181. Referring to the quotation above; see 177.

182. I. e. Job calls it 'dark,' because he that is in hell is deprived of

natural light. Of course _material_ is here the adjective.

183. _shal turne him al to peyne_, shall all become painful to him; _him_

is here a dative. In Hampole's Pricke of Conscience, ll. 6823, 6829, we

find the above quotation from Job x. 20-22; and, soon after (l. 6879), a

quotation from St. Augustine which seems to be here imitated:--'Demones

igne scintillante uidebunt.'

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