_Abraham_,—_Towneley Mysteries_, p. 40. —“His [Tybert’s] body was al to beten, and blynde on the one eye. Whan the kynge wyste this, that tybert was thus _arayed_, he was sore angry, &c.” _Reynard the Fox_, sig. b 8. ed. 1481. Again in the same romance, when Isegrym the wolf has received a kick on the head from a mare, he says to Reynard, “I am so foule _arayed_ and sore hurte, that an herte of stone myght haue pyte of me.” Sig. f 4. “Who was wyth loue: more _wofully arayed_ Than were these twayne.” Hawes’s _Pastime of pleasure_, sig. I iiii. ed. 1555. “I am fowle _arayed_ with a chyne cowgh. _Laceor_ pertussi.”—“He was sore _arayed_ with sycknesse. Morbo atrociter _conflictus est_.” Hormanni _Vulgaria_, sigs. II iii. I ii. ed. 1530. Page 141. v. 4. _naid_] i. e. denied. v. 5. _bloo_] i. e. livid; see note, p. 103. v. 3. v. 8. _encheson_] i. e. cause. v. 9. _Sith_] i. e. Since. v. 12. _fretid_] Equivalent to—galled. v. 14. _mowid_] i. e. made mouths at, mocked. v. 19. _hart rote_] i. e. heart-root. Page 141. v. 20. _panys_] i. e. pains. —— _vaynys_] i. e. veins. —— _crake_] i. e. crack. Page 142. v. 24. _Entretid thus in most cruell wyse,_ _Was like a lombe offerd in sacrifice_] _Entretid_, i. e. Treated. So in a “litel dite” by Lydgate, appended to his _Testamentum_; “Drawen as a felon _in moost cruel wyse_ ... _Was lik a lamb offryd in sacrifise_.” _MS. Harl._ 2255. fol. 64. v. 29. _bobbid_] i. e. struck. So Lydgate in the piece just cited; “Bete and eke _bobbid_.” _Ibid._ and in the _Coventry Mysteries_, Nichodemus seeing Christ on the cross, says “Why haue ȝe _bobbyd_ and thus betyn owth All his blyssyd blood?” _MS. Cott. Vesp._ D viii. fol. 186. —— _robbid_] i. e. (I suppose) robed. v. 30. _Onfayned_] Generally means un-glad, displeased, which even in the forced sense of—to my sorrow, is against the intention of the passage: it seems to be used here for—Unfeignedly: and see note, p. 207. v. 81. —— _deynyd_] i. e. disdained; “Youth _dayneth_ counsell, scorning discretion.” Barclay’s _Fifth Egloge_, sig. D ii. ed. 1570. v. 33. _myȝt_] i. e. might. v. 39. _enterly_] i. e. entirely. v. 43. _ȝytt_] i. e. yet. v. 45. _race_] i. e. tear, wound. v. 48. _Butt gyve me thyne hert_]—_hert_, i. e. heart. With this and v. 41 compare Lydgate’s “litel dite” already cited; “_Gyff me thyn herte_, and be no mor _vnkynde_.” _MS. Harl._ 2255. fol. 66. Page 143. v. 49. _wrouȝt_] i. e. wrought, formed. —— _bowgȝt_] i. e. bought, redeemed. v. 50. _hyȝt_] i. e. high. v. 55. _sawlys_] i. e. soul’s. v. 59. _Hytt_] i. e. It. —— _nayd_] i. e. denied. v. 60. _blow_] i. e. livid; see note, p. 103. v. 3. NOW SYNGE WE, &c. This piece is mentioned by Skelton as his own composition in the _Garlands of Laurell_, v. 1420. vol. i. 417. Page 144. v. 1. _Now synge we as we were wont,_ _Vexilla regis prodeunt_] Compare Lydgate;