104. Thynne has vs, which is a not uncommon spelling of 'use.' I merely print 'us[e]' because us looks so unintelligible. In l. 103, the word is usage; in l. 110, we have use.
140. thinges; viz. riches, honour, and power; discussed in Book ii. chapters 5-7.
147. onbyde, misprinted unbyde; see note above, to ch. 3. 128.
Chap. VII. 11. The idea of this Tree is copied from P. Plowman, C. xix. 4-14. Thus in l. 11, the ground in which the tree grows is said to be 'ful in thyne herte'; and in P. Plowman, the tree grows in cor-hominis, the heart of man. In P. Plowman, the tree is called True-love, the blossoms are Benign-Speech (cf. l. 16), and the fruits are deeds of Charity. See note to l. 69 below.
38. Cf. 'As, wry the gleed, and hotter is the fyr'; Legend of Good Women, 735.
50. pype; see Troil. v. 1433; C. T., A 1838 (and note).
53. no wode lay use, sing no mad song.
59. Aristotel. The reference appears to be to Aristotle, De Interpretatione (περὶ ἑρμηνείας), ch. 1. Voice seems to mean 'a word unrelated to a sentence,' i.e. not related to something else as forming part of a sentence.
69. So in P. Plowman, C. xix. 29, the tree is attacked by three wicked winds; especially 'in flouryng-tyme,' l. 35.
97. A marchaunt; so in Chaucer, C. T., G 945-50.