[194]. sexagesima should be septuagesima.

[195]. S. Matt. xx. 1.

[200]. þet . . . þet repeated as at 219/180: ‘ke si nus uolons faere le son seruise . ke nus en aurons loiers.’

[202]. goodman, head of a household; an early instance in this sense. ‘pruzdom,’ D; ‘prudome,’ A.

[203]. for—forewerde: ‘au couenant dun dener.’

[205]. undren: ‘tierce;’ ‘circa horam tertiam,’ Vulg.; about nine o’clock: see 74/209.

[206]. ayen þan euen: ‘enuers la uespre.’ Comp. 221/235.

[210]. mid þo oþre: ‘ourer ensemble as autres.’ hi wel: read hit was, as at l. 205. ‘Quant uint au seir.’

[212]. agyn to: ‘comence a cels.’ al—ferste: ‘iusquas premerains.’

[214]. þes—commandement: ‘le comandement sun seignor.’