369. withouten fail; this tag recurs in A. L. 567, 646, in the form withouten any fail; and, unaltered, in A. L. 188, 537.
373. Those in white, the party of the Leaf.
379. oon, one of those in green; this was queen Flora; see l. 534.
403. Bell thinks this corrupt. I think it means, that, before engaging with them in jousts in a friendly manner, they procured some logs of wood and thoroughly dried them. Hence To make hir justës = in order to joust with them afterwards.
410. 'Quickly anointing the sick, wherever they went.'
417. for any thing, in any case, whatever might happen; cf. C. T., A 276, and the note (vol. v. p. 30).
427. 'For nothing was lacking that ought to belong to him.'
450. Here the story ends, and the telling of the moral begins.
457. The meeting with a 'fair lady' was convenient, as she wanted information. In the Assembly of Ladies, this simple device is resorted to repeatedly; see ll. 79, 191, 260, 400.