v. 356. _His hose was garded wyth a lyste of grene_] i. e. his breeches were faced, trimmed with, &c. “There was an affectation of smartness in the trimming of his hose.” Warton, note on _Hist. of E. P._ ii. 348. ed. 4to. Page 44. v. 359. _Of Kyrkeby Kendall was his shorte demye_] Kendal, or Kirkby in Kendal, was early famous for the manufacture of cloth of various colours, particularly green. Here the word “Kendall” seems equivalent to—green: so too in Hall’s _Chronicle_, where we are told that Henry the Eighth, with a party of noblemen, “came sodainly in a mornyng into the Quenes Chambre, all appareled in shorte cotes of Kentishe _Kendal_ ... like outlawes, or Robyn Hodes men.” (_Henry viii._) fol. vi. ed. 1548.—_demye_; i. e., says Warton, note on _Hist. of E. P._ ii. 348. ed. 4to., “doublet, jacket:” rather, I believe, some sort of close vest,—his “cote” having been mentioned in the preceding line. v. 360. _In fayth, decon thou crewe_] The commencement of some song; quoted again by our author in _A deuoute trentale for old Iohn Clarke_, v. 44. vol. i. 170, and in _Why come ye nat to Courte_, v. 63. vol. ii. 28. v. 361. _he ware his gere so nye_] i. e., I suppose, he wore his clothes so near, so thoroughly. But Warton explains it “his coat-sleeve was so short.” Note on _Hist. of E. P._ ii. 348. ed. 4to. v. 363. _whynarde_] i. e. a sort of hanger, sword. Page 44. v. 363. —— _his pouche_, _The deuyll myghte daunce therin for ony crouche_] —_ony crowche_, i. e. any piece of money,—many coins being marked with a _cross_ on one side. “The devil might dance in his purse without meeting with a single sixpence.” Warton, note on _Hist. of E. P._ ii. 348. ed. 4to. So in Massinger’s _Bashful Lover_; “The devil sleeps in my pocket; _I have no cross_ _To drive him from it_.” _Works_ (by Gifford), iv. 398. ed. 1813. v. 365. _Counter he coude O lux vpon a potte_]—_Counter_; see note, p. 92:—i. e. he could sing _O lux_, playing an accompaniment to his voice on a drinking-pot. _O lux beata Trinitas_ was an ancient hymn, “which,” says Hawkins, “seems to have been a very popular melody before the time of King Henry viii.” _Hist. of Music_, ii. 354. In a comedy by the Duke of Newcastle is a somewhat similar passage: “I danced a Jig, while Tom Brutish whistled and _play’d upon the head of a pint pot_.” _The Humorous Lovers_, 1677, act i. sc. 1. p. 5. v. 366. _eestryche fedder_] i. e. ostrich-feather. v. 367. _fresshely_ i. e. smartly. v. 368. _What reuell route_] Compare; “And euer be mery lett _reuell rought_.” _A Morality,—Anc. Mysteries from the Digby MSS._ p. 187. ed. Abbotsf. “Then made they _revell route_ and goodly glee.” Spenser’s _Mother Hubberds Tale_,—_Works_, vii. 428. ed. Todd. —— _quod_] i. e. quoth. v. 370. _Felyce fetewse_]—_Felyce_, i. e. Phillis: _fetewse_, i. e. feateous; “_Fetyce_ and prety. Paruiculus. Elegantulus.” _Prompt. Parv._ ed. 1499.