90. alle charite. The MS. has ‘al charite,’ but the metre and the grammatical usage both require ‘alle,’ as in l. 293 and elsewhere.
94. wisemennes: cp. ‘wisemen,’ Conf. Amantis, vii. 1792.
106 ff. Cp. Conf. Amantis, iii. 2273 ff.
113. Conf. Amantis, iii. 2294 f.
115. Cp. Conf. Amantis, Prol. 444.
121. ‘Whose faith thou hast partly to guide.’
122. I correct the imperative form ‘Leie,’ and also ‘sette’ 124, ‘Lete’ 129, ‘putte’ 130, ‘thenke’ 162, ‘Beholde’ 276, as contrary to Gower’s practice and in several cases disturbing the metre.
150. Strictly speaking, we ought to have the subjunctive, ‘undirstode,’ but the rhyme will not allow.
155. So Prol. 88 f.,
‘The hyhe god him hath proclamed