In a medieval Latin verse, it appears as: 'Catus amat piscem, sed non vult tingere plantam'; see Proverbialia Dicteria ... per A. Gartnerum, 1574, 8vo. Ray quotes the French: 'Le chat aime le poisson, mais il n'aime pas à mouiller la patte.' The German form is--'Die Katze hätt' der Fische gern; aber sie will die Füsse nit nass machen'; N. and Q. 4 S. ix. 266. 1794. _Noskinnes_; miswritten _no skynnes_ in MSS. F. and B.; Th. and Cx. _no kyns_. _Nos-kinnes_ is short for _noneskinnes_, of no kind; _noskinnes labour_ is 'work of no kind'; in mod. E. 'no kind of work.' It also occurs without the former _s_; as in _no kyne catel_, property of no kind, P. Plowm. C. xi. 250; _none kynnes riche_, rich men of no kind, id. B. xi. 185. Cf. also _of foure kunne thinges_, of things of four kinds, of four kinds of things, where one MS. has _of foure skynnes thinges_; P. Plowm. A. x. 2. And see note to l. 1530 above. 1796. _Bele Isaude_, Isaude (or Isoude, or Isolde) the fair; here a type of a high form of female beauty. See Parl. Foules, 290; and the note. 1798. 'She that grinds at a hand-mill'; a poor slave. 1810. _Hir_ (their) refers to the 'seventh company.' 'Such amusement they found in their hoods'; a phrase meaning 'so much did they laugh at them'; see Troil. ii. 1110. Cf. the phrase 'to put an ape in a man's hood,' i.e. to make him look like an ape, or look foolish; see note to C. T., Group B, 1630. 1823. 'Then a company came running in.' 1824. _Choppen_, strike downwards. They began hitting people on the head, regardless of consequences. The same expression occurs in Richard the Redeless, iii. 230--'And ich man i-charchid to schoppe at his croune'; where _i-charchid_ = _i-charged_, i.e. was charged, was commanded, and _schoppe_ = _choppe_. 1840. _Pale_, a perpendicular stripe; chiefly used as an heraldic term. The object of the conspicuous stripe upon the hose was to draw men's attention to him; for the same reason, he wore a bell on his tippet, and, in fact, his dress resembled that of the professional fool. _Paled_ or striped hose were sometimes worn for display. 'Buskins he wore of costliest cordwayne, Pinckt upon gold, and _paled_ part per part, As then the guize was for each gentle swayne.' Spenser, _F. Q._ vi. 2. 6. I.e. his buskins were adorned with golden dots or eyelets, and regularly intersected with stripes arranged perpendicularly.