_Adight_ = prepared, ordained.
_Adventure_ = chance, hazard.
_After_ = according to.
_All thing_ = with the verb singular--kept here chiefly to express
_all_, the _whole_ of things related to each other, though often, as in
the original, meaning simply _every, each_. In Early and Middle English
_thing_ had no _s_ in the plural.
_And_ had sometimes the force of _but_, and once or twice in the MS. it
is used in its sense of _if_, or of _and though_, or _and when_.
_Asseth, asyeth, asyeth-making_ = satisfaction; fulfilment
(theologically used).
_Asketh_ = requireth, demandeth.
_Avisement_ = consideration; observation with self-consulting.
_Beclosed_ = enclosed.
_Behest_ = promise: a thing proclaimed; afterwards, command.
_Behold in_ = behold. _Beholding_ = manner of regarding things.
_Belongeth to, behoveth_ = is incumbent, befitteth.
_Blissful_ = used sometimes as _blessed_.
_Bodily_ = perceived by any of the bodily senses, effected by material
agency.
_Braste_ = burst.
_Busyness_ = the state of being busy; _great busyness_ = much ado.
_But if_ = unless, save.
_Cause_ = reason, end, object.
_Cheer_ = expression of countenance shewing sorrow or gladness; mien.
_Close_ = shut away; hid, or partially hid.
_Come from_ = go from.
_Common: the Blessed Common_ = the Christian Community.
_Contrarious_ = perverse. Various other forms are used from to
_contrary_, to oppose.
_Could_ and _can_ refer to knowledge and practical skill, ability.
_Courteous_ = gently considerate and fair; reverentially ceremonious;
Gracious.
_Deadly_ = mortal.
_Dearworthy_ = precious; beloved and honoured.
_Depart_ = dispart, part.
_Deserve_ = earn.
_Disease_ = distress, trouble, want of case.
_Doom, deeming_ = judgment. _Doomsman_ = priestly confessor.
_Enjoy in_ = enjoy; rejoice in.
_Entend_ = attend.
_Enter_ = to lead in.
_Even_ = equal; _even-like; even-right_ = straight, straight-facing.
_Even-Christian_ (_even-cristen_, sing. or pl.) = fellow-Christian.
_Hamlet_ V. i., "And the more the pity that great folk have countenance
in this world to drown or hang themselves more than their even
Christian."
_Faithfully_ = trustfully.
_For that_ = because.
_Fulfilled of_ = filled full with. _Fulfilling_ = fulfilment, Perfect
Bliss.
_Garland_ = crown.
_Generally_ = relating to things or people in general, not "in special."
_Grante mercy_ = ("grand merci") great thanks.
_Have to_ = betake one's self to.
_Hastily_ = quickly, soon.
_Homely_ = intimate, simple, as of one at home.
_Honest_ = fair, seemly.
_If_ = that (chap. xxxii., "Thou shalt see--if all--shall be well" Acts
xxvi. 8).
_Impropriated (impropried) to_ = appropriated to.
_Indifferent_ (to thy sight, chap. li.) = indistinct.
_Intellect_ = understanding, that which is to be understood, inference.
xiii.
_Intent_ = attention.
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