And wonderly deliver, and great of strengthe.’
‘Ralph le Delivre’ is found in the Rot. Curiæ Regis.
[515]. The names of ‘Thomas le Busteler’ (F.F.) and ‘Robert le Bustler’ (T.) are less complimentary than most of the above. ‘Nicholas le Medler’ (A.) would be quite as objectionable.
[516]. ‘Craske, fryke of fatte,’ i.e., lusty, fresh. (Pr. Par.)
[517]. ‘Richard Curtevalur’ (A.) would seem to have had an instinctive acquaintance with the moral of that couplet which asserts that
‘He who fights and runs away
Shall live to fight another day.’
There are a good many people, I fancy, who thus ‘take thought for the morrow.’
[518]. Fr. Preux = valiant.
[519]. ‘Simon Stallworthe’ is mentioned in the Grants of Edward the Fifth. (Cam. Soc.) The modern form of the term colloquially used is ‘stalwart.’