16. I omit _that_, and insert _eek_, in order to make sense.

17. I supply _he_, meaning _Love_. Love is masculine in l. 42, precisely as

in the Parl. of Foules, l. 5.

19. I alter _and yit_ to _and fro_, to make sense; the verb to _arace_

absolutely requires _from_ or _fro_; see Clerkes Tale, E 1103, and

particularly l. 18 of sect. XXI, where we find the very phrase 'fro your

herte arace.' Cf. Troilus, v. 954.

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