With this compare Bal. xlviii., and Rom. de la Rose, 4320 ff.,
‘Amors ce est pais haïneuse,
Amors est haïne amoreuse,’ &c.
1. in glosa, ‘by interpretation.’
‘Lex docet auctorum,’ &c.
1. quod iter, &c., ‘that the fleshly pilgrimage is more secure for those who have the bands of wedlock upon them.’
5. quasi regula: apparently comparing marriage to a monastic rule, into which men are gathered for their salvation.
7. Hinc vetus annorum. The comment on this concluding couplet is to be found in the record of the poet’s marriage, in the year 1397-8, to Agnes Groundolf.