4796. _can_, know. _parcuere_, by heart; F. 'par cuer.'

4831. 'For paramours only feign.' But the original has: 'Mes _par Amors_

amer ne daignent,' i. e. 'But they do not deign to love like true lovers';

unless it is a mere exclamation, 'I swear by Love.'

4859. 'To save the progeny (or strain) of our species'; cf. Cl. Ta. E 157.

4875, 6. Not in the original. It seems to mean--'who very often seek after

destroyed increase (abortion) and the play of love.' Cf. _tenen_, to harm.

But no other instance of _for-tened_ is known, nor yet of _crece_ as short

for _increes_ (increase). However, the verb _cresen_, to increase, is used

by Wyclif; see _cresce_ in Stratmann, ed. Bradley.

4882-4. Alluding to Cicero's treatise De Senectute.

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