v. 649. auenturis] i. e. adventure.
v. 652. herber] See note, p. 101. v. 13.
v. 653. brere] i. e. briar.
v. 654. With alys ensandid about in compas] “i. e. it was surrounded with sand-walks.” Warton’s Hist. of E. P., ii. 350 (note), ed. 4to. So the garden, in which Chaucer describes Cressid walking, was “sonded all the waies.” Troilus and Creseide, B. ii. fol. 152, —Workes, ed. 1602: and compare Lydgate;
“Alle the aleis were made playne with sond.”
The Chorle and the Bird,—MS. Harl. 116. fol. 147.
v. 655. with singular solas] i. e. in a particularly pleasant manner.
v. 656. rosers] i. e. rose-bushes.
v. 658. coundight] i. e. conduit.
—— coryously] i. e. curiously. So Lydgate;