1. Well unnethes durst this knight for dread: This knight hardly
dared, for fear (that she would not entertain his suit.)
2. “Ne woulde God never betwixt us twain,
As in my guilt, were either war or strife”
Would to God there may never be war or strife between us,
through my fault.
3. Perhaps the true reading is “beteth” — prepares, makes ready,
his wings for flight.
4. Penmark: On the west coast of Brittany, between Brest and
L’Orient. The name is composed of two British words, “pen,”
mountain, and “mark,” region; it therefore means the
mountainous country
5. Cairrud: “The red city;” it is not known where it was
situated.
6. Warished: cured; French, “guerir,” to heal, or recover from
sickness.