Note 106 — TO THE READER. (continued 2)
Robert Gwyneddon Davies translation
Cerberus, et seq.—Compare the seven deadly sins in Langland’s Vision of Piers Plowman, Pride, Luxury (lecherie), Envy, Wrath, Covetousness, Gluttony, and Sloth. See also Chaucer’s Persones Tale, passim. A description of these seven sins occurs very frequently in old authors.