XIV. 7. qui, ‘whom.’
10. Maisqu’il chaoit: cp. Bal. xvii. l. 27. ‘He had not power to keep his body from falling into the pains of love.’
13. a l’omicide esguarde, ‘looks towards murder.’
XV. 1-10. The losses at the beginnings of these lines in the Fairfax MS. are as follows: Comun | De Lan | Enqore ma | Pour essamp | Cil q’est gu | Droitz est | Car be | To | U que | Deu |
7. Car beal oisel, &c., cp. Mir. 7969.
10. Cp. Conf. Am. vi. 330 ff.
13. Parentre deux: cp. Bal. xxvii. l. 24, Mir. 1178.
XVI. Cp. Mir. 17089 ff., Conf. Am. v. 6393 ff.
XVII. 2. ‘This the faith pledged with the right hand requires.’ For ‘plevie au destre main’ cp. Bal. xxiii. l. 5.
9. ert, ‘there shall be,’ cp. Mir. 17689. Both future and conditional are used to express command or obligation.