[5283]. Epist. Joan. iv, 16.

[5289]. Matth. xxv, 12; Psal. lxxx, 13. Et dimisi eos secundum desideria cordis eorum, ibunt in adventionibus suis.

[5305]. the four doctours. The four doctors par excellence of the western church were, I believe, Gregory, Ambrose, Augustine, and Jerome.

[5354]. Ecclesiast. i, 16.

[5363]. Epist. Jacob. ii, 10. Quicunque autem totam legem servaverit, offendat autem in uno, factus est omnium reus.

[5412]. as Caym was on Eve. See further on l. [5549]. According to a very curious legend, which was popular in the middle ages, Cain was born during the period of penitence and fasting to which our first parents were condemned for their breach of obedience.

[5415]. Psa. vii, 15. Concepit dolorem et peperit iniquitatem.

[5417]. Whitaker's text inserts before this line—

Caym, the cursed creature,

Conceyved was in synne;