137. For #londes# read londe, or for #þan#, þas. 139 O. #hendeliche#, cleverly. 141. #hæȝe dæie#, festival; mostly associated with religious observance; comp. ‘Hit wes an anne hæhȝe dæie[;] halȝede{n} leoden,’ L 10708. ‘Un jor trova le roi haitié | Si l’a à consel afaitié,’ W 7009. #duȝeðe monnen#, the men of his nobility, the retainers of his court; the first element answers to OE. #duguðe#, _s. g._ of #duguð#. 148. #ræcchen . . . runen#, expound, disclose secret counsels; comp. ‘summe heo muche runen[;] ræhten heom bitweone{n},’ L 25123; ‘þe sunne reccheð hire rune euch buten reste,’ SM 9/30. (‘Sol in aspectu annuncians in exitu, vas admirabile opus excelsi,’ Ecclus. xliii. 2.) 150. #halden to wraððe# apparently means, consider it a ground for anger: perhaps wenden should be read for halden. 153. #þine monscipe ihæȝed#, advanced thy dignity; comp. ‘⁊ mine monscipe hæien,’ 5451; ‘þurh þe haueð Morgan mi mæi[;] is mo{n}scipe afallet,’ id. 3838. 154. #þine#: see 92/26. 157. ‘Ai jo assés aparçéu | . . . | Que tu n’en as baron qui t’aint; | Cascuns te het, cascuns te plaint,’ W 7017. 158. #bare#, actual, absolute; comp. ‘his leode hine hateden | in to þan bare dæðe,’ L 7034; ‘bi þine bare life,’ id. 25800. #þare# O is a scribal error. 159. #stilleliche#, secretly; so too stille 104/170; comp. ‘mid stilliche runen,’ L 355; ‘mid heore stil rune,’ id. 3249: with #spilieð# comp. 110/266; ‘Þus speken þeos swiken[;] and spileden mid worde,’ L 3816. 161. #ambrosie#: Aurelius Ambrosius: O has the former name. 163. #laȝen#, ways, practices, a sense developed out of that of custom, but Mätzner translates, in a treasonable manner. His death was compassed by Vortigern, as O says. 169. #androeinnes#: L has elsewhere only Androgeus, and Androgeum as in W, with once Androchies _gen._ 8194. The present form corresponds to Androgen, Andragen, Andragenus of the prose Brut, ed. Brie, p. 33. 173. #kineliche#, royal, and therefore in the king’s gift. 175. Comp. ‘Þin hired þe hateð for me | ⁊ ich æm iuæid for þe,’ L 14458. #iuaid# is _pp._ of ȝefeogen, OE. *#gefēogan#: see NED v. 525, _s.v._ ivee. #iveiþed# is _pp._ of a derivative verb from OE. #fæhð#, feud: it occurs four times in O. #uor þe#, because of your unpopularity. #ic wene# &c., I expect to be killed. 176. #fare# &c.: see 34/86. 177. #biclused#: comp. ‘⁊ hæuede Valentin wel uaste | biclused in ane castle,’ L 12191: elsewhere O substitutes ‘bituned.’ ‘Si ai por toi maint anemi; | Ne puis par nuit estre aséur | Fors de castel et fors de mur,’ W 7040. 180. #of--idon#: see 94/9 note. 182. #wine maies#: OE. #wine mǣg#, a loving kinsman: L has also vniwinen, onwines, enemies, 14466. 184. #hiren#: comp. 94/19, 98/68. ‘Plus séurs en sera de moi | Et jo en servirai mius toi,’ W 7035. 188. #afeoh#: ‘Et bien les recoif et conroie,’ W 7052. 190. #ueden . . . scruden#: see 100/100.