25. _Contre-houses_, houses of his country, homes (used of Theseus and his
army). It exactly reproduces the Lat. _domos patrias_. See Kn. Tale, 11 (A
869).
29-35. Chaucer merely takes the general idea from Statius, and expands it
in his own way. Lewis's translation of Statius has:--
'To swell the pomp, before the chief are borne
The spoils and trophies from the vanquish'd torn;'
but the Lat. text has--
'Ante ducem spolia et _duri Mauortis imago_,
Uirginei currus, cumulataque fercula cristis.'
And, just below, is a brief mention of Hippolyta, who had been wedded to
Theseus.
30, 1. Cf. Kn. Tale, 117, 118 (A 975). See note above.
36, 7. Cf. Kn. Tale, 23, 24 (A 881, 2); observe the order of words.