v. 1390. _hokes vnhappy_]—_hokes_, i. e. hooks, a word frequently applied to persons as a term of reproach. “_Vnhappy_ of maners _maluays_.” Palsgrave’s _Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr._, 1530. fol. xcviii. (Table of Adiect.). So in _Jacke Jugelar_, n. d.; “Loo yender cumithe that _vnhappye hooke_.” p. 26. Roxb. ed. and in Heywood’s _Dialogue_, &c.; “Since thou art crosse sailde, auale _vnhappie hooke_.” Sig. E,—_Workes_, ed. 1598. v. 1395. _dawe_] i. e. simpleton; see note, p. 113. v. 301. v. 1396. _occupyed_] i. e. used, employed; see note, p. 86. v. 52. v. 1397. _reason and skyll_] See note on v. 106. p. 238. v. 1401. _Mary_] i. e. By the Virgin Mary. v. 1405. _largesse_] i. e. liberality. v. 1411. _Had I wyst_] See note, p. 86. v. 40. Page 271. v. 1416. _Ye_] i. e. Yea. v. 1421. _Ye haue eten sauce_] Compare our author’s _Bowge of Courte_, v. 72. vol. i. 33. v. 1422. _to_] i. e. too. v. 1425. _worshyp_] i. e. honour, dignity. v. 1436. _repryuable_] i. e. reprovable. Page 272. v. 1441. _menys of to moche_] i. e. means of too much. v. 1442. _What, can ye agree thus and appose?_]—_and appose_, i. e. and yet keep questioning, disputing: see note on _Colyn Cloute_, v. 267. v. 1443. _faute_] i. e. fault. v. 1444. _Ye_] i. e. Yea. —— _Jacke a thrommys bybyll_] See note, p. 189. v. 204. —— _glose_] i. e. gloss. v. 1446. _loke you vnder kay_] i. e. lock you under key. v. 1456. _Take it in worthe_] See note, p. 95. v. 68. v. 1458. _largesse_] i. e. liberality. —— _kynde_] i. e. nature. v. 1467. _stonde_] i. e. stand. Page 273. v. 1473. _fonde_] i. e. foolish. Page 273. v. 1474. _loke that ye occupye_] i. e. look that ye use; see note, p. 86. v. 52. v. 1475. _For nowe, syrs, I am lyke as a prynce sholde be, &c._] This speech of Magnyfycence is very much in the style of Herod in the old miracle-plays: see, for instance, the _Coventry Mysteries_, _MS. Cott. Vesp. D._ viii. fol. 92. sqq. v. 1477. _abandune_] i. e. subject. “For _abandonit_ will he noght be to berne that is borne.” _Golagros and Gawane_, p. 142,—_Syr Gawayne_, &c. “Till all to yow _abandownyt_ be.” Barbour’s _Bruce_, B. iii. v. 883. ed. Jam. v. 1481. _mene_] See note on v. 138. p. 238. v. 1491. _syar_] i. e. sire, lord. v. 1493. _ryall trone_] i. e. royal throne. v. 1496. _spyll_] i. e. destroy. Page 274. v. 1502. _loke_] i. e. look. v. 1504. _dynt_] i. e. blow. v. 1505. _the cane_] Does it mean—the khan? v. 1507. _I set not by_] i. e. I value not, regard not. —— _prane_] i. e. prawn. v. 1508. _Ne_] i. e. Nor. —— _rehersse_] i. e. mention. v. 1513. _cache_] i. e. couch. v. 1515. _mell_] i. e. meddle. v. 1518. _to lowte man be sene_] i. e. (if the text be right; see foot-note _ad l._) must be seen to bow, pay obeisance. v. 1520. _brymme_] i. e. fierce, rugged, bristly.