ALOFT, "look _aloft_ with th' hands under the side" (R192,_d_), _i.e._ Insolence when presented to Respublica as the captain of the marauding crew is to assume a butter-will-not-melt-in-my-mouth expression. AMICALLY, "he hath _amically_' directed" [(R237,_d_), amicably, in a friendly fashion. "An _amical_ call to repentance and the practical belief of the Gospel."--W. Watson, M.A., 1691, in A. Wood, _Ath. Ox._, 2nd ed., vol. ii., col. 1133. AMICES, "th' albs and _amices_" (R221,_d_), a piece of fine linen worn by officiating priests: it was oblong-square in form, folded diagonally. It covered the head, neck, and shoulders, and was buckled or clasped before the breast, and when the altar was reached was thrown back upon the shoulders. It forms the uppermost of the six sacerdotal garments, the others being the alb, cingulum, stole, manipulus, and the planeta. The amice is still worn under the alb. AMONG, "follow his appetite _among_" (N49,_c_), in company--elliptical: see other volumes of this series. AMROMES, "books _Amromes_" (JE356,_b_), so in original. I can suggest nothing beyond a misprint for "amorous"; but, in that case, why the capital _A_? A line (or lines) may also be missing at this point, the connection being not at all obvious. However, there is nothing to suggest a break, the printing being unusually regular and clear at this point in the original. ANCH, "_anch_ hear om" (R230,_b_)--"_anch_ can spy my time" (R231,_c_), for _an ich_ = if I. ANGEL, (_a_) "an _angel_ for a reward" (R264,_b_). Mr. Magnus thinks that here is enshrined a play on the proper meaning of the word, and _angel_ = a coin of the realm. (_b_) see Angelot.