'And every tree stood by him-selve
Fro other wel ten foot or twelve.'
35. 'The young leaves of the oak, when they first burst from the bud, are of a red, cinereous colour'; Bell.
37. Cf. 'this proces for to here'; A. L. 27. And again, 'pitous for to here; A. L. 718.
39-42. This seems to be a direct allusion to the Cuckoo and the Nightingale, ll. 52-4:—
'I wolde go som whider to assay
If that I might a nightingale here;
For yet had I non herd of al this yere.'
43-5. From the Book of the Duch. 398-401:—
'Doun by a floury grene wente