21-5. Adapted from 1 Esdras, iv. 18, 19.
30. 'That by no way can they refuse his desire to one that asks well.'
32. of your sectes, of your followers, of those of your sex. Cf. chap. 2. 139 above, and the note.
38. wenen, imagine that your promises are all gospel-truth; cf. Legend of Good Women, 326 (earlier version).
41. so maked; 'and that (i.e. the male sex) is so made sovereign and to be entreated, that was previously servant and used the voice of prayer.' Men begin by entreating, and women then surrender their sovereignty.
43. trewe; used ironically; i.e. untrue.
45, 46. what thing to women it is, what a thing it is for women. Ll. 45-58 are borrowed, sometimes word for word, from Ch. HF. 269-85. See note to l. 70 below, and the Introduction, [§ 11].
47. 'All that glisters is not gold'; see Ch. C. T., G 962, and the note. But it is here copied from Ch. HF. 272.
55. whistel, pipe. Cf. note to P. Plowm. B. xv. 467.
60. is put, i.e. she (each one of them) is led to suppose.