109. Cf. Luke, i. 38--'Ecce _ancilla_ Domini.'

110. _Oure bille_, &c., i. e. 'to bring forward (or offer) a petition on

our behalf.' For the old expression 'to put up (or forth) a bill,' see my

note to P. Plowman, C. v. 45. Compare also Compleynte unto Pite, l. 44 (p.

273).

113. Read _tym-e_. _Tenquere_, for _to enquere_; cf. note to l. 27. Cf. the

French _d'enquerre_, l. 169.

116. _To werre_; F. 'pour guerre,' l. 173; i. e. 'by way of attack.' _Us_

may be taken with _wroughte_, i. e. 'wrought for us such a wonder.' _Werre_

is not a verb; the verb is _werreyen_, as in Squi. Ta. l. 10.

119. _Ther_, where, inasmuch as. 'We had no salvation, inasmuch as we did

not repent; if we repent, we shall receive it.' But the sentence is

awkward. Cf. Mark i. 4; Matt. vii. 7.

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