l. 179 _As_, also; _bolnande priyde_, swelling pride. 180 _Þroly in-to þe deueleȝ þrote man þryngeȝ bylyue_, Roughly into the devil’s throat man is thrust soon. 181 _colwarde_, deceitful, treacherous. I have not been able to meet with the word _colle_ used as noun or verb in any writer of the 14th or 15th century. _Col_ occurs, however, as a prefix, in _Col-prophet_ (false prophet), _Col-fox_ (crafty fox), used by Chaucer; _Col-knyfe_ (treacherous knife), which occurs in the “Townley Mysteries.” 200 _hatel of his wylle_, anger of his will. P. 43. l. 207 _attled_, endowed. 215 _metȝ_ = _mess_ (?), pity. 216 _tynt þe tyþe dool_, lost the tenth part. 222 _weued_, cut off. _swap_, blow. 230 _þe wrech saȝtled_, appeased the vengeance. 231 _wylnesful_, wilfulness. 233 _For-þy þaȝ þe rape were rank, þe rawþe watȝ lyttel_, Wherefore, though the blow were smart, the sorrow was little. 237 _in obedyent_ = _in-obedyent_ (?), disobedient. P. 44. l. 246 _drepe_, destroy (slay). 257 _forme-foster_ should be _forme-fostereȝ_, being in apposition with _auncetereȝ_. 261 For _lede_ read _ledeȝ_ (?). 270 _deȝter of þe douþe_, the daughters of the mighty (doughty) ones. 271 _on folken wyse_, after the manner of men. P. 45. l. 273 _meþeleȝ_, immoderate, intemperate. 274 _alosed_, (? noted). 298 _þryuen_, grown up, adult. 306 _nwyed_ = annoyed, _i.e._ displeased. P. 46. l. 320 _dutande_, shutting. 321 _halkeȝ_, recesses. 331 _þis meyny of aȝte_, this company (household) of eight. 335 _horwed_, unclean. P. 47. l. 350 _with-outen þrep_, without contradiction, gainsaying. 354 _a rowtande ryge_, a rattling shower. 359 _stysteȝ_ = _stynteȝ_ stops, ceases. 362 _& alle woned in þe whichche_, and all abode in the ark. _Whichche_ is another (and genuine) form of _hutch_. 364 _Waltes out vch walle-heued, in ful wode stremeȝ_, Bursts out each well-head (spring, fountain) in full wild streams. 365 _brymme_, stream. 366 _þe mukel lauande loghe_, the great flowing deep. 369 _fon_, ceased. 373 _moon_, moan, sorrow. 374 _dowed_, availed. 375 _wylger_, wilder, fiercer. 376 _dowelled_ = _dwelled_. 377 _feng to þe flyȝt_, took to flight. 378 _Vuche burde with her barne_, each woman with her child (bairn). P. 48.