241. #for to done# &c., so far as concerned the doing of the works of
the devil, they had been industrious enough at that. But that is
idleness in God’s sight. ‘Il nauient mie estie oiseus damier le diable .
⁊ de fere les lecheries ⁊ de feire les mauues enginz de gahannier
(cultivate) lor terres . de faere lor uignes.’
243. #For--man is#: the French has, ‘Car ce que home faet (fet, A) en
cest siecle, desque il deu nen aime[;] ne ne sert[;] tote deit estre
recontie pur oiseyse.’ Apparently the translator has read seit for faet.
244. #al# &c., he may count it all as loss and idleness. #for#, as;
comp. 27/304: ‘tote deit estre recontie pur oiseyse . ⁊ tot reuient a
nient.’ But Bülbring, Ablaut 25, takes for lore for past participle.