534. #canne#, can he; nor can he do anything else. ‘Sed nequit et
satagit: complorans hic quoque barrit,’ T.
536. #manie#: in the older Bestiaries twelve besides the first try to
raise him. The original reading of the MS., sacande, for saken (shake),
is preferable to the correction: see 182/193.
537. #on stalle maken#, put him in a standing position, set him up
again; comp. 193/539, 547, 556, 557; ‘cumen . . . on stalle,’ 193/539. A
deer is said to stall when it stands still in covert.
538. #for#, in spite of, notwithstanding; comp. ‘For roting es na better
rede,’ CM 11505; ‘thei scholde come with-outen dwellyng | And speke with
him for any thyng,’ Laud Troy Book, 3103: contrast ‘For,’ in consequence
of, 193/542.
540-549. ‘Cum nequeunt omnes, contendunt mittere voces, | Ad quas fit
subitus parvulus ac minimus | Cuius (et est mirum) promuscida sublevat
illum, | Et sic predictas effugit insidias,’ T.
548. Comp. 186/344, 190/458. #atbrested#: supply he (the fallen elp) as
subject: see 6/18 note.