l. 706, _Sparow._ “Passer / The Sparowe is a lytell byrde / and wha{n} {th}e cucko fyndeth the sparowes nest / tha{n} he suppeth vp {th}e egges, & layeth newe egges hym self therin agayne / & the sparowe bredeth vp these yo{n}ge cuckoes tyl they can flee; tha{n} a great many of olde sparowes geder to-geder to thente{n}t {tha}t thei sholde holde vp the yo{n}ge sparowes that can nat flee / & theyr mete is wormes of {th}e erthe.... All sparowes flesshe is euyl / and their egges also. The flessh is very hote, and moueth to the operacion of lechery.” L. Andrewe, _Noble Lyfe_ (o. iv.), Cap. xci. l. 713. _Comfits_ are round, long or square pellets of Sugar made by the Art of a Confectioner. R. Holme. l. 737, _Eles._ Trevisa in his _Higden_ says of Britain ‘þe lond ys noble, copious, & ryche of noble welles, & of noble ryvers wiþ plente of fysch. þar ys gret plente of smal fysch & of _eeles_, so þat cherles in som place feedeþ sowes wiþ fysch.’ _Morris’s Specimens_, p. 334. Comyth ther not al day owt of hollond and flaundre Off fatte _eles_ full many a showte, And good chepe, who that wayteth the tyddys abowte? _Piers of Fullham_, ll. 71-3, _Early Pop. Poetry_, v. 2, p. 4 (and see ll. 7-10). l. 747, 812. _Minoes_, so called either for their littleness, or (as Dr. Cajus imagined) because their fins be of so lively a red, as if they were died with the true Cinnabre-lake called _Minium_: They are less than Loches, feeding upon nothing, but licking one another ... they are a most delicate and light meat ... either fried or sodden. _Muffett_, p. 183. l. 758. _Towse._ Can this be a form of _dough_? G. P. Marsh. l. 782. Sotiltees were made of sugar and wax. Lel. Coll. VI. p. 31. Pegge.