49. right as mater. Cf. 'sicut ad formam de forma procedere materiam notum est'; an often quoted passage in Guido delle
Colonne's Historia Troiae; see note to Legend of Good Women, 1582 (vol. iii. p. 329).
65. and right, if right-doing were not in the original working.
82. muste do good nedes, must necessarily do good.
87. ende, object. The reference seems to be to Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, bk. i. c. 1, c. 2, or c. 5.
90. goodly, with a good motive. In l. 99, it simply means 'a good motive.'
112. praysing ne lacking, praise nor blame.
115. The Latin would be nemo inuite beatus; but I do not know where to find it.
128. free arbitrement, Lat. liberum arbitrium; introduced in order to lead up to a discussion of free will, necessity, and providence; as in Boeth. bk. v.
140. closing, including, implying.