FOOTNOTES:
[291] renisht = perhaps for ‘revisht’, dressed, arrayed.
[292] weeds = garments.
[293] rearing = leaning.
[294] nickèd = refused.
[295] pall = fine cloth.
[296] kempès = fighting-men.
[297] blanne = halted.
[298] My reade shall ryse = my counsel shall arise, or spring, from thee.
[299] yate = gate.
[300] lither = naughty.
[301] neigh = come nigh, approach.
[302] till = entice.
[303] fitt = strain of music.
[304] swith = swiftly.
[305] stour = press of fighting.