iii. pr. 9. 16. Wenest thou that he, that hath nede of power, that him ne lakketh no-thing? 'An tu arbitraris quod nihilo indigeat egere potentia?' On this Mr. Stewart remarks that 'it is easy to see that _indigeat_ and _egere_ have changed places.' To me, it is not quite easy; for the senses of the M.E. _nede_ and _lakken_ are very slippery. Suppose we make them change places, and read:--'Wenest thou that he, that hath lak of power, that him ne nedeth no-thing?' This may be better, but it is not wholly satisfactory. iii. pr.9. 39-41. that he ... yif him nedeth = whether he needeth. A very clumsy passage; see the Latin quoted in the note. iii. pr. 10. 165. the soverein fyn and the cause: 'summa, cardo, atque caussa.' iii. pr. 12. 55, 67. a keye: 'clauus;' and again, 'clauo.' " 74. a yok of misdrawinges: 'detrectantium iugum.' " 75. the savinge of obedient thinges: 'obtemperantium salus.' iii. pr. 12. 136. the whiche proeves drawen to hem-self hir feith and hir acord, everich of hem of other: 'altero ex altero fidem trahente ... probationibus.' (Not well expressed.) iii. met. 12. 5. the wodes, moveable, to rennen; and had maked the riveres, &c.: 'Siluas currere, mobiles Amnes,' &c. iii. met. 17-19. Obscure and involved. iv. pr. 1. 22. of wikkede felounes: 'facinorum.' iv. pr. 2. 97. Iugement: 'indicium' (_misread as_ iudicium). iv. met. 7. 15. empty: 'immani;' (_misread as_ inani). v. pr. 1. 3. ful digne by auctoritee: 'auctoritate dignissima.' " 34. prince: 'principio.' " 57. the abregginge of fortuit hap: 'fortuiti caussae compendii.' v. pr. 4. 30. by grace of position (_or_ possessioun): 'positionis gratia.' v. pr. 4. 56. right as we trowen: 'quasi uero credamus.' v. met. 5. 6. by moist fleeinge: 'liquido uolatu.' § 21. In the case of a few supposed errors, as pointed out by Mr. Stewart, there remains something to be said on the other side. I note the following instances. i. pr. 6. 28. Lat. 'uelut hiante ualli robore.' Here Mr. Stewart quotes the reading of MS. A., viz. 'so as the strengthe of the paleys schynyng is open.' But the English text in that MS. is corrupt. The correct reading is 'palis chyning;' where _palis_ means _palisade_, and translates _ualli_; and _chyning is open_ means _is gaping open_, and translates _hiante_. ii. pr. 5. 16. Lat. 'largiendi usu.' The translation has: 'by usage of large yevinge _of him that hath yeven it_.' I fail to see much amiss; for the usual sense of _large_ in M. E. is _liberal_, _bounteous_, _lavish_. Of course we must not substitute the modern sense without justification. ii. pr. 5. 35. 'of the laste beautee' translates Lat. 'postremae pulcritudinis.' For this, see my note on p. 431. ii. pr. 7. 38. Lat. 'tum commercii insolentia.' Chaucer has: 'what for defaute of unusage and entrecomuninge of marchaundise.' There is not much amiss; but MS. A. omits the word _and_ after _unusage_, which of course makes nonsense of the passage.