[1652]. Provisors were people who obtained from the pope the reversion of ecclesiastical dignities, and several severe statutes were made against them, one well-known one by Edward III.
[1674]. Love-daies. See further on, the [note] on l. 5634.
[1735]. In Normandie. [1750]. To Caleis. Allusions, no doubt, to recent events in the wars of Edward III. See the Introduction.
[1769]. Caytiflyche thow, Conscience, | Consailedist the kyng leten | In hus enemys honde | Ys heritage of Fraunce. Whit.
[1827]. Psalm xiv, 1.
[1835]. Ps. xiv, 2.
[1845]. Ps. xiv, 5.
[1862]. Psalm xxv, 10.
[1875]. Matth. vi, 5.
[1885]. Regum. The reference is to 1 Sam. xv, which in the old Vulgate was called primus liber regum.