572. _in his defendaunt_, in his (own) defence; it looks like an imitation
of the French phrase _en se defendant_.
575. Note the double use of _homicide_; it here translates _homicidium_;
just above, it translates _homicida_.
580. Fr. 'Mais especiaument nous apelons ci blaspheme, quant on mesdit de
Dieu e de ses sainz, on des sacramenz de sainte eglise.'