[7-8]: Foote (1982, 120) observes that these ll., combined with the word-play of ll. 1-2 of the following st. (ei, liettliga, Liettliga, liettleika) echo the word-play of Geoffrey of Vinsauf: ‘Hoc ideo ne forte per hoc moriamur.’ Ad illud ‘Forte’ minus fortem credentem vidit; et inde Fortior his illam vicit ... ‘She replied, ‘For this reason, indeed: lest perchance through it we die.’ At that ‘perchance’ he saw her unstable in faith; and then, gaining assurance, he overcame her with this ...’.