v. 1578. _to brace and to basse_] i. e. to embrace and to kiss. v. 1579. _by hym that hell dyd harowe_] i. e. by our Saviour: see note, p. 150. v. 1291. v. 1580. _a Phylyp sparowe_] See note, p. 121. v. 7. v. 1581. _whylest my hede dyd warke_] i. e. until my head did work, ache. “_Hedwerke_ sekenesse. Cephalia.” _Prompt. Parv._ ed. 1499. “_Wark_, to ache.” Hunter’s _Hallam. Gloss_. “But I may not stonde, _myn hede werches soo_.” _Morte d’Arthur_, B. xxi. c. v. vol. ii. 440. ed. Southey. v. 1582. _hobby for suche a lusty larke_] See note on v. 1358. p. 258. The same metaphorical use of this expression occurs in our author’s _Colyn Cloute_, v. 194. vol. i. 318. v. 1584. _my flesshe wolde be wroken_]—_wroken_, i. e. wreaked, satiated. “Whyles thou art yonge ... _Wreke_ the with wiueryng, if thou wilt be excused.” _Pierce Plowman_, sig. M iii. ed. 1561. v. 1585. _consayte_] i. e. conceit, fancy. v. 1586. _weryed I wolde be on_] i. e. I would worry, eagerly devour: compare our author’s _Phyllyp Sparowe_, v. 29. vol. i. 52. v. 1587. _Cockes armes_] i. e. God’s arms: see note on v. 518. p. 243. v. 1588. _ony_] i. e. any. v. 1589. _Ye_] i. e. Yea. v. 1590. _to be sped_] i. e. to be made successful. Page 277. v. 1592. _make suche one to the call_] A metaphor from falconry. v. 1600. _a sawte_] i. e. an assault. v. 1601. _prece_] i. e. press. v. 1603. _sone_] i. e. soon. v. 1604. _intreted_] i. e. prevailed on by solicitation. v. 1606. _broken_] Seems to mean here—tame, assuage. v. 1610. _consayte_] i. e. conceit, conception. v. 1615. _it shall not gretely skyll_] i. e. it shall not make much difference, it shall not much signify. Page 278. v. 1620. _face it_] See note, p. 216. v. 33. v. 1621. _Frete_] i. e. Gnaw, fret. v. 1626. _lust and lykynge_] See note, p. 98, v. 23. Page 278. v. 1633. _your gorge_] i. e. what you have swallowed, the contents of your stomach: see note, p. 207. v. 87. v. 1636. _wambleth_] “I _Wamble_ as ones stomake dothe _Ie allecte_.” Palsgrave’s _Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr._, 1530. fol. cccc. (Table of Verbes). “Nauseo ... to _wamble_.” _Ortus Vocab._ fol. ed. W. de Worde, n. d. v. 1638. _wonder_] i. e. wondrous. v. 1640. _harte seke_] i. e. heart-sick. —— _me lyst_] i. e. it pleases me. v. 1641. _coryed_] i. e. curried, drubbed. —— _blyst_] i. e. wounded,—thumped. “Your lasy bones I pretende so to _blisse_, That you shall haue small luste to prate any more.” _The Triall of Treasure_, 1567. sig. A iiii. v. 1642. _loute_] i. e. bow, pay obeisance. Page 279. v. 1652. _at the contemplacyon_] See note, p. 214, heading of Epitaph. v. 1653. _pore_] i. e. poor. v. 1657. _sone_] i. e. soon. v. 1664. _rowne_] i. e. whisper: see note, p. 120. v. 513. v. 1671. _dyssayued_] i. e. deceived. v. 1673. _wete_] i. e. know.