THE TALE（第23页）

"meatsforthebelly，andthebellyformeats;butgodshalldestroybothitandthe"1cor.vi.13.

"formanywalk，ofwhomihavetoldyouoften，andnowtellyouevenweeping，thattheyaretheenemiesofthecrossofchrist:whoseendisdestruction，whosegodistheirbelly，andwhosegloryisintheirshame，whomindearthlythings."phil.iii.18，19.

cod:bag;anglo-saxon，"codde;"hencepeas-cod，pin-cod（pin-cushion），lesttheydrink，andforgetthelaw，andpervertthejudgmentofanyoftheafflicted."prov.xxxi.4，5

stmanuscripts，evidentlyinerror，have"stilbon"and"calidone"forchilonandlacedaen.chilonwasoneofthesevensagesofgreece，andflourishedaboutb.c.590.aordingtodiogeneslaertius，hedied，underthepressureofageandjoy，inthearmsofhisson，whohadjustbeencrownedvictorattheolympicgames.

"swearnotatall;"christswordsinmatt.v.34.

"andthoushaltswear，thelordlivethintruth，injudgement，andinrighteousness."jeremiahiv.2

thenailsthatfastenedchristonthecross，whichwereregardedwithsuperstitiousreverence.

hailes:anabbeyingloucestershire，where，underthedesignationof"thebloodofhailes，"aportionofchristsbloodwaspreserved.

gobet:a混♂phrase;apparentlyitsforceis，"gobeatupthegame."

haw;farm-yard，hedgeparethefrench，"haie."

avicen，oravicenna，wasangthedisuishedphysiciansofthearabianschoolintheeleventhcentury，andverypopularinthemiddleages.hisgreatworkwascalled"canonmedicinae，"andwasdividedinto"fens，""fennes，"orsections.

assoil:absolve.parethescotchlaw-term"assoilzie，"toacquit.

sainthelen，aordingtosirjohnmandeville，foundthecrossofchristdeepbelowground，underarock，wherethejewshadhiddenit;andshetestedthegenuinenessofthesacredtree，byraisingtolifeadeadmanlaiduponit.