, a subtle garland; subtle has here the exact force of the Lat. subtilis, finely woven.
1055. Cf. 'Con angelica voce'; Tes. iii. 10: and Troil. ii. 826.
1060. evene-Ioynant, joining, or adjoining.
1061. Ther as this Emelye hadde hir pleyinge, i. e. where she was amusing herself.
1063. In the Teseide (iii. 11) it is Arcite who first sees Emily.
1074. by aventure or cas, by adventure or hap.