12520. Prov. xvi. 19.
12528. compleindre le contraire, ‘bewail thy disobedience to it.’
12529. Luke xiv. 11.
12565 ff. The story may be found in the Legenda Aurea. St. Macarius was a recluse of Upper Egypt, who is described as ‘ingeniosus contra daemonis fallaciam.’ Several of his personal encounters with the devil are recorded in legend: cp. l. 20905.
12577. je te vois passant, ‘I surpass you’: ‘vois’ for ‘vais,’ as often.
12601. Cp. Conf. Am. i. 3103 ff.
12624. privé, substantive, ‘intimate friend.’
12628. The reference is to the ‘Benedicite,’ Dan. (Vulg.) iii. 58 ff.
12664. Perhaps 1 Pet. iii. 12.
12668. Ecclus. xv. 9, ‘Non est speciosa laus in ore peccatoris.’