967. _the kynrede of Caym._ In the popular belief of the middle ages, hob-goblins and evil spirits (which haunted the wilds and the waters) literally, and bad men figuratively, were represented as being descended from the first murderer, Cain. In Old-English poetry, _Caymes kyn_ is a common epithet for very wicked people. In the Anglo-Saxon romance of Beowulf, the Grendel is said to be of "Cain's kin." 1051. _wytnes on Wyclif._ In the persecutions to which Wycliffe was subjected for his opinions in 1382, his most violent opponents were the Mendicants. He died in 1384, quietly at his living of Lutterworth. 1189. _a lymytoure._ See before, the note on l. 14615 of the Vision. 1178. _stumlen in tales._ An allusion to the idle and superstitious tales with which the monks filled their sermons, in place of simple and sound doctrine. 1309. _Water Brut._ Walter Brut (or Bright) was a native of Herefordshire, and was prosecuted by the Bishop of Hereford for heresy in 1393. A long account of his defence will be found in Foxe's Acts and Monuments. 1401. _Hildegare._ I suppose this refers to St. Hildegardis, a nun who flourished in the middle of the twelfth century, and who was celebrated among the Roman Catholics as a prophetess. Her prophecies are not uncommon in manuscripts, and they have been printed. Those which relate to the future corruptions in the monkish orders are given in Foxe's Acts and Monuments, book vi, and in other works. * * * * * GLOSSARY. [The figures in the following Glossary refer to the _page_ of the text. Words preceded by a +, occur only in the CREED. A.S. and A.N. distinguish the two different languages of which our own is composed, Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman.] A. a, prefixed to verbs of Anglo-Saxon origin, has sometimes a negative, sometimes an intensative power: before nouns and adjectives it represents _on_ and _at_, as, a-brood, a-fore (æt-foran), a-rowe (i. e. _on a row_), a-loft (i. e. _on high_), &c. In words of Anglo-Norman origin, it answers to the prepositions, _a_, _ab_, _ad_, of the original Latin words a (A.N.) 355, _ah!_ (an interjection) abidynge (A.S.) 413, _patient_ abiggen (A.S.) 35, 127, abien, 58, abugge, 122, abye, 164, abyen, 393, _to make amends for_, _to atone for_. _pret. s._ aboughte, 168, 190, 231, 268. _part. past_, abought, 392 abite (A.S.) 331, _to bite, nip_ a-blende (A.S.) 377, a-blynden, _to blinde, dazzle_. _pret. s._ a-blente, 388 abosten (A.N.) 126, _to assault_ abouten, aboute (A.S.) _about_ a-brood (A.S.) _abroad_ ac (A.S.) _but, and_ a-cale (A.S.) 393, _cold_. It occurs in the Romance of the Seven Sages (Weber, p. 59): That night he sat wel sore _a-kale_, And his wif lai warme a-bedde. accidie (A.N.) 99, _sloth, a fit of slothfulness_ acombren (A.N.) _to embarrass, bring into trouble_ acorden (A.N.) _to agree, accord_ acorse, acursen (A.S.) 375, _to curse._ acorsed, 375, _accursed_