P. 14. l. 451 _kire_, modesty, purity. See Laȝ. l. 8077. K. Horn, l. 1446. 456 _He was hirde wittere and wal._ He was herdsman wise and experienced (skilful). See Gloss. to Allit. Poems, s.v. _wale_. 457-8 _Of merke, and kinde, and helde, & ble, sundring and sameni[n]g tagte he._ He taught of (concerning) the character, breed, age, colour [of cattle], the keeping them asunder, and the matching them together. _merke_ refers, perhaps, to the _form_, _shape_, etc., of the cattle, and _kinde_ to their _pedigree_. 459 _glew_, music, still exists in glee, _gleeman_, etc., O.E. _gleowinge_ = singing. _gleu_, to amuse by singing. "Bi a piler was he þar sett To _gleu_ þaa gomes at þair mete."—(Cursor Mundi, fol. 40b.) Cf. _gleo_, music.—(Laȝ. i. 298.) _gleo-cræften_ = glee-crafts, arts of music.—(Ibid. i. 299.) _gleo-dreme_ = glee-sound.—(Ibid. i. 77.) _gleowen_, _gleowien_, to chant, play.—(Ibid. ii. 382, 429.) 466 _a sellic smið_, a wonderful (rare) smith. 468 _To sundren and mengen_ = to separate (the ore from the dross) and to mix (alloy). 469 _Wopen of wigte and tol of grið_ = weapon of war and tool of peace. _wigte_ = _wig_ = war. _Wigte_ may signify sharpness; it usually = strong, brave. 470 _wel cuðe egte and safgte wið._ This line seems to be very corrupt and to stand in need of some emendation. I would propose to read as follows:— _wel cuðe he fegte and sagte wið_ = well could he _fight_ [_i. e._ with the _wopen_ of _wigte_] and _heal_ with [the _tol_ of _grið_]. If this interpretation be right _tol of grið_ would refer to some curative agents. 472 _wurð bisne_, became blind. "Þis Lamech was called Lamech þe blind, Caym he slogh wit chaunce we find."—(Cursor Mundi, fol. 10.) 475 _Al-so he mistagte, also he schet,_ As he mistaught, so he shot. 477 _wende_ = _weened_, thought. 480-481 Cain unwarned, received it (the arrow), groaned, and stretched (fell prostrate), and died with that (immediately). _unwarde_ may be an error for _unwarnde_ = unwarned, or for _unwared_ = A.S. _unwered_ = unprotected. 484 _dedes swog_ = death's swoon. _Swog_ = O.E. _swowe_, _swoughe_. "_Aswogh_ (in swoon) he fell adoun An his hynder arsoun (rise of the saddle), As man that was mate."—(Lybeaus Disconus, 1171.) The verb to _swoon_ occurs often in English under the form _swoghen_ (p.p. _yswowe_), "The king _swoghened_ for that wounde."—(Kyng Alys., 5857.) Cf. Laȝ. 130, "_he fel iswowen_;" i. 192, _stille he was iswoȝen_ (the later copy reads _iswoȝe_). 486 _Of his soule beð mikel hagt._ On his soul is much sorrow.—(See l. 2044, p. 59.) The literal signification seems to be thought, care. (See _Agte_ in l. 3384.) P. 15. l. 490 _or or_, etc. = first ere, etc. = first before, etc. _fen_ = mud, dirt. "Man here is nathyng elles Bot a foule slyme, wlatsom til men, And a sekful of stynkand _fen_." —(Hampole's P. of C., l. 566.)