4, 9.how suddenly the woof is cut, cp. Job vii. 6; and Isa. xxxviii. 12.
4, 14.a meteor; the word used in the original "assub" is derived from the translations of Aristotle made from the Arabic; it is found in Latin-English handbooks of the middle ages glossing "sterre-slyme," i.e. the star-jelly, which was supposed to be deposited by falling stars.
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7, 1.cp. Prov. xxi. 20.
7, 2.which all men desire by an instinct of nature, cp. Aristotle, Metaphysics, i. i.: πάθρωποι του είδέναι όρέγονται φύσει.
7, 3.infinitely surpasses all the riches of the world, cp. Wisdom vii. 8. 9.
7, 7.at whose splendour the sun and the moon are dark to look upon, cp. Wisdom vii. 29.
7, 9.are bitter, cp. Wisdom viii. 16.
7, 10.that fadeth not, cp. Wisdom vi. 13.
7, 13.the Father of lights, James i. 17.
8, 2.cp. Ecclesiasticus xxiv. 29.
8, 4.the languishing soul, cp. Wisdom xvii. 8.
8, 6.by thee kings reign, Prov. viii. 15.
8, 13.into pruning hooks, "in ligones," cp. Joel iii. 10.
8, 20.every one who asks, Matt. vii. 7.
8, 23.the cherubim, cp. Exod. xxv. 20.
9, 4.celestial, terrestrial, and infernal, Phil. ii. 10.
9, 9.the chair of Crato; the name occurs again in Chap. XIII. In both cases the obscure reference is one of difficulty, though the reading is probably correct: in this passage, Cato rather than Crato would seem better, but the change cannot be warranted, though some MSS. read Catonis. Crato is mentioned in "the Golden Legend" and elsewhere, as well as in several liturgical hymns.
9, 13.all things are corrupted, cp. Aristotle, Phys. iv. 12.
