[69] Beatus.

[70] Natural.

[71] Murmurs, complains.  Cf.  Chaucer, The Persones Tale, ed.  Skeat SS 30:  “After bakbyting cometh grucching or murmuracion; and somtyme it springeth of impacience agayns God, and somtyme agayns man.  Agayns God it is, whan a man gruccheth agayn the peynes of helle, or agayns poverte, or los of catel or agayn reyn or tempest; or elles gruccheth that shrewes han prosperitee, or elles for that goode men han adversitee.”

[72] Pepwell adds:  at the least willingly.

[73] Pepwell reads:  “put down.”

[74] Watches.

[75] Promises.  Latin:  fovet promissis.

[76] A curious mistranslation:  “Sed Aser hosti suo facile illudit dum partem quam tuetur, alta patientiae rupe munitam conspicit” (Benjamin Minor, cap. 33).

[77] Dwelling-place.

[78] Pacified.  Harl.  Ms. 1022, ed.  Horstman, reads:  “the cite of conscience is made pesebule.”

[79] Merces.

[80] So Harl.  Ms. 674; omitted in Harl, Ms. 1022 and by Pepwell.

[81] Gen. xxx. 18.

[82] The MSS. read:  “erles.”

[83] Gen. xlix, 14:  “Issachar asinus fortis accubans interterminos” (Vulgate).

[84] Rom. vii. 24.

[85] Phil. i. 23.

[86] Ps iv. 5.  Harl.  Ms. 674 has:  “Wraththes and willeth not synne, or thus:  Beeth wrothe and synnith not.”

[87] Human nature in our fellow-man.

[88] Fellow-Christian.  The words in square brackets are omitted in Harl.  Ms. 674.

[89] Ps. cxxxix. (Vulgate cxxxviii. ) 21.

[90] Ps. cxix. (Vulgate cxviii.) 104.

[91] Habitaculum fortitudinis.

[92] Gen. xxx. 20.

[93] Assuredly.  Pepwell sometimes modernises this word, but not invariably.

[94] 1 John i. 8.

[95] Cf.  St. Augustine’s various writings against the Pelagians, e.g.  Epist. clvii. (Opera, ed.  Migne, tom. ii. coll. 374 et seq.), Ad Hilarium.

[96] Deliberate intention.

[97] Warnes in the MSS.

[98] Disposition.

[99] Coaxing, beguiling.  Harl.  Ms. 674 reads:  “glosing.”

[100] Madness.

[101] In particular.  Pepwell has:  “surely.”

[102] Regret.

[103] Better is art than evil strength.  A proverbial expression.  Cf.  Layamons Brut, 17210 (ed Madden, ii. p. 297); Ancren Riwle (ed.  Morton), p. 268 (where it is rendered:  “Skilful prudence is better than rude force").  Cf.  Prov. xxi. 22.

[104] The MSS. have:  “ilke.”

[105] Invisibilia.

[106] So Pepwell and Harl.  Ms. 674.  Harl.  Ms. 1022, ed.  Horstman, reads:  “see thiself and the candell.”

[107] Pepwell reads:  “waking.”

[108] Ps. iv. 6-7.

[109] Harl.  Ms. 674 reads:  “light.”

[110] Salutary.

[111] Skill.