282. The modern construction is--'The dream of King Pharaoh.' See this
idiom explained in my note to the Prioresses Tale, Group F, l. 209. Cf.
Gen. xli. 25.
284. As to Macrobius, see note to the Parl. of Foules, 31. And cf. Ho. of
Fame, 513-7. We must never forget how frequent are Chaucer's imitations of
Le Roman de la Rose. Here, for example, he is thinking of ll. 7-10 of that
poem:--
'Ung acteur qui ot non Macrobes....
Ancois escrist la vision
Qui avint au roi Cipion.'
After _Macrobeus_ understand _coude_ (from l. 283), which governs the
infin. _arede_ in l. 289.
286. _Métt-e_ occupies the second foot in the line. Koch proposes _him_ for
_he_; but it is needless; see Cant. Tales, B 3930. In l. 288, read
_fortúned_.
288. This line, found in Thynne only, is perhaps not genuine, but
interpolated. Perhaps _Whiche_ is better than _Swiche_.