110. #Ase so# here and in l. 144 appears to be an attempt to render ‘si
cume,’ A.
111. There is nothing in the French for #husberners#. In CM 26234, ‘Fals
wijtnes and trouth breking, | Mans slaghter and hus brening’ are sins
reserved to the bishop’s absolution: see Pollock and Maitland, History
of English Law, ii. 492. #bakbiteres# is the compendious equivalent for
‘tuz cil ki despeisent ⁊ clamnent lur pronie,’ A.