119. Helisee, Elysium; 'the feld ... That hight Elysos'; Troil. iv. 789.
120. saintes, saints, martyrs for love; cf. V. 316, above (p. 227), and the note. Cf. T. G. 414.
129. 'The king had Danger standing near him, and the queen had Disdain, who were chief of the council, to treat of affairs of state'; Bell.
138. Cf. T. G. 271, and the note, shewing how common gold hair is in Lydgate.
139, 140. 'Bihinde her bak, a yerde long'; C. T., A 1050.
148. In mewet, in an inaudible voice, to myself; like mod. F. à la muette (Littré).
167. non erst; false grammar for non er, no sooner; 'no soonest' is nonsense. We find, however, the phrases not erst and never erst elsewhere; see New E. Dict., s.v. Erst, § B. 4.
170. This is the earliest quotation given in the New E. Dict., s.v. Assummon; and the next is from the poet Daniel.
177. Chaucer has the compound for-pampred; Former Age, 5. I read jolif, joyful, to make sense; the MS. has the absurd word ioylof (sic); and Stowe has ialous, jealous, which is quite out of place here.