982. The -ie in Aurelie is slurred over; know-e is dissyllabic. Cf. l. 989.
992. Lok-e, for Lok-en, imper. plural.
993. The first foot contains Ye remoe-; and the final -e of remoev-e is not cut off. Otherwise, place an accent on the syllable re-.
999-1000. These two lines are placed lower down in Tyrwhitt's edition, after l. 1006, on the authority of three inferior MSS., viz. Harl. 7335, Harl. 7333, and Barlow 20. But the old editions agree with the best MSS., and nothing is gained by the change.
1018. A humorous apology for a poetical expression.
1031. A side-note in E. has—'The compleint of Aurelius to the goddes and to the sonne.'
1033. after, i. e. according to. The change of seasons depends on the sun's change of declination, which causes his position (called herberwe or 'harbour' in l. 1035) to be high or low in the sky. See note to l. 1058.
1045. In MS. E., Lucina is glossed by 'luna,' i. e. the moon; see A. 2085.
1049. Read knowen as know'n. All the six MSS. keep the final n; but Cp. Pt. Ln. drop the word that.
1054. more and lesse, greater and smaller, i. e. rivers.