68. go love, go and love, learn to love. wher, whether.
77. and also, including. The 'fair' Rosamond is mentioned in P. Plowman, B. xii. 48; which shews that her name was proverbial.
98. 'Embrace me closely with a joyful heart.'
100. 'The ardent hope that pricks my heart, is dead; the hope—to gain the love of her whom I desire.'
103. 'And I know well that it is not my fault; (the fault of me) who sing for you, as I may, by way of lament at your departure.' O.F. sai, I know, is a correct form.
107. sad, fixed, resolute, firm, constant.
[XII. BALLAD OF GOOD COUNSEL.]
7. Cf. Prov. xvii. 20: 'He that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.'
15. equipolent, equal in power; used by Hoccleve (New E. Dict.).
16. peregal, the same as paregal, fully equal; Troil. v. 840.