2321-2. Cf. Rom. de la Rose, 10131-2:—
'Cerchant prés et jardins et gaus,
Plus envoisiés que papegaus.'
See also above, B. 1559, 1957.
2335. plyt, condition. 'An allusion to the well-known vulgar error about the longings of pregnant women.'—Bell.
2355. By confusion with l. 2357, MS. Harl. alters agayn his sighte to his sight agayn, and then misses ll. 2356, 7.
2365. From Ovid; see B. 2167, and the note.
2367. store, bold, rude, audacious, impudent; lit. 'great.' A. S. stōr, great; Icel. stórr, great, rough, strong, proud. Stronge must here have a similar sense:—'O bold rude lady.' Strong-e and stor-e both have final e, as being vocatives.
2410. 'He who misapprehends comes to a false conclusion.'
Epilogue to the Merchant's Tale.