FOOTNOTES:
[188] blee = hue, complexion.
[189] stowre = strong or perhaps we should read ‘stiff in stowre’ = sturdy in fight.
[190] Tarn Wadling = The place—near Hesketh in Cumberland, on the road from Carlisle to Penrith—keeps its name to this day. But the tarn has been drained and its site is now a pasture for sheep.
[191] hollen = holly-tree.
[192] halch upon = salute.
[193] sckill = wit, judgement.
[194] swire = neck.
[195] feires = mates.