257. storiers, gen. pl. of storier, a teller of a story; cf. O.F. historieur, an historian (Godefroy). Thynne prints starieres; which gives no sense.
262. two the laste, the last two; chapters 13 and 14; but chapter 14 has little to do with the subject.
Chap. V. 4. 'Or as an ook comth of a litel spyr'; Troil. ii. 1335.
33-7. The word welked occurs twice in Chaucer, C. T., C 738, D 277; and wiver once, Troil. iii. 1010.
57. with yvel ... acomered, desires not to be encumbered with evil.
63. 'Why, as soon as one has sprung up on high, does not the other spring up also?' Here 'one' and 'the other' seem to refer to 'will' and 'bliss'; cf. ll. 16, 17, 70, 71.
73-6. Cf. HF. 737-46; Boeth. bk. iii. pr. 11. 98-101.
Chap. VI. 4-7. Imitated from Ch. Boeth. bk. i. met. 6. 5-11.
10. seconde boke; cf. Book ii. ch. 11. 51-69, 102.
12. setling; misprinted setteles; but see setling in ch. 5. l. 23.