15. Cp. Speculum Stultorum, p. 11, l. 41 (Rolls Series, 59, vol. i.).
41. Deut. xxxii. 13, ‘ut sugeret mel de petra oleumque de saxo durissimo.’
49 f. Cp. Fasti, i. 73 f.
51. The supposed mischief-maker is compared to Sinon, who gave a signal by fire which led to the destruction of Troy: cp. Conf. Amantis, i. 1172. I cannot satisfactorily explain ‘Excetra.’
57 f. From Neckam, De Vita Monachorum, p. 175 (ed. Wright, Rolls Series, 59, vol. ii.).
61. De modicis ... modicum: cp. Mirour de l’Omme, 16532.
64. Cp. Ovid, Ars Amat. ii. 166.
LIB. II.
With the general drift of what follows cp. Conf. Amantis, Prol. 529 ff.
1. Incausti specie, cp. Conf. Amantis, viii. 2212.