18673. Cp. Vox Clam. iii. 343 ff. and Conf. Am. Prol. 212 ff. In the latter we have a pretty literal translation of l. 18675,
‘Of armes and of brigantaille,’
which seems to mean ‘of regular or irregular troops.’
18721. faisons que sage: cp. 16700.
18733. Matt. xxiii. 8-10.
18737. Rev. xix. 10. Precisely the same application of this passage is made in Vox Clam. iii. 957 ff.
18761 f. ‘that he distinguished his cardinals by their red hats.’
18779. With this stanza cp. Vox Clam. iii. 11 ff.
18783. Innocent. This must be taken to be a reference to the Pope generally and not pressed as an evidence of date. Innocent VI, the only pope of this name in the fourteenth century, died in 1362, whereas we see from 18829 ff. that this work was not completed until after the schism of the year 1378.
18793 ff. Cp. Vox Clam. iii. 1247 ff.,