p. 2, l. 57. «commaunde» for «commaunded» (l. 228), formed on the same analogy as «comforte» (l. 2242) for «comforted» (ll. 312, 2117), «aliȝt» for «alighted»; «gerde» for «girded»; «graunte» (l. 607) for «graunted», etc. p. 2, l. 59. «fere», O.E. «f[^æ]ran» (Mod. Eng. «fear»), is an active verb, meaning “to frighten, to terrify.” It is still found in this sense in Shakespeare.—«launde» : «commaunde». The very same rhyme occurs again in l. 3189, where «launde» is spelt «lande». The rhyme need not cause any difficulty, cf. Guy, p. xi. κ. Or must «launde» be taken here for «lande» = saltus? Cf. Morris, Gloss. to «Allit. Poems», «s. v.» launde. p. 3, l. 62. «set», means “seat, sedes”; O.Icel. «set», O.H.G. «sez», M.H.G. «sitz». This stanza as it stands seems to be incorrect, there being no rhyme to «sete»; possibly a line has been lost after l. 63. p. 3, l. 67. The subject of the sentence is wanting. For more instances see Zupitza’s note to «Guy», l. 10. It is to be observed that for the most part the subject wanting is of the same person as the object of the preceding sentence.—«he was god and trew of divers langages» = “he well knew, understood them perfectly.” p. 3, l. 68. «dromonde» : «poundis». Read «dromounde» (which occurs l. 125): «pounde» (see l. 2336). [p099] p. 3, l. 69. We find «fro» and «from» in this poem. Both belong to the Midland dialect. «Fro» is confirmed by the rhyme «fro» : «so» (l. 2760). It is derived from the Scandinavian «fra»; Mod. Eng. has retained it in “froward,” and in the phrase “to and fro.” The same word enters as a prefix into composition in O.E. compounds, as «fr-ettan», etc. «Babyloyne», the author pronounced «Babyloyne» as well as «Babylone» (either rhyming, cf. ll. 30, 3260). p. 3, l. 74. «qweynte», “famous, excellent,” cf. Skeat, «Etymol. Dict.» p. 482, «s. v.» quaint. «for the nones», “for the nonce, for the occasion.” Cf. Zupitza’s note to «Guy», 612; it is often used as a kind of expletive. p. 3, l. 75. «to presente you.» The «Destruction de Rome» has: “vous quidai presenter.” p. 3, l. 76. French: “Uns vens nous fist à Rome parmi le far sigler.” «Destr.» l. 120. p. 3, l. 77. Cf. «Destr.» ll. 115–16. See «Introduction», p. xxiii. p. 3, l. 78. About the rhyme «Rome» : «one», see «Introduction», p. xliii. p. 3, l. 79. «bygone», “afflicted, pressed hard;” literally it means, “overrun, covered.” Cf. Shakespeare, «Julius Caesar»: “Even such a one, So pale, so spiritless, and woe-begone.” p. 3, l. 82. «vilane» : «remedye». Read «vilanye», as in l. 2577, where it rhymes with Gye, see «Introduction», p. xliv, and Ellis, «Pronunciation», I. 271. p. 3, l. 83. «colde», used here and in l. 91 in nearly the same sense as in the expressions collected by Zupitza, in his note to «Guy», 1149.