60. 'Variation from the faith would be a damnable thing.'
64. The remark—Cest tout—instead of the usual word explicit, occurs at the end of several poems by Hoccleve; see his Poems, ed. Furnivall, pp. 8, 24, 47, 51, 57, 58, 61, 62, 64, &c.
[VII. HENRY SCOGAN: A MORAL BALADE.]
For remarks upon the heading of this poem, see the Introduction.
3. Sende; that is, he did not come and recite the poem himself.
8. This reminds us of the Knight's appeal: 'Now late us ryde, and herkneth what I seye'; C. T., A 855.
30. to queme, according to your pleasure. Queme is here a substantive; see Stratmann. Cf. to pay in Chaucer.
49. Tak'th is monosyllabic, as in l. 57. So also Think'th, in l. 59.
51. From James, ii. 17.