“But she denyed his Desire, And told him, that she feared Hell-fire; _fa, la_, &c. Tush, (quoth the Fryer) thou needst not doubt, _fa, la_, &c. If thou wert in Hell, I could sing thee out; _fa, la_, &c.” The Maid then tells him that he “shall have his request,” but only on condition that he brings her “an angel of money.” While he is absent, “She hung a Cloth before the Well;” and, when he has returned, and given her the angel,— “Oh stay, (quoth she) some Respite make, My Father comes, he will me take; _fa, la_, &c. Alas, (quoth the Fryer) where shall I run, _fa, la_, &c. To hide me till that he be gone? _fa, la_, &c. Behind the Cloth run thou (quoth she), And there my Father cannot thee see; _fa, la_, &c. Behind the Cloth the Fryer crept, _fa, la_, &c. And into the Well on sudden he leapt, _fa, la_, &c. Alas, (quoth he) I am in the Well; No matter, (quoth she) if thou wert in Hell; _fa, la_, &c. Thou say’st thou could’st sing me out of Hell, _fa, la_, &c. Now prithee sing thyself out of the Well, _fa, la_, &c.” The Maid at last helps him out, and bids him be gone; but when he asks her to give him back the angel,— “Good Sir, (said she) there’s no such matter, I’ll make you pay for fouling my Water; _fa, la_, &c. The Fryer went along the Street, _fa, la_, &c. Drapping wet, like a new-wash’d Sheep, _fa, la_, &c. Both Old and Young commended the Maid, That such a witty Prank had plaid; _fa, la, la, la, la,_ _fa, la, la, lang-tree down-dily._” _Ballads_, Brit. Mus. 643. m. Page 345. v. 882. _Another Clementyne also,_ _How frere Fabian, with other mo,_ _Exivit de Paradiso_] —_mo_, i. e. more. Some corruption, if not considerable mutilation of the text, may be suspected here. There seems to be an allusion to _Clement_, lib. v. tit. xi. cap. i., which begins, “_Exiui de paradiso_, dixi, rigabo hortum plantationum, ait ille cœlestis agricola,” &c. P. 313. (_Decret._ tom. iii. ed. 1600). v. 892. _abiections_] i. e. objections. Page 346. v. 901. _hertes_] i. e. hearts. v. 903. _coueytous_] i. e. covetise, covetousness. v. 906. _play scylens and glum, &c._] See note on v. 83. p. 278. v. 911. _leuer_] i. e. more willingly, rather. v. 914. _Worsshepfully_] i. e. According to their honour, or dignity. Page 347. v. 922. _payntes_] See note, p. 176. v. 583. v. 924. _them lyke_] i. e. please them. v. 931. _crosse_] See note, p. 116. v. 363. v. 932. _predyall landes_] i. e. farm-lands. v. 943. _palles_] See note on v. 312. p. 283. v. 944. _Arras_] i. e. tapestry: see note, p. 192. v. 78. v. 947. _lusty_] i. e. pleasant, desirable,—beautiful. Page 348. v. 950. _shote_] i. e. shoot.