Here is another self-test (or check list) of you reading of the Explantory Notes. As usual, jot down a brief definition of each of the following terms; then check your answers against the notes given in parentheses at the end of each entry.
1) hazard ( II.124-25)
2) rime riche ( II.102-03, I.17-18).
3) Seintes Legende of Cupid ( II.61, II,61-76).
4) Innocence III (Expl. Notes, p. 384)
5) Gower's Tale of Constance (Expl. Notes, p. 385).
6) Ptolmaic system (II.295-301)
7) Semyrame (Semiramus) ( II.359)
8) serpent with woman's face (II.360-61)
9) scorpioun (II.404)
10) Egipcien Marie (St. Mary the Egyptian) (II.500)
11) Latin corrupt (II.519).
12) ordeal of battle (II.631-43)
13) drunkenness (II.771-77)
14) swearing (II.1171)
15) Lollere (II.1173).
16) glossing (II.1180)
You should get twelve or thirteen of these right; if you do not, browse through those notes once more. (Again "browse" means that you need not read every note nor every part of the notes you do read.)