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Trewely is here three syllables, which is the normal form; cf. Prologue, 761; Kn.

There is an obvious allusion in this line to the common proverb—'As fain as fowl of a fair morrow,' which is quoted in the Kn.

Servant was, so to speak, the old technical term for a lover; cf. serveth, Kn.

The other, who was beloved by Meleager, and hunted the Calydonian boar, is the one mentioned in the Kn.

Falconry (fa¨kn-ri), also called hawking, the pursuit of game by means of trained hawks or falcons.