v. 2214. _wrynge thy be in a brake_] Some cant expression: _brake_, see note, p. 168. v. 324, and note on _Why come ye nat to Courte_, v. 980. v. 2215. _dawe_] i. e. simpleton: see note, p. 113. v. 301. v. 2216. _fawchyn_] i. e. cut. v. 2217. _cauell_] “_Kevil, Kephyl_, A horse, contemptuously applied to a person, ‘thou girt _kevil_.’” _The Dialect of Craven_, &c. Compare Lydgate’s verses, entitled in the Catalogue, _Advices for people to keep a guard over their tongues_; “I saugh a _kevell_ corpulent of stature, Lyk a materas redlyd was his coote,” &c. _MS. Harl._ 2255. fol. 132. v. 2218. _iauell_] “_Iauell_. Ioppus.” _Prompt. Parv._ ed. 1499. Of this common term of contempt (which Skelton uses in other passages) the meaning and etymology are uncertain. Todd (Johnson’s _Dict._ in v.) explains it “A wandering or dirty fellow;” shews that it is sometimes written _jabel_; and would derive it from the verb, _javel_, _jable_, or _jarble_, to bemire, to bedew. Nares (_Gloss._ in v.) refers it to the French _javelle_, which sometimes means “a faggot of brush-wood or other worthless materials.” The compiler of the _Gloss._ to _The Towneley Mysteries_ (under _Hawvelle_) considers it equivalent to—jabberer. Page 298. v. 2223. _iche_] i. e. I. v. 2224. _Mary_] i. e. By the Virgin Mary. v. 2229. _all one_] i. e. all agreed. v. 2233. _rode_] i. e. road, cross: see note, p. 206. v. 69. v. 2234. _blode_] i. e. blood. v. 2235. _By our lakyn_] See note on v. 341. p. 240. v. 2242. _acomberyd_] i. e. encumbered, troubled. v. 2243. _Goddys fote_] i. e. God’s foot. v. 2244. _facyd_] See note, p. 216. v. 33. v. 2246. _condycyons_] See note, p. 183. v. 12. Page 299. v. 2248. _bracyd_] See note, p. 216. v. 33. v. 2249. _defaute_] i. e. default, defect. v. 2250. _to haute_] i. e. too haughty. v. 2252. _pratyer_] i. e. prettier. v. 2258. _gardeuyaunce_] In a note on Dunbar’s _Freir of Tungland_, Lord Hailes observes that _gardyvians_ is “literally _garde de viande_, or cupboard; but there it implies his cabinet;” and Mr. D. Laing adds, “rather, a portable cabinet.” Dunbar’s _Poems_, ii. 243. Skelton appears to use the word in the sense of—trunk: and Palsgrave has “_Gardeuyans bahus_.” _Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr._, 1530. fol. xxxv. (Table of Subst.) Page 299. v. 2259. _bowget_] i. e. budget. v. 2260. _male_] i. e. bag, wallet. v. 2262. _Your trymynge and tramynge by me must be tangyd_] The reader will hardly expect that I should attempt any precise explanation of this line. v. 2264. _When we with Magnyfycence goodys made cheuysaunce_]—_cheuysaunce_, i. e. booty: see note, p. 107. v. 100. Compare Gower; “Right as a thefe _maketh his cheuesance_, And robbeth mens gooddes aboute,” &c. _Conf. Am._ B. v. fol. cxvi. ed. 1554. v. 2265. _wengaunce_] i. e. vengeance.