[358-22] What are bays? What is rosemary? Why should the boar’s head be called crested? Where was it? Why was it there? Why does the poet say it frowned on high?
[358-23] Who was a ranger? What did he do? Do you see any reason for his being green-garbed?
[358-24] What is meant by baiting? Who tore the dogs? Why did he tear them? What made the monster fall?
[358-25] Wassail (wossil): the liquor in which they drank their toasts, and which signified the good cheer of Christmastime.
[358-26] Moves about; that is, the liquor in good brown bowls was merrily passed along the table from hand to hand.
[358-27] What was near the sirloin? How many kinds of meat were there on the table? Is anything mentioned besides meat? Do you suppose they had other things to eat? Did they have bread and vegetables?
[359-28] In the mumming or acting of these maskers could be seen traces of the ancient mystic plays in which religious lessons were given in plays that were acted with the approval of the church.
[359-29] Did the maskers have rich costumes? What did they wear over their faces? How did they conceal their clothing?
[359-30] Does the poet think that rich maskers would enjoy their pleasure as much as the old-fashioned Christmas merrymakers?