—— _folys fylly_ _That had a fole wyth wylly_] Whether _folys fylly_ means a foolish young jade (a _filly_,—compare what follows), or foolish Philly (_Phillis_,—compare our author’s _Bowge of Court_, v. 370. vol. i. 44); and whether or not _wylly_ is meant for a proper name (as it is given in the comparatively recent ed. of Rand), let the reader judge. v. 390. _Iast you, and, gup, gylly_] See note, p. 99. v. 17. “What _gyppe gyll_ with a galde backe, begynne you to kycke nowe: _Hey de par le diable gilotte_,” &c. Palsgrave’s _Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr._, 1530. fol. cclxxii. (Table of Verbes). So Dunbar uses _gillot_ for a young mare; see his _Poems_, i. 65, ii. 459 (note), ed. Laing. v. 394. _sennet_] i. e. sennight, week. Page 108. v. 395. _pay_] i. e. satisfaction, content. v. 397. _Of thyne ale let vs assay_]—_assay_, i. e. try, taste. So in _Pierce Plowman_; “I haue good _ale_ goship said he, gloton _wold thou assai_.” Sig. G ii. ed. 1561. Page 108. v. 398. _pylche_] i. e. cloak of skins. v. 399. _conny_] i. e. rabbit. v. 490. _loke_] i. e. look. —— _donny_] Richardson, _Dict._ in vv. _Dun_, _Dunny_, cites this line as containing an example of the latter word,—rightly, perhaps, for _donne_ (dun) occurs in Skelton’s _Magnyfycence_, v. 1102. vol. i. 257.—The common people of Ireland employ _donny_ in the sense of—poor, mean-looking, as “a _donny_ creature;” also in the sense of—poorly, as “How are you to-day?”—“Och! but _donny_, very _donny_.” For this information I am indebted to the kindness of Miss Edgeworth, who has used the word in one of her excellent tales. v. 407. _blommer_] i. e., perhaps, noise, uproar. v. 408. _a skommer_] i. e. a skimmer. v. 409. _a slyce_] “_Sclyce_ to tourne meate _tournoire_.” Palsgrave’s _Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr._, 1530. fol. lxii. (Table of Subst.). v. 412. _sterte_] i. e. started, rushed. v. 414. _somdele seke_] i. e. somewhat sick. v. 415. _a peny cheke_] Does it mean—a puny chick? v. 418. _Margery Mylkeducke_] So again in our author’s _Magnyfycence_; “What, _Margery Mylke Ducke_, mermoset!” v. 462. vol. i. 240. Compare one of the _Coventry Mysteries_; “Malkyn _Mylkedoke_ and fayr Mabyle.” _MS. Cott. Vesp._ D viii. fol. 74. v. 419. _Her kyrtell she did vptucke_ _An ynche aboue her kne_] —_kyrtell_; see note, p. 149. v. 1194.—So in our old ballad poetry; “Then you must cut your gowne of greene, _An inch above your knee_.” _Child Waters_,—Percy’s _Rel. of A. E. P._ iii. 56. ed. 1794. v. 422. _stubbed_] i. e. short and thick.