388. which a wreche, ‘what a punishment.’
418. suie: cp. Prol. 460.
447. For the superfluous syllable at the pause in the middle of this line cp. iv. 1131.
496. berth an hond: equivalent to ‘berth on hond,’ l. 546.
519. Count ‘evel’ as a monosyllable for the verse; so regularly, e. g. iii. 1272, vii. 2773.
526. janglere. The final ‘-e’ is not pronounced here.
558 f. the gold ... The which was leid upon the bok. The gold in question is that which is laid upon the service-book in payment of the marriage fees: ‘and the Man shall give unto the Woman a Ring, laying the same upon the book with the accustomed duty to the Priest and Clerk.’ Marriage Service.
564. ‘though he will not praise it,’ i.e. he gives her no credit for it: cp. Prol. 154.
635 ff. Ovid, Ars Am. ii. 561-592, but the original is not very closely followed.
665. Cp. iii. 1362 ff.