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with equal sides.

652 for-be oor-bi urpassing, beyond.

681 for Hadet read Halet taled nxiled (? ). See line 1049.

806 auinant ~uenaunt, pleasantly. Sir F. Madden reads amnant.

954 of. Should we not read on (? ).

957 ? at o? er wyth a gorger wat3 gered ouer ? e swyre.
The gorger or wimple is stated first to have appeared in Edward the
First's reign, and an example is found on the monument of Aveline,
Countess of Lancaster, who died in 1269. From the poem, however, it
would seem that the gorger was confined to elderly ladies (Sir F.
Madden).

968 More lykker-wys on to lyk,
Wat3 ? at scho had on lode.

A more pleasant one to like,
Was that (one) she had under her control.

988 tayt iively, and hence pleasant, agreeable.

1015 in vayres, in purity.

1020 dut munt (? ) }int (? ), referring to sword-sports.

1022 sayn[t] Ione3 day. This is the 27th of December, and the last of the
feast. Sometimes the Christmas festivities were prolonged to New
Year's Day (Sir F. Madden).

1047 derne dede aecret deed.