379, C. _pleie_. Cf. ‘Lyb. Disc.’ 25-26: _As hyt befelle upon a day To
wode he wente on hys play_.
387-8. _kyng on benche_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 14963-4: _& heo gon scenchen, on þas
kinges benche_. Also ‘Ipomydon’ 229: _Of þe cuppe ye shall serve me_.
Cf. also 1185.
403. _On knes he him sette_. The conventional mode of salutation. Cf.
‘Lay.’ 22147-8: _Comen to þan ki[n]ge, & setten an heore cneowen_. Cf.
also ‘Lay.’ 13821 and ‘King of Tars.’ 719: _& gret hir feir vpon his
kne_, also 90, 221. ‘Guy of Warwick’ 161-2: _Gye on his kneys sone hym
sett, And that mayden feyre he grett_. ‘Rich. C. de L.’ 891-3, 1591;
‘Ypotis’ 15: _On his kne he hym sette. Well fayr þe emperour þer he
grette._ ‘Ipomydon’ 267-8: _Ipomydon on knees hym sette And the lady
feyre grette_. 187-8: _Vppon {his} knees he hym sette, And þe kyng full
feyr he grette_. Cf. also 902-3, also ‘Erl of Tolous’ 1066: _To the
emperour he knelyd blyve_. Cf. Wissmann’s Note.
405-6. _of his feire siȝte ..._ Cf. ‘R. H.’ 1053: _De la belte de horn
tute la chambre resplent_. Compare with this the flame which came from
Havelok’s mouth when he slept.
420. _honde_. Cf. ‘Ipomydon’ 2164: _Ipomydon toke hyr by the hond_. Cf.
also ‘Havelok’ 408; ‘Amis and Am.’ 550 ff.; ‘Guy of W.’ 217 ff.; ‘Rich.
C. de L.’ 891-3: _Fayr he grette that lady bryght, And sayde to her with
herte free, What is thy wille, Lady, with {me}_.
425. _ofte heo hine custe ..._ Cf. ‘Lay.’ 5012-14: _bitwixen hire ærmes
heo hine nom, ofte heo hine clupte, & ofte heo hine custe_.
436. _liþe_. Cf. ‘Life of Alex.’ 431: _He wol solace me and lythe and in
this care make me blythe_, and ‘Will. de Shoreham’ (ed. Wright), p. 19:
_and lytheth oure pyne_.
437. _wiþute strif_. Cf. ‘Erl of Tolous’ 240: _Wythoute any stryfe_.
‘Ipomydon’ 1607-8: _He sayd, he wold haue hyr to wyffe, If she wold
withouten stryff_.