—_appose_ seems to be used in a different sense from that in which we have just had it (v. 267), and to be equivalent to—procure: _crose_, i. e. crosier. Page 322. v. 299. _a hermoniake_] A term I am unable to explain. v. 303. _Ouer_] i. e. Besides. —— _the foresayd laye_] i. e. the above-mentioned laity. v. 305. _anker_] i. e. anchorite. v. 310. _To ryde vpon a mule_ _With golde all betrapped_] Perhaps, as Warton thinks (note on _Hist. of E. P._, ii. 347. ed. 4to), an allusion to Wolsey: afterwards in this poem, the Cardinal appears to be pointed at more plainly. Page 323. v. 312. _purple and paule_] An expression which frequently occurs, more particularly in ballad-poetry (considered by Percy and others as equivalent to—purple robe): _paule_, i. e. pall, rich or fine cloth. v. 316. _Raynes_] See note, p. 268. v. 2042. v. 317. _morowes mylke_] i. e. morning’s milk. v. 318. _tabertes_] _Tabards_,—jackets or coats, without sleeves, close before and behind, and open at the sides, are still worn by heralds: but those mentioned in the text were longer,—a sort of riding-cloaks. “_Tabard_ a garmêt _mâteau_.” Palsgrave’s _Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr._, 1530. fol. lxviii. (Table of Subst.). And see Du Cange’s _Gloss._ in v. _Tabartum_; Roquefort’s _Gloss._ in v. _Tabar_; and Strutt’s _Dress and Habits_, &c. ii. 301. v. 319. _Theyr styrops of myxt gold begared_]—_begared_, or _begarded_, means—faced, bordered,—adorned. The line, I suspect, (see various readings _ad l._) ought to stand,— “Theyr styrops _with_ gold begared.” v. 321. _moyles_] i. e. mules. v. 323. _What care they though Gil sweate,_ _Or Jacke of the Noke_] So afterwards, v. 857, the same terms are used to signify the labouring poor of both sexes. _Jacke of the Noke_, i. e. (I suppose) Jack of the Nook: see “_Nocata terræ_” in Cowel’s _Law Dictionary_, &c. ed. 1727. v. 325. _pore_] i. e. poor. v. 331. _farly_] i. e. strange. v. 332. _iangle_] i. e. babble, chatter. v. 335. _all to-mangle_] See note, p. 100. v. 32. Page 324. v. 337. _ascrye_] i. e. call out against: see notes, p. 145. v. 903. p. 152. v. 1358. v. 341. _Ware_] i. e. Were. (MS. “Was:” see note _ad loc._) v. 342. _Poules_] i. e. Paul’s. Page 324. v. 346. _trones_] i. e. thrones. v. 347. _Lyke prynces aquilonis_] i. e. Like so many Lucifers. v. 352. _For prestes and for lones_]—_prestes_, i. e. sums in advance. “_Prest_ and _loan_,” Sir H. Nicolas observes to me, “seem to have been used in nearly, if not precisely, the same sense in the 16th century. Perhaps, strictly, _prest_ meant a compulsory advance. In fiscal records it has much the meaning of _charge_ or _imprest_.” v. 356. _tonge tayde_] i. e. tongue-tied. v. 360. _shrewd_] i. e. evil. v. 362. _poollynge_] i. e. polling, plundering.