313. Transpose, beð ded.

314. Mätzner alters #wullen# to billen, spoiling the secondary

alliteration: the absolute use of willen, to desire to go, is common

enough. #fel#: in Eudes de Cheriton, 303/7 and Jacques de Vitry, no.

ccciv, the fox puts out his tongue and the birds make for it, a device

which greatly improves the fox’s chance. Transpose, feleð wel.

315. #letteð#, stops, hinders: OE. #lettan#. Transpose, up lepeð . ⁊ hem

sone letteð.

317. #illing#, evil treatment. ‘Dentibus et tristem reddit edendo

vicem,’ T.

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