v. 635. _a captyuyte_] Is rather, I suspect, a misprint for, than used in the sense of—_in_: compare v. 2543. Page 246. v. 639. _the playnesse_] i. e. the plain fact. v. 644. _thee_] i. e. thrive. v. 658. _a pystell of a postyke_]—_pystell_, i. e. epistle, letter; but I do not understand the expression. v. 659. _fonnysshe_] i. e. foolish. v. 666. _freke_] i. e. fellow: see notes, p. 109. v. 187; p. 178. v. 15. v. 667. _peke_] “I _Peke_ or prie.” Palsgrave’s _Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr._, 1530. fol. cccxvii. [—xv.] (Table of Verbes). Page 247. v. 672. _rome_] i. e. room, place. v. 679. _hyght_] i. e. be called. v. 681. _Ye_] i. e. Yea. v. 685. _By the armes of Calys_] See note, p. 118. v. 398. v. 687. _slyght_] i. e. trick, artful contrivance. v. 688. _fonde consayte_] i. e. foolish conceit,—fantasies. Page 247. v. 690. _sadnesse_] See note on v. 473. p. 242. v. 692. _Cockys body_] i. e. God’s body: see note on v. 518. p. 243. v. 695. _whylyst_] i. e. until. v. 698. _quyte_] i. e. acquit. —— _praty_] i. e. pretty. Page 248. v. 707. _haftynge_] See note, p. 107. v. 138. v. 713. _geste_] i. e. guest. v. 719. _hynder_] “_Hyndringe_ or harmynge. Dampnificacio.” _Prompt. Parv._ ed. 1499. “I _Hynder_ I hurte, _Ie porte dommage_.” Palsgrave’s _Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr._, 1530. fol. cclxii. (Table of Verbes). “Lest the reporte in _hinderyng_ of his name,” &c. Lydgate’s _Warres of Troy_, B. iii. sig. Q ii. ed. 1555. v. 720. _hode_] i. e. hood. v. 722. _fole_] i. e. fool. v. 730. _lacke_] i. e. blame. v. 732. _sped_] i. e. versed. v. 733. _lytherly_] i. e. wickedly. v. 734. _Paynte_] See note, p. 176. v. 583. Page 249. v. 737. _fauell_] See note, p. 107. v. 134. —— _tyned_] i. e. pointed, pronged. v. 745. _shrewdenes_] i. e. wickedness, evil. v. 746. _grete estates_] i. e. persons of great estate, or rank. v. 748. _flery_] i. e. fleer. —— _pretence_] i. e. intent. v. 751. _bronde_] i. e. brand. v. 752. _mase_] i. e. bewilder, confound. —— _fonde_] i. e. foolish. v. 754. _bale_] i. e. sorrow, trouble. v. 755. _Huffa, huffa_] See note, p. 181. v. 16. v. 756. _a_] i. e. he. v. 757. _Rutty bully_] See note, p. 94. v. 29. —— _ioly rutterkyn, heyda_] Occurs in a song preserved in the Fairfax MS. which once belonged to Ralph Thoresby, and is now among the Additional MSS. in the British Museum (5465, fol. 114): “Hoyda _joly rutterkyn hoyda_ Lyke a rutterkyn hoyda. Rutterkyn is com vnto oure towne In a cloke withoute cote or gowne Save a raggid hode to kouer his crowne Like a rutter hoyda. Rutterkyn can speke no englissh His tonge rennyth all on buttyrd fyssh Besmerde with grece abowte his disshe Like a rutter hoyda. Rutterkyn shall bryng you all good luk A stoup of bere vp at a pluk Till his brayne be as wise as a duk Like a rutter hoyda.