Rom. de la Viol. l. 577.
The lady explains her conduct by stating that she has a mark on the breast which she had promised that no one should ever see.
[8906]. Luke xiv, 20.
[8950]. noon heraud ne harpour. Robes and other garments were among the most usual gifts bestowed upon minstrels and heralds by the princes and great barons. See before, ll. [8480], [8481].
[8970]. Matth. vi, 25, 26.
[8999]. John xiv, 13; xv, 16. Matth. iv, 4.
[9037]. Psalm cxliv, 16.
[9039]. fourty wynter. During the forty years that the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness, they did not apply themselves to agriculture.
[9049]. Sevene slepe. The legend of the seven sleepers was remarkably popular during the middle ages.
[9101]. Psalm xxxi. 1.