67. _till ony vicht_, to any wight.
69. _Bot gladness til the thochtful, euer mo_, etc., "But, as for gladness to the melancholy man, evermore the more he seeth of it, the more wo he hath."
73. _represent_, represented (accented on the second syllable).
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 (G.o.d 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 pa.s.sages, "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 va.s.solag_, surpa.s.sing prowess.
260. "Pa.s.sed 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.