Cary's Dante.
3621. Dante does not mention the ages; but he says that the son named Gaddo died on the fourth day, and the other three on the fifth and sixth days. Observe that Chaucer's tender lines, ll. 3623-8, are his own.
3624. Morsel breed, morsel of bread; cf. barel ale for barrel of ale, B. 3083.—M.
3636. 'I may lay the blame of all my woe upon thy false wheel.' Cf. B. 3860.
3640. two; there were now but two survivors, the youngest, according to Chaucer, being dead.
'They, who thought
I did it through desire of feeding, rose
O' the sudden, and cried, "Father, we should grieve
Far less, if thou wouldst eat of us: thou gavest
These weeds of miserable flesh we wear,