277. #hertien# is Mätzner’s correction, comparing 199/75, 76; but the
_inf._ in -ien is very doubtful. The original word was probably beren.
278. #grund#: see 188/401: the poet has misunderstood ‘ad ima redit,’
the weary leader, who has no rest for his chin, falls in at the rear of
the procession.
280. and supply their necessity; ‘nunquam deficiunt,’ they never fail
one another. A line is wanting, such as, ⁊ cumen to here stede,
answering to ‘atque viam peragunt.’
281. ‘Hunc retinent usum, si sint vel in agmine centum,’ T. #hem
bitwen#, among themselves.
284. ‘Per tales mores alienos ferre labores | Cum pietate monent atque
juvare docent,’ T. #costes#, habits, ways: comp. ‘knewen he nogt ðis
dewes cost,’ GE 3327.