l. 307 _westernays_, wrongly, in vain? It may be another form of westernways, from the A.Sax. _wéste_, barren, empty; _wéstern_, a desert place. Or is it connected with A.Sax. _winstre_, the left hand? 320 _Þy corse in clot mot colder keue_, Thy body in earth (clods) must colder plunge. 321 _for-garte_ forfeited. 322 _ȝore fader_ for _form-fader_, first-father. 323 _drwry_ = _drery_, dreary (?). _boȝ_ (= _bos_ = _bus_ ?) _vch ma_ (_man_ ?) _dreue_, behoves each man to drive (go). See B. l. 687. 327-8 _Now haf I fonte þat I for-lete Schal I efte forgo hit er euer I fyne?_ Now I have found what I have lost. Shall I again forego it ere ever I die? P. 11. l. 336 _durande doel_, lasting grief. 343 _For anger gayneȝ þe not a cresse_, For anger avails the not a cress, (_i.e._ not a mite). Cf. the following passage from “Piers Ploughman,” p. 174, l. 5629: “Wisdom and wit now Is noght worth a _kerse_.” 353 _Stynst (stynt?) of þy strot & fyne to flyte_, Leave off thy complaining and cease to chide. 354 _blyþe_ is here used as a substantive in the sense of bliss, joy. _swefte_ = swift. 356 _hyr crafteȝ kyþe_, manifest her powers. 359-60 _For marre oþer madde, morne & myþe, Al lys in him to dyȝt & deme._ For to ruin, or make foolish, grieve or to soothe, All lies in him to order and doom. 363 _If rapely raue_, etc. = _If rapely I raue_, etc. (?) 368 Though I go astray, my dear, adored one. P. 12. l. 369 _lyþeȝ_, grant. 374 _Bot much þe bygger ȝet watȝ my mon, Fro þou watȝ wroken fro vch a woþe._ But much the greater yet was my moan (sorrow), From (the time) thou wast banished from every path. 377 _now leþeȝ my loþe_, now my sorrow ceases (is softened). 382 _marereȝ_ = _mareȝ_ (?). 386 _mate_, dejected. 402 _I hete þe_, I promise the. P. 14. l. 446 _in hyt self beyng_, in its very being. 455 _gyng_, company. 460 _Temen_, are united, joined. _tryste_, trusty, faithful, firm. P. 16. l. 511 _wryþen_, toil, literally to turn, twist. 512 _keruen_, dig. _caggen_, draw. _man_ = _maken_, make. Cf. _ma_ = make, _ta_ = take, _tan_ = taken. 522 _toȝt_, binding, firm. 524 _pray_ (so in MS.), read _pay_. 536 _at ȝe moun_, that ye are able. P. 17. l. 560 _a grete_, in the gross, a head. 563 _plete_, plead, ask for. 572 _be_ = _he_ (?). P. 18. l. 575 _Þaȝ her sweng wyth lyttel at-slykeȝ_, Though their labour (blow) with little falls off (fails to accomplish much). 605 _chyche_, niggard. 608 _goteȝ_, streams; _charde_, past tense of _charre_, to turn, deviate. P. 19. l. 617 _bourne abate_ = _burne abade_, man continued. 626 _by lyne_, by lineage descent. P. 20. l. 645 _Bot þer on com a bote as-tyt_, But there came one as a remedy at once. 659 _in sely stounde_, in a happy moment. 671 _glente_, fell, slided. P. 21.