1334. _in to spousag_, in wedlock. P. 40, l. 1343. The word _diuerss_ is required to complete the line; cf. l. 731. 1352. _suppriss_, oppression. 1354. _wedwis_, widows. 1367. _that ilke_, that same. 1369. _sufferith_, makest to suffer. P. 41, l. 1379. Eccles. iv. 9, 10. 1387. _yow mone_, thou must. 1392. _her-efter leif_, hereafter live. 1401. A comma is scarcely needed after “_sapiens_.” It means “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Prov. ix. 10. P. 42, l. 1409. _to ryng wnder his pess_, to reign under His peace, by His permission. Roquefort gives _pais_, licence, permission. 1420. _arour_, error. 1427. _leful_, lawful. P. 43, l. 1447. Ban, king of Albanak, was Lancelot’s father. See l. 202, 1450. 1474. The MS. has “aſſit.” P. 44, l. 1491. _tak the bak apone themself_, turn their backs. 1500. _yewyne_, given. 1504. _till_, to; redundant. 1506. _stand aw_, stand in awe. So also in l. 2684. The same expression occurs in _The Bruce_, iii. 62, ed. Pinkerton, p. 42, ed. Jamieson; and also in _Havelok_, l. 277, where the word _in_, supplied from conjecture, should be struck out. P. 45, l. 1537. _throw his peple_, by his people. 1541. _Thus falith not_, etc., “Except wise conduct falleth to a king.” 1546. It may be right to retain the spelling of the MS.--“kinghe;” for, though strange and unusual, it occurs again in l. 2527. P. 46, l. 1556. _wende_, weened. 1560. _in to his contrare_, against him. 1568. _trewis_, truce. 1575. _his powar_, his chief army. 1576. _by the yhere_, by the ear, privately. 1579. _cold_, called; as in l. 753. P. 47, l. 1597. _home fair_, go home. 1608. _And_; redundant in modern English. For many of the precepts given by Amytans the author must have been indebted to Gower, or, at any rate, to the author of the _Secreta Secretorum_. See Gower; Conf. Amantis; ed. Pauli, lib. vii; vol. 3, pp. 152-159. And cf. Tyrwhitt’s note to the Canterbury Tales, l. 16915; and Warton’s Hist. Eng. Poetry. P. 48, l. 1628. _lest_, least; _low_, law. It requires care to distinguish the two meanings of _low_, viz. _love_ and _law_. 1633. _Iug_, judge. P. 49, l. 1660. _sar_, sorely. 1666. A line omitted. The inserted line is purely conjectural. P. 50, l. 1704. _pupelle_, people. 1708. _Inwyus_, envious. 1716. _longith_, belongeth. 1717. _the lykith_, it likes thee, thou art pleased. P. 51, l. 1724. _betak til hyme_, confer upon him. 1730. _essy_, easy. 1736. _for the nonis_, for the occasion. See White’s Ormulum. 1739. _vn to the vorthi pur yow if_, unto the worthy poor thou give. 1742. _set nocht of gret substans_, though not of great value. 1754. _alowit_, approved of. P. 52, l. 1761. _tynith_, loseth. 1763. _atonis_, at once. 1771. _resawe_, receive. 1773. _with two_, also. P. 53, l. 1791. _well less, al-out_, much less, altogether. The punctuation hereabouts in Stevenson’s edition is very wild. 1795. _wys_, vice; _the wrechitness_, thy miserliness.