3201. lemes: cp. Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 3886.
3149* f. The reference is to the Epistle of St. James ii. 13, ‘Iudicium enim sine misericordia illi qui non fecit misericordiam.’
3157*. That is, ‘Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.’
3161* f. Cp. Mirour de l’Omme, 13918 ff., where the same is quoted.
3163* ff. Quoted also in the Mirour, 13925 ff.,and there also attributed to Tullius, but I cannot give the reference.
3210. drawe: the change to subjunctive marks this sentence as really conditional.
3215 ff. Valerius Maximus, Mem. v. 1. 9.
3217. in jeupartie, i. e. equally balanced, the result uncertain.