2076. _disseise_, oust you from possessing it. _Disseisin_ is the opposite
of _seisin_, a putting in possession of a thing.
2087. _aumener_, purse, lit. bag for alms; F. _aumoniere_.
2092. I take _iowell_ (with a bar through the _ll_) to be the usual
(Northern) contraction for _Iowellis_, jewels; F. text, _joiau_, pl. I can
find no authority for making it a collective noun, as Bell suggests.
2099. _spered_, for _sperred_, fastened; F. _ferma_. See l. 3320.
2141. I supply _sinne_; perhaps the exact word is _erre_, as suggested by
Urry; F. 'Tost porroie _issir de la voie_.'
2154. Read _ginn'th_; only one syllable is wanted here. Cf. l. 2168.
2161. _poyntith ille_, punctuates badly. This is a remarkable statement. As
the old MSS. had no punctuation at all, the responsibility in this respect
fell entirely on the reader. Ll. 2157-62 are not in the French.
2170. _Romaunce_, the Romance language, Old French.
2190. This important passage is parallel to one in the Wife of Bath's Tale,
D 1109. Ll. 2185-2202 are not in the French; so they may have been
suggested by Chaucer's Tale.
2203. 'Gravis est culpa, tacenda loqui'; Ovid, Ars Amat. ii. 604.
2206. _Keye_, Sir Kay, one of the knights of the Round Table, who was noted
for his discourtesy. For his rough treatment of Sir Beaumains, see Sir T.
Malory's Morte d'Arthur, bk. vii. c. 1. On the other hand, Sir Gawain was
famed for his courtesy; see Squi. Ta. F 95.
2271. The word _aumenere_ is here used, as in l. 2087 above, to translate
the F. _aumosniere_ or _aumoniere_. In Th., it is miswritten _aumere_, and
in G. it appears as _awmere_. Hence _awmere_ has gained a place in the New
E. Dict., to which it is certainly not entitled. It is not a 'contraction
for _awmenere_,' as is there said, but a mere blunder.
2278. _Of Whitsonday_, suitable for Whitsunday, a time of great festivity;
F. text--'a Penthecouste.'
2279. Both texts have _costneth_, which makes the line halt. _Cost_ (short
for _costeth_) has the same sense, and suits much better; the F. text has
simply _couste_.
2280-4. Copied from Ovid, Ars Amat. i. 515-9.
2285. It is clear that _Fard_, not _Farce_, is the right reading. _Farce_
would mean 'stuff' or 'cram'; see Prol. A 233. The F. text has--'Mais ne te
_farde_ ne ne guigne.' Among the additions by Halliwell and Wright to
Nares' Glossary will be found: '_Fard_, to paint the face'; with three
examples. Cotgrave also has: '_Fardé_, Farded, coloured, painted.'
2294. _knowith_ is a strange error for _lowhith_, or _lauhwith_, forms of
_laugheth_; F. text, _rit_.
2296. _meynd_, mingled; see Kn. Ta. A 2170.
2301-4. Not in the F. text. I alter _pleyneth_ in l. 2302 to _pleyeth_, to
suit the context more closely.
2309. _sitting_, becoming; cf. _sit_, Clk. Ta. E 460.
2318. 'Make no great excuse'; F. _essoine_. From Ovid, Ars Am. i. 595.
2327. For _meuen_ I read _meve hem_, move them. Ll. 2325-8 are not in the
French text.
2336. Read _Loves_. 'Whoever would live in Love's teaching must be always
ready to give.' F. text, 'Se nus se vuelt _d'amors_ pener.'
2341. Cf. F. text:--'Doit bien, apres si riche don.' See ll. 2381.
2354. _alosed_, praised (for liberality); see _Alose_ in the New E. Dict.
2365. 'Against treachery, in all security.' _For_ is here used for
'against.' F. text, 'Tous entiers sans tricherie.'
2386. _maugre his_, in spite of himself; against the giver's will.