[63]. wepnede: ‘sumentes scutum fidei,’ Eph. vi. 16; ‘induti loricam fidei,’ 1 Thess. v. 8.
[65]. rode taken: see 17/145.
[66]. itend of lei: comp. 130/52; ‘al þe cwarterne, of his cume | leitede o leie,’ SK 671; but, ‘leitinde al on leie,’ id. 1651; ‘þe halwende lei | of þe hali gast,’ id. 1401. bimong: see [66/97 note].
[67]. deoulen, dat. pl., deouele BT, dat. sing. to lake, for a sacrifice.
[69]. ludere stefne, dat., as in ‘þa cleopode he hludre stefne,’ BH 181/18; but ‘⁊ ȝeide lude steuene,’ SK 2033; ‘ȝeiden lude stefne,’ SJ 64/12.
[71]. ȝeld, tribute, resumed in ‘hit,’ l. 72.
[72]. driueð: comp. 60/11.
[73]. ⁊ al walt: omit al and ⁊ after wisdom, with BT.
[75]. he him ane, he and only he: see [123/200 note].
[76]. þah—þolie, though he be long-suffering; ‘longanimiter ferens,’ Heb. vi. 15.