440. _his sweuen met_, dreamed his dream.
443. _waryng in to were_, were in doubt.
444. _danger_, power to punish; compare Shakspere"s use of the word.
457. _but delay_, without delay.
459. _stondith heuy cherith_, stood heavy-cheered, was sad in his demeanour.
465. _fundyng_, found.
466. _depend to_, depend upon.
P. 15, l. 475. _tone_, taken.
478. _a.s.sey_, test.
481. _record_, to tell out, speak.
487. _preseruith It allan_, is preserved alone.
499. _affy in-tyll_, rely upon.
500. _failye_, fail.
504. _there clergy_, their science.
P. 16, l. 519. "Through the watery lion, who is also faithful, and through the leech and eke the water also, and through the counsel of the flower." It is very possible this pa.s.sage is partly corrupt; l. 520 should certainly be (as may be seen from lines 2010, 2056),
"And throuch the leich withouten medysyne."
The meanings of lion, leech, and flower are fully explained, however, in lines 2013-2120.
524. _weyne_, vain.
527. _pa.s.sid nat his thoght_, left not his thoughts.
531. _rachis_, braches, dogs.
533. _grewhundis_, grayhounds.
536. This purely conjectural line is merely inserted to carry on the sense. It is imitated from line 3293. In the next line we should read "grewhundis," rather than "grewhund."
538. _Befor ther hedis_, before their heads.
P. 17, l. 545. "All armed, as was then the fashion."
546. _sal.u.s.t_, saluted.
548. _kend_, known.
549. _leuyth_, liveth.
552. The rime requires "land," as in l. 638.
553. _yald hyme our_, yield him over.
554. _if tribut_, give tribute.
566. _recist_, resist; _mone bee_, must be.
568. _be_, by.
569. _day moneth day_, ere this day month; comp. l. 1162.
P. 18, l. 577. _fairhed_, fair-hood, beauty.
587. _magre myne entent_, in spite of my intention.
591. _nome_, took.
593. _Inquere at_, inquire of.
596. _wes_, was.
599. _rase_, rose.
605. _accordith_, agree thereto.
606. _recordith_, belongith.
607. _visare_, wiser.
P. 19, l. 621. _This spek I lest_, this I list to speak.
622. _varnit_, warned.
626. "Though the season of the year was contrary."
627. _atte_, at the.
629. _the ilk_, that (Scotch _thilk_).
632. _Melyhalt_, the name both of a hill, and of the town built upon it.
636. _affray_, terror.
642. _wnconquest_, unconquered.