462. went, weeneth, weens, supposes, guesses; he shoots by guess. Evidently the right word, for which MS. S. has wend. But it was easily misunderstood, and most MSS. have by wenynge, which preserves the sense, but destroys the rime. Cf. let = lets, in l. 464.
480. This line resembles l. 229 of the Temple of Glas.
484. For references to similar lines, see Schick, note to T. G. 60.
488. Parcas, Parcae, the Fates; the form is copied from Troil. v. 3. Lines 486-9 are reminiscences of Troil. iii. 734 and C. T., A 1566.
491. Nature is the deputy of God; see P. F. 379, and note; C. T., C 20.
512. With the following stanzas compare Chaucer's Complaint to his Lady, and An Amorous Complaint.
525. 'Out of your mercy and womanliness, charm my sharp wounds.'
554. A stock line of Lydgate's; it occurs twice in the Temple of Glas, ll. 424, 879.
574. Here the Knight's Complaint ends.
590. 'Parfourned hath the sonne his ark diurne'; C. T., E 1795.