v. 1802. _lowte_] i. e. bow, pay obeisance. Page 284. v. 1813. _syth_] i. e. since. v. 1817. _acquyte_] i. e. requite. v. 1820. _solace_] i. e. pleasure. v. 1821. _dyntes_] i. e. blows. v. 1822. _Well were_] i. e. In good condition were. v. 1824. _halse_] } v. 1825. _clepe_] } Both words signify—embrace; with this distinction, that the former means properly—to throw the arms round the neck. v. 1829. _I befole thy brayne pan_] i. e. I befool thy skull, head: see note, p. 100. v. 31. Page 285. v. 1830. _By our lakyn_] See note on v. 341. p. 240. v. 1831. _My hawke is rammysshe_] “_Ramage_ is when a Hawk is wilde, coy, or disdainfull to the man, and contrary to be reclamed.” Latham’s _Faulconry_ (_Explan. of Words of Art_), 1658. v. 1833. _warne_] i. e. prevent. v. 1835. _ronner_] i. e. runner. —— _fole_] i. e. fool. v. 1836. _iarfawcon_] See note, p. 134. v. 557. v. 1838. _ydder_] i. e. udder. v. 1840. _slydder_] i. e. slippery. v. 1841. _for God auowe_] So presently, v. 1851, “I make God _auowe_:” see note, p. 109. v. 199. —— _chiydder_] i. e. shiver. v. 1842. _Thy wordes hange togyder as fethers in the wynde_] An expression which occurs again in our author’s _Speke, Parrot_, v. 295. vol. ii. 14. So too in a comedy (before quoted), _The longer thou liuest, the more foole thou art_, &c. _Newly compiled by W. Wager_, n. d.; “A song much like thauthour of the same, _It hangeth together like fethers in the winde_.” Sig. D ii. v. 1844. _carle_] i. e. churl. v. 1848. _a losell lede a lurden_] i. e. one good-for-nothing fellow lead another: see note, p. 209. v. 138, and note on v. 423 of the present poem, p. 242. v. 1849. _sowter_] i. e. shoemaker, cobbler. v. 1850. _Cockes harte_] i. e. God’s heart: see note on v. 518. p. 243. v. 1853. _Mary_] i. e. By the Virgin Mary. v. 1854. _I shall gyue you a gaude of a goslynge that I gaue_] _Gaud_ is found in the sense of—jest, trick, toy, &c.: but the line (perhaps corrupted) is beyond my comprehension. v. 1856. _reue_] i. e. steward, bailiff. v. 1858. _syke_] i. e. such. Page 285. v. 1859. _Sadylgose_] i. e. Saddle-goose. —— _Dawcocke_] See note, p. 113. v. 301. Page 286. v. 1860. _garre_] i. e. make, cause. v. 1862. _bytter_] i. e. bittern. v. 1864. _to grame_] i. e. to be angry,—or perhaps to grieve; the word being found in both senses. v. 1865. _snyte_] i. e. snipe. v. 1868. _loke_] i. e. look. v. 1871. _Ye_] i. e. Yea. —— _iapes_] i. e. jests, jokes. v. 1876. _sone_] i. e. soon. v. 1882. _mo_] i. e. more. v. 1886. _payntyd_] See note, p. 176. v. 583. v. 1887. _demenour_] i. e. director: see note, p. 134. v. 553. Page 287. v. 1891. _largesse_] i. e. liberality. v. 1892. _fondnesse_] i. e. folly. v. 1896. _rode_] i. e. rood, cross: see note, p. 206. v. 69. v. 1898. _broder_] i. e. brother. v. 1899. _lokys_] i. e. looks. v. 1900. _clokys_] i. e. claws—clutches; see Jamieson’s _Et. Dict. of Scot. Lang._ in v. _Cleuck_. v. 1903. _quyte_] i. e. requite.