v. 237. _gup_] } ... v. 239. _iast_] } See note, p. 99. v. 17. v. 240. _Wyll ye bere no coles_] Steevens, in his note on the opening of Shakespeare’s _Romeo and Juliet_, cites the present line among the examples which he gives of the expression to _bear_ or _carry coals_, i. e. to bear insults, to submit to degradation. In the royal residences and great houses the lowest drudges appear to have been selected to carry coals to the kitchens, halls, &c.; see note on Jonson’s _Works_, ii. 169, by Gifford, who afterwards (p. 179) observes, “From the mean nature of this occupation it seems to have been somewhat hastily concluded, that a man who would carry coals would submit to any indignity.” Page 34. v. 241. _A mayny of marefoles_] i. e. (as appears from the expressions applied to horses four lines above) a set of mare-foals, fillies. Page 35. v. 257. _next_] i. e. nearest. v. 261. _Poppynge folysshe dawes_] See note, p. 231. v. 39. v. 262. _pyll strawes_]—_pyll_, i. e. peel. v. 264. _Huntley bankes_] See note, p. 221. v. 149. v. 269. _Lorde Dakers_] Thomas Lord Dacre (of Gillesland, or of the North) was warden of the West Marches. The accusation here thrown out against him (because, perhaps, he was on the best terms with Wolsey) of “agreeing too well with the Scots” is altogether unfounded. He was for many years the able and active agent of Henry in corrupting by gold and intrigues the nobles of Scotland, and in exciting ceaseless commotions in that kingdom, to the destruction of its tranquillity and good government. He died in 1525. And see notes on vv. 283, 353. v. 270. _Jacke Rakers_] See note, p. 186. v. 108. v. 271. _crakers_] i. e. vaunters, big-talkers. v. 273. _Stronge herted_] i. e. Strong-hearted. v. 275. _To_] i. e. Too. v. 278. _the red hat_] i. e. Wolsey. v. 280. _lure_] See note, p. 147. v. 1100. v. 281. _cure_] i. e. care. v. 283. _Lorde Rose_] i. e. Thomas Manners, Lord Roos. In 14 Henry viii. he was constituted warden of the East Marches towards Scotland; and by letters patent in 17 Henry viii. he was created Earl of Rutland. He died in 1543. See Collins’s _Peerage_, i. 465. sqq. ed. Brydges. Hall makes the following mention of him: “In this sommer [xiiii yere of Henry the VIII] the lorde Rosse and the lorde Dacres of the North whiche were appointed to kepe the borders against Scotland did so valiantly that they burned the good toune of Kelsy and lxxx. villages and ouerthrew xviii. towers of stone with all their Barnkyns or Bulwerkes.” _Chron._ fol. ci. ed. 1548. v. 285. _a cockly fose_] A term which I do not understand. Page 35. v. 286. _Their hertes be in thyr hose_] See note, p. 233. v. 107,—where, however, I neglected to observe that we find in _Prima Pastorum_, “A, _thy hert is in thy hose_.” _Towneley Myst._, p. 95.