l. 336 _durande doel_, lasting grief.
343
_For anger gayneȝ þe not a cresse_,
For anger avails the not a cress, (_i.e._ not a mite).
Cf. the following passage from “Piers Ploughman,” p. 174, l. 5629:
“Wisdom and wit now
Is noght worth a _kerse_.”
353
_Stynst (stynt?) of þy strot & fyne to flyte_,
Leave off thy complaining and cease to chide.
354 _blyþe_ is here used as a substantive in the sense of bliss, joy.
_swefte_ = swift.
356 _hyr crafteȝ kyþe_, manifest her powers.
359-60
_For marre oþer madde, morne & myþe,
Al lys in him to dyȝt & deme._
For to ruin, or make foolish, grieve or to soothe,
All lies in him to order and doom.
363 _If rapely raue_, etc. = _If rapely I raue_, etc. (?)
368 Though I go astray, my dear, adored one.