[59.] Wnclosing gane, did unclose.
[60.] “The bright sun had illumined the spray, and had updrawn (upwarped) into the lusty air the night’s soft (sober) and moist showers; and had made the morning soft, pleasant, and fair.” With this difficult passage we should compare [l. 2477].
[66.] Quhill, until.
[67.] till ony vicht, to any wight.
[69.] Bot gladness til the thochtful, euer mo, etc., “But, as for gladness to the melancholy man, evermore the more he seeth of it, the more wo he hath.”
[73.] represent, represented (accented on the second syllable).
[74.] Al day gan be sor, etc., “All the day, my spirit began to dwell in torment, through sorrow of thought;” be sor, by sorrow (A.S. sorh).
[77.] Ore slep, or how I wot, “Or sleep, ere I knew how.”
[83.] A-licht, alighted.
[84.] levis in to were, livest in doubt.