v. 366. _moche warke_] i. e. much work, trouble. v. 367. _Mary_] i. e. By the Virgin Mary. v. 369. _made largesse as I hyght_] i. e. made donation of money according to my name (Fancy’s assumed name being Largesse, see v. 272). v. 375. _grete estates_] i. e. persons of great estate or rank. Page 238. v. 384. _ye_] i. e. yea. v. 385. _mesure is a mery mene_] Heywood in his _Epigrammes vpon Prouerbs_ has ten on “Measure is a mery meane.” Sig. N iiii.,—_Workes_, ed. 1598. v. 388. _ryall_] i. e. royal. v. 391. _oder_] i. e. other. v. 405. _blunderyng_] i. e. disturbance. “I _Blonder, Ie perturbe_.” Palsgrave’s _Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr._, 1530. fol. clxviii. (Table of Verbes). Page 238. v. 406. _betake_] i. e. commit, consign. v. 411. _to put the stone_] i. e. to throw the stone above hand, from the uplifted hand, for trial of strength. Page 239. v. 413. _gyse_] i. e. guise, fashion, manner. v. 417. _I set not by_] i. e. I value not. v. 423. _lurdayne_] i. e. lumpish, lazy fellow, clown,—worthless person in general. v. 425. _tappyster_] i. e. woman presiding over the tap in a public house. v. 429. _can_] i. e. know. —— _praty_] i. e. pretty. v. 430. _occupy_] i. e. use: see note, p. 86. v. 52. —— _kayes_] i. e. keys. v. 433. _at all assayes_] Occurs again in v. 2303. “_At all assayes, En tous poynts_, or _a tous poynts_.” Palsgrave’s _Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr._, 1530. fol. ccccxxxviii. (Table of Aduerbes). “He is a frende _at all assayes_. _Omnium horarum_ amicus est.” Hormanni _Vulgaria_, sig. Y iiii. ed. 1530. v. 435. _mekyll_] i. e. much. v. 444. _sleyght_] i. e. trick, artful contrivance. Page 240. v. 446. _fayty bone geyte_] Perhaps corrupted French—_fait a bon get_ or _geste_. v. 449. _consayte_] i. e. conceit, conception. v. 453. _noppe is rughe_] i. e. nap is rough. v. 455. _chafer_] i. e. merchandise. v. 458. _The courtly gyse of the newe iet_] A somewhat pleonastic expression,—the courtly guise of the new fashion. “_Gette_ a custome _guise nouuelle_.” Palsgrave’s _Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr._, 1530. fol. xxxvi. (Table of Subst.). “Yit a poynte _of the new gett_ to telle wille I not blyn.” _Juditium_,—_Towneley Mysteries_, p. 312. v. 460. _ferre fet_] i. e. far fetched. v. 461. _ymet_] i. e. met. v. 462. _Margery Mylke Ducke_] See note, p. 172. v. 418. —— _mermoset_] A kind of ape or monkey. v. 465. _fresshe_] i. e. smart. v. 469. _praty_] i. e. pretty. v. 470. _iet_] i. e. strut; see note, p. 94. v. 43. v. 472. _pope holy_] See note, p. 230. l. 24. v. 473. _sadnesse_] i. e. gravity, seriousness, soberness, discreetness. Page 240. v. 475. _not worth a flye_] See note, p. 219. v. 104. v. 477. _occupy_] i. e. use; see note, p. 86. v. 52. v. 478. _worshyp_] i. e. honour, dignity. Page 241. v. 482. _tehe wehe_] See note, p. 232. v. 75.