922. and have, i.e. and have loved. On this construction, see Schick's note to T. G. 1275.
925-7. I ... doon; more false grammar; equivalent to Lat. ego faciamus.
929. 'And, whan I trespace, goodli me correcte'; T. G. 1018.
931-52. Compare the answers of the lady in La Belle Dame sans Merci (p. 309, &c.).
988-9. Cf. Parl. Foules, 90-1; Compl. to his Lady, 47-9.
998. dwale, an opiate, a sleeping-draught; made from the dwale or 'deadly nightshade' (Atropa belladonna). It occurs once in Chaucer; C. T., A 4161. See my note to P. Plowman, C. xxiii. 379.
1000. y-wis afrayed, (being) certainly frightened. The use of y-wis in such a position is most unusual.
1016-7. 'Right as the fressh[e] rodi rose nwe Of hir coloure to wexin she bigan'; T. G. 1042-3.
1023. Something is lost here. There is no gap in the MS.; but there was probably one in the MS. from which it was copied. I think six stanzas are lost; see the Introduction.
1032-3. 'And their fellow-furtherer,' i.e. fellow-helper.