3531. Prov. xxvi. 22.
3533. affole, ‘wounds’ (Low Latin ‘fullare’), to be distinguished from ‘affoler’ meaning ‘to make foolish.’
3541. Ps. lv. 21 (Vulg. liv. 22), ‘Molliti sunt sermones eius super oleum, et ipsi sunt iacula.’
3553. Ecclus. xl. 21, ‘Tibiae et psalterium suavem faciunt melodiam, et super utraque lingua suavis.’
3559. Prov. xxix. 5.
3575. ‘His deeds change into sorrow that by which before he made them laugh’: luy for ly = les.
3584 ff. Cp. the Latin lines (beginning ‘Nil bilinguis aget’) which introduce the description of ‘Fals semblant’ in Conf. Am. ii. 1879, ‘Vultus habet lucem, tenebras mens’ &c.
3589. Ecclus. xxxvii. 20 (23) f., ‘Qui sophistice loquitur odibilis est: in omni re defraudabitur. Non est illi data a Domino gratia,’ &c.
3601. The quotation is from Habakkuk ii. 15 f.
3612 ff. Ps. cxx. 3, 4, of which these two stanzas are a much expanded version.