341. #merk#, dark, murky; OE. #mirce#: comp. 190/439, 193/570.

343, 344. ‘Daemon ab insidiis vulpeculae est similis,’ T. #breides#,

stratagems, tricks; comp. 193/548. #swik#, deception; comp. 188/396: OE.

#swīc#.

345, 346. ‘Sic cum fraude viri sunt vulpis nomine digni, | Quales hoc

plures tempore sunt homines,’ T. For #man# read mani, omit ⁊, transpose

wurði arn and insert to before #same#, and many likewise are worthy of

the name of fox to their disgrace. Comp. ‘Euerilc ðhing haued he geue

name, | Me to sorge, scaðe and same,’ GE 301.

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