The wars of Alexander: an alliterative romance translated chiefly ...

312 NOTES TO pp. 238—244, 11. 4487—4682.
1. 4486, tliey are made to denounce maumetry ' ', i. e. tlie idolatry
supposed to be practised by Mahometans.
4487. " Tliat tlirusts you plump down to the devil, when ye are
dead (and gone) hence."
4492. " But ye pay respect to many others that are no more akin
to Him than is the flesh of fish to the fair member (of men)," i. e. to a
man's limb.
4494. See note to 1. 645 of Alex, and Dindimus, p. 52.
4510, 4511. Serenon, a form due to Cererem, ace. of Ceres ; see the
Latin. Hem is for Jiim, i. e. Ceres (supposed masculine). " For
formerly quarters of whete witiiout number (were owing) to him;"
i. e. Ceres first sowed wheat. See notes to Alex, and Diud. p. 64,
]. 692.
4517. "And leave not so much as a limb for your bodies to stand on."
4528. " For joy of his (the peacock's) pride."
4531. For him read Mr ; " is j'ielded to her as tribute."
4534. See notes to Alex, and Dind. p. 54, 1. 719.
4583. "Nor any sort of metal to make (tools) with, neither meslin
nor other metal."
4589, Lere at, learn from.
4592. " Were they that have pains so wise, who would be so
widely praised as lepers "
4619. "That all might continue in one condition."
4621. So, &c. ; "so the world requires." A common phrase; see
P. Plowman, B. prol. 19 ;
Alex, and Dind. 1. 407,
4622. Ouir wild; an error for our will; Lat. " humana voluntas ;
"
e 2, back, col. 2.
4626. " We do but trample on it." See 1. 4681.
4639. " Or else ye are angry with your good fortune."
4640. Probably pure is an adverb, signifying purely, wholly. If
so, omit the comma after leeches.
4649. " From Paris to Rome." A singular illustration.
4653. "Nor (are) angry with our Lord." Understand ar.
4654. Seerties, varieties; Lat. " varietates ; " e 3, col. 1. For we
seet read he set, he appointed ; Lat. " constituit."
4657. " That man is God's friend, and (yet) is none the more a
god." Lat. " non Deus, sed Dei amicus appellatur ;
" ib.
4658. Read in before my. "This similitude, that thou appliest to
our race in my letter." Also by "my letter" we must understand
" the letter sent to me."
4664. All he lue, although we be. At the end of 1. 4665, substitute
a comma for the full-stop.
4666. "Nevertheless (as ye say) we consider ourselves to be gods
bj' a (recognised) lavv() ; but it is you, not we, that continually practise
the same," viz. that attempt to be as gods.
4682. In the Lat. text (Alex, and Dind. p. 38, last line, p. 39, first
line) for bibib^rit read liberit.