[699.] The metre of Lancelot’s lament is that of Chaucer’s “Cuckoo and Nightingale,” and was very possibly copied from it. Qwhat haue y gilt, what crime have I committed.
[702.] ago, gone.
[703.] nat, naught; me glaid, gladden me.
[706.] til haue, to have.
[709.] Sen thelke tyme, since that time.
[P. 22], [l. 718]. of remed, for a remedy.
[719.] sesith, ceaseth.
[723.] with this lady, by this lady.
[728.] laisere, leisure.
[731.] diuerss wais sere, divers several ways.