1413. _go we dyne_, let us go and dine; as in P. Plowman, C. i. 227. 1417. _Seint Yve._ 'St. Ivia, or Ivo,' says Alban Butler, 'was a Persian bishop, who preached in England in the seventh century.' He died at St. Ive's in Huntingdonshire. A church was also built in his honour at St. Ive's in Cornwall. His day is April 25. This line is repeated in D. 1943. Cf. A. 4264. 1421. _dryve forth_, spend our time in; cf. P. Plowman, C. i. 225. 1423. _pleye_, 'take some relaxation by going on a pilgrimage'; clearly shewing the chief object of pilgrimages. Cf. D. 557. The line also indicates that it was a practice, when men could no longer make a show in the world, to go on a pilgrimage, or 'go out of the way' somewhere, to avoid creditors. 1436. _houshold._ So in E. Hn. Cm.; Cp. Pt. Ln. Hl. T. have _housbonde_, _housbond_, but the application of this word to a housewife is not happy. 1441. _messe_, mass; it seems to have been said, on this occasion, about 9.30 A.M. It did not take long; cf. l. 1413. 1445. _At-after_, soon after. This curious form is still in use; see the Cleveland Glossary. So in the Whitby Glossary:--'All things in order; ploughing first, sowing _at-after_.' Cf. _'at-after_ supper,' Rich. III. iv. 3. 31; and see _At_, § 40, in the New E. Dict. We find also _at-under_ and _at-before_. It occurs again in F. 1219. 1466. _a myle-wey_, even by twenty minutes (the time taken to walk a mile). 1470. _Graunt mercy of_, many thanks for. 1476. 'God defend (forbid) that ye should spare.' 1484. _took_, handed over, delivered; see note to P. Plowman, C. iv. 47. And see l. 1594 below. 1496. _let_, leadeth, leads; note the various readings. Cf. 'Thet is the peth of pouerte huerby _let_ the holy gost tho thet,' &c.; i. e. that is the path of poverty whereby the Holy Ghost leads those that, &c.--Ayenbite of Inwyt, p. 185; and so again in the same, p. 115, l. 9, and p. 51, l. 13. In P. Plowman, B. iii. 157, the Rawlinson MS. has _let_ instead of _ledeth_. [173] 1499. _crowne_; alluding to the priestly tonsure. See note to P. Plowman, C. i. 86. 1506. For _bolt-upright_, see note to A. 4194. This line is defective in the first foot; read--Hav' | hir in | his, &c. Tyrwhitt reads _Haven_, but admits, in the notes, that the final _n_ came out of his own head. 1515. _the faire_, the fair at Bruges. On fairs, see the note to P. Plowman, C. vii. 211. 1519. _chevisaunce_, a contract for borrowing money on his credit; see A. 282, and note to P. Plowman, B. v. 249. For the purpose of making such a contract, a proportional sum had to be paid down in ready money; see note to l. 1524. 1524. 'A certain (number of) franks; and some (franks) he took with him.' The latter sum refers to the money he had to pay down in order to get the _chevisance_ made. See note to Wyclif's Works, ed. Matthew, p. 528. And see l. 1558. 1542. Here _sheeld_ is used as a plural, by analogy with _pund_, i. e. pounds. A _sheeld_ was a French _écu_, or crown; see A. 278.