17103. Num. xxxi. 17 f.
17113. This is the Gilbert mentioned in the note on l. 17067. He was abbot of S. Marie de Nogent in the early part of the twelfth century. His ‘sermoun’ is the Opusculum de Virginitate, to which this is a rather general reference.
17119. Jerome adv. Jovin. i. 41.
17122. See note on 5179.
17125. Cyprian, Tract. ii. ‘Flos est ille ecclesiastici germinis, decus atque ornamentum gratiae spiritualis.’
17149 ff. Cp. Trait. iii. 2.
17166. Soubz cel habit, &c., cp. Trait. v. 2.
17200. Gen. ii. 18.
17208. acompaigner, ‘take as a companion.’
17223. 1 Cor. vii. 9.