140. Cf. the same, 12-9, 28-33, &c.
152. Referring to ll. 121-6 above.
165. close and one, are closed and united; here close and one seem to be verbs.
169. by, with reference to.
198-9. no art, in no way (?); but surely an error for nat, as wrytest nat is repeated in l. 200.
206. defendeth, 'forbids something to be movable,' &c.
220. Too obscure to deserve the encomium for perspicuity which follows in ll. 222-5.
232. for right, &c.; 'for nothing at all exists there (i.e. in eternity) after the manner of that which is temporal.'
243. ben to ben, are to come because of God's knowledge.
249. philosophical poete; Chaucer, because he translated The Consolation of Philosophy, and introduced passages from it into his poem of Troilus, notably in Book iv. 963-6, 974-1078. In l. 254, Troilus is expressly mentioned. Most likely, the allusion is to Bk. iv. 974-1078; although this deals rather with predestination than with the origin of evil.