109. After so, understand 'is it with regard to.'
110. the cause, the cause whereby I am directed, and that for which I ought to write it, are both alike noble.
113. this leude, &c.; I have set about learning this alphabet; for I cannot, as yet, go beyond counting up to three.
115. in joininge, &c.; by proceeding to the joining together of syllables.
124. in bright whele, in (its) bright circuit. Chaucer has wheel in the sense of orbit; HF. 1450.
126. another tretyse. As to this proposed treatise nothing is known. Perhaps it never was written.
Chap. II. 2. in Latin. This suggests that the present chapter may be adapted from some Latin original; especially as the author only gives the sentence or general drift of it. But the remark may mean nothing, and the tone of the chapter is wholly medieval.
24. Saturnes sphere, Saturn's orbit; the supposed outer boundary of the spheres of the seven planets.
27. me have, possess me (i.e. love), since Love is the speaker; i.e. they think they can procure men's love by heaping up wealth.