The French text, a portion of which is given in the lower part of pp.
93-164, is reprinted from Le Roman de la Rose, ed. Méon, Paris, 1814.
1. Scan:--Many | men seyn | that in | swev'níng-es ||. So, in the next
line, read:--lesíng-es. In l. 3, read:--swev'nes. In l. 4, read 'hard-e-ly'
as _three_ syllables, and 'fals-e' as two; and, in general, throughout ll.
1-1705, apply the usual rules of Chaucerian pronunciation.
_sweveninges_, dreamings; see l. 3; cf. A.S. _swefen_, a dream, pl.
_swefnu_; _swefnian_, v., to dream. The translation should be compared with
the original F. text, as given below it.
On the subject of dreams, cf. Hous of Fame, ll. 1-52, and the notes to ll.
1, 7.