74. _Al day gan be sor_, etc., “All the day, my spirit began to dwell in torment, through sorrow of thought;” _be sor_, by sorrow (A.S. sorh). 77. _Ore slep, or how I wot_, “Or sleep, ere I knew how.” 83. _A-licht_, alighted. 84. _levis in to were_, livest in doubt. P. 4, l. 91. _be morow_, by morrow; at early morn. 99. _set_, although. 103. _weil accordinge_, very fitting. 105. _long ore he be sonde_, (It is) long ere he be sound. 108. _seith, for to consel_, saith, that as for concealing or shewing, etc. 109. _althir-best_, lit. best of all; see Chaucer’s use of _alderfirst, alderlast_. P. 5, l. 127. _lat be thi nyss dispare_, let be thy nice (foolish) despair. 128. _erith_, earth. 134. _schall hyme hating_, shall hate him. The termination _-ing_ is here the sign of the infinitive mood after the verb _shall_. 140. _Set_, although. 146. _tak one hand and mak_, undertake and compose; _trety_, treatise; _vnkouth_, unknown, new. 151. _belevis_, believe will please thy lady. 160. _yis_, this. P. 6, l. 161. _troucht_, truth. 163. _discharge_, release. 170. _spir_, sphere. 171. “At command of a wise (god from) whose vision,” etc. We sometimes find in old English the adjective “a wise” used absolutely for “a wise man.” See “Le Morte Arthur,” ed. F. J. Furnivall, l. 3318. 175. _tynt_, lost. 177. _be this worldis fame_. Here again, as in many other passages, “be” expresses with relation to, as regards. 185. _yaim_, them. 191. _demande_, demur. P. 7, l. 198. _Quhill_, until. 200. _conten_, treat; lit. contain. 202. Lancelot is here called the son of Ban, king of Albanak; so again in l. 1447. 204. _redis_, read. 214. “I will not waste my efforts thereupon.” 219. _wnwyst_, unwist, unknown. 225. _nome_, name. 226. _Iwondit to the stak_, very deeply wounded; but there is no doubt about the origin of the phrase. See Glossary. 228. _astart_, get rid of it, escape it. P. 8, l. 240. _dedenyt to aras_, deigned to pluck out. 244. _hurtare_, hurter. 245. _Iwond_, wounded. 248. _ful wicht_, full nimble. 251. _of quhome_, by whom. 253. _send_, sent. 257. _pasing vassolag_, surpassing prowess. 260. “Passed down into the fell caves.” 264. _tane_, taken. 266. _cwre_, care. P. 9, l. 267. _gart be maid_, caused to be made. 271. _awoue_, vow. 275. _in to that gret Revare_, in that great river. 284. _o gret confusione of pupil and knychtis_, al enarmyt, a great medley of people and knights, all fully armed. Stevenson actually reads _unarmyt!_ 294. _I wil report_; both here and in l. 320 we should almost expect to find “_I nil report_;” i.e. I will not tell. It must mean, “I will tell you why I omit to mention these things.” Compare lines 266, 320. 297. _thing_, think. P. 10, l. 305. _veris_, wars. 306. _be the wais_, by the ways. 307. _Tuex_, betwixt; _accorde_, agreement. 314. _mot_, must. 316. _stek_, concluded. 319. _most conpilour_, very great composer.