FLIX, "die of the _flix_" (R271,_c_), flux, dysentery. Mr. Magnus glosses this "flyxe [_flixe_ in E.E.T.S. text], flick, thief, 62, 1908." The mistake in giving the text spelling in glossary leads one to suspect that all the rest, save the page and line reference, is wrong also. At all events, how could Avarice "die of the thief"? Perhaps, however, the E.E.T.S. editor meant the Great Thief of Thieves--Old Age!! "Diseased with the bluddy _flixe_."--Udal, _Matt._ ix. FLORENT, "so _florent_ estate" (R200,_d_), flourishing, prosperous. "Sinopa was a _florent_ citee."--Udal, _Apoph. of Erasmus_ (1543), p. 77. FLOUTHY, "full of _flouthy_ bushes" (JE355,_b_)? _slouthy_ as in my text and in original: if _flouthy_ from flout = mock, jeer, treat with contempt: cf. lecherous thorns, backbiting briars, elders of envy, and other kindred similes in the same passage. FOND, "each _fond_ opinion" (N58,_a_; _et passim_), foolish, silly, unwise. FONE, "God shield you from your _fone_" (M14,_d_; _et passim_), foes: an old plural. FOOT, "I hope to have his _foot met_" (M23,_d_), _i.e._ caught by the foot, tripped. FOOTBALL, "lend us a _football_" (M32,_c_). Dr. Brandl says this is the earliest mention of the game. FORBORNE, "it may no longer be _forborne_" (N51,_d_), endured. "I may not certes, though I shulde die, _Forbere_ to ben out of your compagnie."--Chaucer, _Cant. Tales_ (1383), 10,056. FORCE, FORCETH (_passim_), as _sub._ = matter, consequence, importance, ground for care or anxiety; as _verb_ = to care, regard, value, to be of importance or signify. "What _fors_ were it though al the town bihelde?"--Chaucer, _Troilus and Cressida_ (1369), ii. 373. "It little _forceth_ how long a man liue, but how wel and vertuously."--Udal, _Mark_ v. "I _force_ not argument a straw."--Shakespeare, _Rape of_ _Lucrece_ (1594), 1021. FOR-COLD, "pottage shall be for-_cold_" (M13,_b_)--"when a man is _for-cold_" (M5,_c_), very cold: as a prefix _for-_ has (1) an intensive force; (2) a negative or privative force; and (3) a deteriorative force. Typical examples of each class are----(1) forlorn = utterly lonely; for-drunken = beastly drunk; (2) forbid, forfend; (3) forshapen = badly formed, etc. FORMA, see In. FORTY PENCE, see Jack Noble. FOUNDER, "our _founder_ and chief--_founder_ me no foundering" (R186,_b_; 187_c_; 189_a_), patron, benefactor: see other volumes of this series. FOUR EARS, see Horse. FRAGILITY? "of your nature and of your _fragility_" (M14,_a_), frailty, weakness, proneness to fall. "Earnestly beseeching the dictatour to forgive this humane _fragilitie_ and youthful folly of Qu. Fabius."--P. Holland, _Livius_, p. 307.