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Footnote 153:

Head of a monastic order for a province.

Footnote 154:

Chief clerk (ecclesiastical office).

Footnote 155:

Compare Chaucer’s Pardoner in his Prologue.

Footnote 156:

Nurrieris; Latin, nutricarii?

Footnote 157:

Sceptre. See note.

Footnote 158:

See note.

Footnote 159:

Property, wealth.

Footnote 160:

Worthy of reverence.

Footnote 161:

See note.

Footnote 162:

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Footnote 163:

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Footnote 164:

Text, gardevyan; Fr. gardeviande.

Footnote 165:

Fealty.

Footnote 166:

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