21. Possibly a reference to the advice given at 27/288.

23. Do as He who bringeth thee to thy end taught thee and said. Comp.

27/282-286.

25. #mysdo#, misfare. B leaves out #þenne# and the whole of the

following line, which means, But thou hast good reason to live in fear

and trembling. ‘A peyne joie avra un sul jur | Ke de sa fyn bien

pensera,’ MS. Lambeth 522, Archiv lxiii. 76/23.

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