236. Maumettrye, idolatry; from the Mid. E. maumet, an idol, corrupted from Mahomet. The confusion introduced by using the word Mahomet for an idol may partly account for the anachronism in l. 224. The Mahometans were falsely supposed by our forefathers to be idolaters.
242. noot, equivalent to ne woot, know not.
248. gret-è forms the fourth foot in the line. If we read gret, the line is left imperfect at the cæsura; and we should have to scan it with a medial pause, as thus:—
That thém | peróur || —óf | his grét | noblésse ||
Line 621 below may be read in a similar manner:—
But ná | thelées || —thér | was gréet | moorning ||
253. 'So, when Ethelbert married Bertha, daughter of the Christian King Charibert, she brought with her, to the court of her husband, a Gallican bishop named Leudhard, who was permitted to celebrate mass in the ancient British Church of St. Martin, at Canterbury.'—Note in Bell's Chaucer.
255. ynowe, being plural, takes a final e; we then read th'ende, as explained in note to l. 145. The pl. inoȝhe occurs in the Ormulum.
263. alle and some, collectively and individually; one and all. See Cler. Tale, E. 941, &c.