14619. Rom. xii. 3, ‘Non plus sapere quam oportet sapere, sed sapere ad sobrietatem.’
14623. Bern. Serm. in Cant. xxxvi. 4, ‘Cibus siquidem indigestus ... et corrumpit corpus et non nutrit. Ita et multa scientia ingesta stomacho animae,’ &c.
14653. Bern. Serm. in Cant. xxxvi. 3, ‘Sunt namque qui scire volunt eo fine tantum ut sciant, et turpis curiositas est. Et sunt qui scire volunt ut sciantur ipsi, et turpis vanitas est.’
14670. A reference to the story of St. Jerome being chastised in a dream by an angel because he studied the style of his writing overmuch, and was becoming ‘Ciceronianus’ rather than ‘Christianus.’
14701. For the four bodily temperaments, cp. Conf. Am. vii. 393 ff.
14707. ‘If I be tempered so as to be phlegmatic’: cp. Bal. l. 2, ‘Ceo q’ainz fuist aspre, amour le tempre suef.’
14725. This refers to the so-called ‘Salvatio Romae,’ the story of which is told (for example) in the Seven Sages.
14730. fesoit avant, ‘he proceeded to make’: cp. 17310, 18466, 20537.
14757. An absolute construction, ‘with the sword of penitence in his hand.’
14769. en tiel devis, answered by ‘Dont,’ ‘in the manner by which,’ &c.