23500. Probably Matt. vi. 19.
23534. ‘That the law excuses you’: ‘despenser avec’ is used similarly in l. 1400.
23573 f. se delitera ... tout avant, ‘will go on taking pleasure.’
23582. a ce q’en ce termine, &c., ‘according as the matter appears in regard to this order,’ i.e. what lies within the limits of this class: cp. 16151.
23607. Qe nous ne devons, ‘so that we may not,’ so also in 23640; see note on 1193.
23638. ‘At the making of the new knight’: a curious use of the gerund.
23659. au prodhomme, ‘to be valiant.’
23671. l’onour de France: the particular name of the country is of no consequence and is determined probably by the rhyme. That the general point of view is not a continental one is shown by 23713.
23683. jours d’amour, ‘love-days,’ for reconciliation of those who had differences.
23701 ff. Cp. Vox Clam. v. 519 f.