12.3 ‘hend,’ kindly, friendly.
And then bespake that bonny child
Untill his father tenderly,
Says, ‘Father, I’ll have the hend steward,
For he hath been true to you and me.’
13.
13.4 ‘mere’ = more.
The lady to counsel the steward did take,
And counted down a hundred pounds there,
Says, ‘Steward, be true to my son and my heir,