201 his constabill. Defined in the Alexander:
“That of the duke’s hoist all hale,
Was constabill and chief ledere” (73; 14, 15).
252 the gret anciente. “Through its great antiquity.”
314 “Then they praised greatly God the all-mighty.” The comparative fastar is in Bk. XIII. 129.
316 Thaim byrd. “It behoved or was necessary for them.” (O.E. byrian, impersonal verb). Cf. “Sa byrd al Galouya hyme honoure” (Lives of the Saints, Ninian, 932): “Me byrd be blyth” in same (Martha, 152). Frequent in the Alexander. Cf. on Bk. I. 381.
336 Worschip extremyteis has twa. Valour as a mean between two extremes is an Aristotelian notion (cf. line 347).
339 “And they are both to be avoided.”
341 “Things which should be left alone as well as those which should be done” (cf. lines 348-9).