Lancelot of the Laik Part 33

275. _in to that gret Revare_, in that great river.

284. _o gret confusione of pupil and knychtis_, al enarmyt, a great medley of people and knights, all fully armed. Stevenson actually reads _unarmyt!_

294. _I wil report_; both here and in l. 320 we should almost expect to find "_I nil report_;" i.e. I will not tell. It must mean, "I will tell you why I omit to mention these things." Compare lines 266, 320.

297. _thing_, think.

P. 10, l. 305. _veris_, wars.

306. _be the wais_, by the ways.

307. _Tuex_, betwixt; _accorde_, agreement.

314. _mot_, must.

316. _stek_, concluded.

319. _most conpilour_, very great composer.

320. "As to whose name I will only say, that it is unfit," etc.

326. _stant_, standeth.

328. _yroung_, rung.

330. _beith_, shall be; observe the _future_ sense of _beith_ in this place.

331. _suet_, sweet.

332. "His soul in bliss preserved be on that account."

334. _and this endit._ Whether _endit_ here refers to _inditing_ or _ending_ is perhaps doubtful.

NOTES TO BOOK I.

P. 11, l. 336. If by _aryeit_ is here meant the _sign_, not the _constellation_ of Aries, the day referred to is April 1 or 2, according to Chaucer's "Astrolabie."

338. _bewis_, boughs.

340. _makyne gone_, did make.

341. _in ther chere_, after their fas.h.i.+on. (For _chere_, see Glossary.)

345. _auerding to_, belonging to.

351. _Anoit_, annoyed.

352. _For why_, wherefore; so also _for-thi_, therefore.

354. _can_, began.

355. _sende_, sent.

358. _heryng_, hear (infin. mood). In the next line it occurs as a present participle.

362. _to pas hyme_, to go, depart.

364. _meit_, to dream of; _aperans_, an appearance, apparition.

P. 12, l. 365. _h.o.r.e_, hair.

375. _vombe_, womb; hence bowels.

377. _stert_, started.

384. _gert_, caused.

390. _traist_, trust.

397. _demande_, demur, delay.

398. _at_, that.

P. 13, l. 407. _whill_, until.

408. _the_, they.

410. _to viting_, to know.

412. _shauyth al hall_, sheweth all whole.

414. _chesith_, chooseth.

422. _s.h.i.+re_, sir.

424. _fore to awysing_, in order to take counsel.

432. All this about _astronomy_ (i.e. astrology) should be compared with Gower; Conf. Amantis, lib. vii; ed. Pauli, vol. 3, pp. 133, 134.

Arach.e.l.l, Nembrote, Moises, Hermes are there mentioned as astrologers.

433. The MS. has "set" (_not_ with a long _s_). Mr Stevenson has "fet,"

which would seem right.

P. 14, l. 435. _nembrot_, Nimrod; see _Genesis and Exodus_ (E.E.T.S.), l. 659.

436. _herynes_, miswritten for _herymes_, i.e. Hermes.

439. "The which they found were wondrously evil set."