221. at myn above: see note on iv. 914.
239. the blanche fievere: cp. Chaucer, Troilus, i. 916, with Skeat’s note.
249. Cp. Chaucer, Troilus, i. 420, ‘For hete of cold, for cold of hete, I dye.’
253. of such reles: this seems to men ‘of such strength,’ and ‘relais’ perhaps has a somewhat similar sense in Mirour, 3021,
‘C’est droit qu’il sente le relais
De la tempeste et de l’orage.’
As in the modern ‘relay,’ the idea of ceasing or of relaxation may be accompanied by the notion of fresh vigour taking the place of exhaustion, and so the word may stand simply for strength or freshness.
If this explanation is not admissible, we must suppose that ‘reles’ means here the power of relaxing or dissolving.
285 f. Cp. Rom. de la Rose, 4326 f.,
‘C’est la soif qui tous jors est ivre,