138. Cp. Conf. Amantis, Latin Verses after ii. 1878,
‘Quod patet esse fides in eo fraus est, que politi
Principium pacti finis habere negat.’
163 f. Cp. Ovid, Tristia, v. 8. 15 f.
167 ff. Cp. Tristia, i. 5. 27 ff.
199 f. There seems to be no grammatical construction here.
239 ff. With this passage cp. Mirour de l’Omme, 27013 ff., where nearly the same examples are given. The classification is according to the nature of the things affected, first the heavenly bodies, then the elements of air, water, fire and earth, and finally living creatures. This arrangement is more clearly brought out in the Mirour.
259. Cp. Mirour, 27031, and note.
261. ‘And from the hard rocks of the desert,’ the conjunction being out of its proper place, as in i. 407, 847, ii. 249, &c.
267 f. Cp. Mirour, 27049 ff.