line 5 vigyle of this nuwe yeere = this new year's eve 6 froward of ther chere: lacuna made up from Stow 7 fallen on ther kne: lacuna made up from Stow 13 importable = unbearable 16 dotage = feeble-mindedness 20 woodnesse = madness 24 Rebecke = fiddle; ellas = alas! 25 stage direction - demonstrando vj Rusticos 27 traas = course 28 possible lacuna follows here? 37 bolling at the nale = quaffing at the ale-house 39 iowsy nolle = juicy noddle 40 pouped = gulped 42 dolled = mulled 44 cely = silly, i.e. simple, innocent 45 harome = harm 46 growell = gruel 48 cokkrowortes = stale brew-mash 53 to chawf with his bloode = to chafe his blood with 54 metyerde = meteyard or yardstick 55 stage direction - demonstrando pictaciarium 57 preost = priest 60 rigge = back 62 reheete = attack, scold 65 qwytt = requited; ther was no thing to seeche = it was plain to see 67 meen = middle way 68 wan = earned; clowting = mending 71 oonys = once 74 leeve = believe 77 ryveld = shrivelled 78 Wit = with; manase = menace 79 Mabyle = Mary 80 Koude yif hir list = could if it please her 84 wol be wrooke = will wreak revenge 85 thoo men = those men 87 Tendure = to endure 88 meede = reward 90 so = to? 91 stage direction - demonstrando Carnificem 95 holde chaumpartye = divide power, or resist 104 skumour = skimmer; reeche = strike; heued = head 111 qwytt him by and by = repaid him in due time 112 quarter sowde = surrender sued for 113 wt = with 115 stage direction - demonstrando the Tynker 117 styth = anvil 119 bokeller = buckler, shield 121 cleped = called 122 she nad no maner fer = she feared not 123 thakke his pilche = thwack his great-coat; stoundemel = sometimes 124 Thikker = more stoutly 126 wafurer = waferer, i.e. pastry-cook 129 or = ere 130 heres = ears 135 preued = proved 139 fetird = fettered 140 him = them 145 Regallye = regality 147 that yee list = if you please; asselen = authorize 150 medle = mingle 153 thyraunye = tyranny 156 tht = that; stage direction - distaves 157 Seothe = see 162 that gif no force = that are of no consequence 166 darrein = decide; chaumpcloos = tilting-field 167 Iupart = imperil; raathe = soon 169 of = or 171 Maugre the feonde = in spite of the devil 174 assayes = attempts, i.e. attacks 177 longethe = belongs; clappen = clatter or prattle 183 dokked = trimmed 184 herdes = coarse flax, 'hards' 186 fette = fetched 192 hir = our? 193 rent = torn 194 shent = injured 197 lowte lowe = bow, make reverence 205 leese = lose 206 gruchche = grumble; cheese = choose 218 vnavysed = unadvised 220 doome = judgment 222 paryll = peril 223 Pourposithe him = He purposeth 231 rokkes = distaffs, also as rocking, set-backs 233 Peysing = weighing 234 tht = that