[487.] preseruith It allan, is preserved alone.
[499.] affy in-tyll, rely upon.
[500.] failye, fail.
[504.] there clergy, their science.
[P. 16], [l. 519]. “Through the watery lion, who is also faithful, and through the leech and eke the water also, and through the counsel of the flower.” It is very possible this passage is partly corrupt; [l. 520] should certainly be (as may be seen from lines [2010], [2056]),
“And throuch the leich withouten medysyne.”
The meanings of lion, leech, and flower are fully explained, however, in lines [2013-2120].
[524.] weyne, vain.
[527.] passid nat his thoght, left not his thoughts.
[531.] rachis, braches, dogs.