98. 'As, indeed, it is needless for men to learn such craftiness.'

105. A proverbial expression; see Squi. Tale, F 537. The character of

Arcite is precisely that of the false tercelet in Part II. of the Squieres

Tale; and Anelida is like the falcon in the same. Both here and in the

Squieres Tale we find the allusions to Lamech, and to blue as the colour of

constancy; see notes to ll. 146, 150, 161-9 below.