P. 32, l. 1064. The meaning of “ferst-conquest” is “first-conquered”
(_conquest_ being Old Fr. for conquered). It is explained in l. 1547 as
having been a title given to the king whom Galiot first subdued.
1067. _ferss_, fierce.
1070. _suppos_, although.
1073. _he_; viz. the shrew.
1077. The MS. has “ſched.”
1080. _ymen_, I mean.
1095. _tais_, takes.
P. 33, l. 1109. _Galyot_ put for _Galiotes_, the genitive case-ending
being often omitted, after a proper name especially.
1110. _prewit_, proved, tried.
1129. _traist_, trust.
1131. _that euery thing hath cure_, that (of) everything hath care.
P. 34, l. 1135. “Aye from the time that the sun began to light the
world’s face, until he was gone.”
1137. _o forss_, perforce.
1141. _taiis_, takes.
1142. _hecht_, promised.
1151. _failȝeis_, fail.
1154. _fet_, fetched.
1156. _stant_, standeth.
1162. _resput_, respite.
1166. _very knychtis passing_, weary knights go.
P. 35, l. 1170. _till spere_, to inquire.
1177. _ne wor his worschip_, had it not been for his valour.
1187. _qwheyar_, whether. 1191-4. “And fond,” etc. These four lines are
now for the first time printed. They were omitted by Stevenson,
evidently by accident.
1196. _Per dee._ Fr. _par Dieu_: an oath common in old ballads,
generally in the form _pardy_.
1197. _vsyt_, used.
1198. “I advise that we go unto his arms” (armour).
1203. _haill_, whole.
P. 36, l. 1207. _abwsyt_, abused, i.e. made an ill use of.
1208. _vsyt_, used.
1209. _suppos the best that lewis_, even though (it were) the best that
lives.
1217. _on slep_, asleep. The prefix _a-_ in English is due to the Saxon
_on_.
1221. _al to-hurt_, etc. See note in Glossary on the word _To-kerwith_.
1225. _sauch_, saw; _rewit_, rued, pitied.
1233. _one syd a lyt_, a little on one side.
1236. _our mekill_, over much.
P. 37, l. 1240. _yarof_, thereof.
1241. _ruput_, repute, think.
1242. _ablare_, abler, readier.
1253. Insert a comma after _thret_, and destroy that after _lowe_. The
meaning perhaps is, “But what if he be appealed to and threatened, and
(meanwhile) his heart be elsewhere set to love.” Observe that _and_ is
often the third or fourth word in the sentence it should begin. See
l. 2833.
1258. _ȝhe tyne yowr low_, you lose your love.
1260. _conclusit_, ended.
1265. _mokil_, much.
1268. _of new_, anew, again.
1273. _pan_, pain.
NOTES TO BOOK II.
P. 38, l. 1279. _thocht_, anxiety.
1284. _apperans_, i.e. vision, as in l. 364.
1295. _aqwynt_, acquainted; Burns uses _acquent_.
1297. _com_, coming.
P. 39, l. 1316. “So far out of the way you go in your course.” Compare
l. 1797.
1317. “Thy ship, that goeth upon the stormy surge, nigh of thy revels
(i.e. because of thy revels) in the gulf it falls, where it is almost
drowned in the peril.”
1321. “In the wretched dance of wickedness.” See the curious uses of the
word “daunce” in Chaucer.
1323. _the son_, thee soon.
1330. _powert_, poverty; _as the-selwyne wat_, as thyself knows.
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