Chaucer and His Times

by Grace E. Hadow

[95] toil.

[96] desires.

[97] seems good to her.

[98] glitters.

[99] i. e. as my brains tell me.

[100] simply by nature.

[101] i. e. an unpropitious conjunction of planets.

[102] i. e. change of disposition.

[103] Wallacia.

[104] Possibly this refers to the sea of sand and pebbles mentioned by Sir John Mandeville in his Travels. To go bareheaded was considered a great hardship.