274 TRANSACTIONS OP THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [VoL. IV. 



line 6. tada, adverb signifying, only, merely, but with verbs of giving and 

 receiving, hence gratuitously. 



waruki, adjective wartii, waruki, bad, but here used as a noun, wickedness. 

 kuyashi for kiiyami, to repent, whence ktiyashii, producing repentance. 



line 7. yajashi, now yasashii, amiable : same root as Asoka. 

 kami, superior, ruler, lord. 



oji, ojirii, to fear, dread, or oji, djiru, to obey, comply. 

 kiki, to hear ; see line 2. 



line 8. mi, imperative or interjectional form of viiru, to see, behold. 

 nise, false, counterfeit, as in nise-gajie, counterfeit money. 

 ochi, to leave ; see line 2. 



line 9. ga, genitive post-position governing shamen of preceding line : here to be 

 Englished hy for. 



amaki, adjective amai, amaki, sweet, pleasant, also foolish. 

 Jahoi now ja/io, wicked religious rites. 



kage, shadow, and, metaphorically, secret, unseen, 



jarija, noun, from y'arg, to play, frolic, '?,'^ox\., jai-ashi, make to play. 



sageshija, imperat. of sageshiinf, to look down on, despise. 



line 10. to ari, now iari, from ta, who, and ari, is, who is. 



yo and _)'// are ancient poetical forms of the preposition ^(?;'z from. 



aba, now ahai, to shield from danger, protect, defend, but here a noun. 



wa or wo, the untranslated sign of the accusative case, here governed by 



katsu me. 

 katsii, to gain, conquer. The following me is a future particle (Aston's 



Grammar, p. 168). 

 ta, tlie relative. 



goyoshi, now tsuyoshi, strong, powerful. 

 no, genitive particle. 

 gune, now gun, army. 



line II. ki ja, imperat. oi kikii to hear. 



7-0, now iro, love, lewdness, lust. 



vicdoto, now madotta, pret. oi madoi, to err, be deluded, misled. 



avtanji, to relish, delight in. 



line 12. mashi, an old form for "you" (Aston's Grammar, p. 63). 

 riyoki ri, better riyo giri, rightful kingdom. 



tama, master, qualified by the adjective giri, and, with it, governing giri 

 in the genitive of position. 



Part II., line i. moi'i iiomi, compound verb, consisting of morai, receive, accept, and 



7107)11, drink, swallow. 



ariiiia ja is not ari7)ias7t, the honorific form of ari, to be, to have, but ari 

 with an abbreviated form of 7}iashi, i/ziashi, the old 2nd personal 

 pronoun, and the imperative sign^a. 



line 2. 7-iyoshi or i-iyochi, estate, kingdom. 

 a7-aja or arasa, violence, harshness. 



wareta, now waritta, pret. of ivari, to divide, part, rend asunder. 

 riki, strength ; ga, genitive post-position. 

 / 7iaketia now 7iaka 7ii, within, composed of 7iaka, middle, among, and /// 



post-position, in, into. 

 tome, part of verb totiie, tomerti, to stop ; to7/ia7-i, to cease. 



