3517. betwen ous tweie, i.e. ‘together’; cp. l. 653.
LIB. III.
4. ther nis on. Note the repetition of the negative from the clause above.
71. the leng the ferre, i.e. ‘the lengere the ferre.’
78. mihte I, for ‘ne mihte I’: cp. ii. 2423.
83. redy to wraththe: cp. ii. 3444, ‘redi to the feith.’
143 ff. The story is from Ovid, Her. Ep. xi. It is that which is referred to by Chaucer, Cant. Tales, B 77,
‘But certeinly no word ne writeth he
Of thilke wikke ensample of Canacee,
That loved hir owene brother synfully.’