'Car tant cum vous plus atendrez,
Tant plus, sachies, de tens perdrez.'
3774. Read _it nil_, it will not; F. Qu'el ne soit troble (l. 3505).
3811. The F. text has _une vielle irese_, and M. Méon explains _irese_ by
angry, or full of ire. Hence, a note in Bell suggests that _irish_ here
means 'full of ire.' But I think M. Méon is wrong; for the O.F. for 'full
of ire' is _irous_, whence M.E. _irous_; and M. Michel prints _Irese_ with
a capital letter, and explains it by 'Irlandaise.' Besides, there is no
point in speaking of 'an old angry woman'; whereas G. de Lorris clearly
meant something disrespectful in speaking of 'an old Irishwoman.' M. Michel
explains, in a note, that the Irish character was formerly much detested in
France. I therefore believe that _Irish_ has here its usual sense.
3826. Where _Amyas_ is, is of no consequence; for the name is wrongly
given. The F. text has 'a Estampes ou a Miaus,' i. e. at Étampes or at
Meaux. Neither place is very far from Paris. _Reynes_ means Rennes in
Brittany; see note to Book Duch. 255.
3827. _foot-hoot_, foot-hot, immediately; see note to Cant. Ta. B 438.
3832. _reward_, regard; as in Parl. Foules, 426.