518. _For mi lordes loue Sir Orfeo_, 'for my lord Sir Orfeo's love'. Logically the genitive inflexion should be added to both of two substantives in apposition, as in OE. _on Herodes dagum cyninges_ 'in the days of King Herod'. But in ME. the first substantive usually has the inflexion, and the second is uninflected; cp. V 207 _kyngeȝ hous Arthor_ 'the house of King Arthur'; and notes to I 44, VI 23. 544. _Allas! wreche_: _wreche_ refers to the speaker, as in l. 333. 551. _hou it geþ—_: The sense is hard to convey without some cumbrous paraphrase like 'the inexorable law of this world—'. 552. _It nis no bot of manes deþ_: 'There is no remedy for man's death', i.e. violent grief will do no good. Note _it nis_ 'there is (not)'. In ME. the anticipated subject is commonly _it_ where we use _there_. 565. _in ynome_: '<had> taken up my abode'; _in_ 'dwelling' = NE. 'inn'. 599. _herof_ overloads the line and is omitted in the Ashmole MS. III #Dialect#: Pure Kentish of Canterbury. #Inflexions# are well preserved, and are similar to those found in contemporary South-Western texts. VERB: pres. ind. 3 sg. _multiplieþ_ 1; contracted _ret_ 3, 16. 1 pl. _habbeþ_ 2. strong pp. _yyeue_ 25, _yhote_ 29. PRONOUN 3 PERS.: the new forms _she_, _they_, _their_, _them_ are not used. 3 sg. fem. nom. _hi_ 32, _hy_ 45; poss. _hare_ 33, beside _hire_ 36; pl. nom. _hi_ 58. Note the objective form _his(e)_ = 'her' 32, 53 (twice); and = 'them' 7, 8, 28. NOUN: plurals in _-en_ occur: _uorbisnen_ 2, _ken_ 56. In _diaknen_ 5, _-en_ represents the dat. pl. inflexion. ADJECTIVE: _onen_ dat. sg. 4, _oþren_ dat. pl. 53, _þane_ acc. sg. masc. 59, _þet (word)_ nom. sg. neut. 57, show survivals rare even in the South at this date. #Sounds#: Characteristic of the South-East is __ for OE. (West-Saxon) _ȳ̆_: _kertel_ (OE. _cyrtel_) 39, _ken_ (OE. _cȳ_) 56. Old diphthongs are preserved in _greate_ (OE. _grēat_) 9, _yeaf_ 22. In _hyerof_ 1, _yhyerde_ 49, _hier_ 2, _þieues_ 18, _ye_, _ie_ represent diphthongs developed in Kentish rather than simple close _ē_. Initial _z_ = _s_ in _zome_ 'some' 2, _zede_ 'said' 12, _zuo_ 'so' 17; and initial _u_ = _f_ in _uele_ 2, _uayre_ 2, _uram_ 4, _bevil_ 41, evidence dialectical changes which occurred also in the South-West. #Syntax#: The constructions are distorted by slavish following of the French original; see note to ll. 48-60. * * * * * 3. Saint Germain of Auxerre (MS. _Aucerne_) is famous for his missions to Britain in the first half of the fifth century. This particular story is found in the _Acta Sanctorum_ for July 31, p. 229. 16. St. John the Almoner (d. 616) was bishop of Alexandria. For the story see _Acta Sanctorum_ for January 23, p. 115.