FOOTNOTES:
[156] co’ld = could, knew.
[157] bedone = adorned.
[158] hett = bid.
[159] potener = pouch, purse.
[160] care = bethink him.
[161] bed = bid, offered.
[162] new fangle = capricious.
[163] gaule = gules, red.
[164] wadded = of woad colour, blue.
[165] blee = hue.
[166] can = did.
[167] walker = fuller.
[168] rudd = complexion.
[169] For why = because.
[170] dinne = noise, i. e. ado.
[171] crowt = pucker.
[172] shreeven = shriven, confessed.
[173] werryed = worried.
[174] birtled = brittled, cut up.
[175] ronge = rung, resounded.
[176] sheede = shed, spill.
[18. King Arthur and King Cornwall]
A Fragment
King Arthur of Little Britain unwisely boasts the beauty of his famous Round Table.