I know him by his wide hood.’
41.
41.2 ‘hand,’ gallant.
41.3 ‘spyrrëd . . . at,’ asked . . . of. (Cf. Scottish ‘speir.’)
41.4 ‘friende’ is plural.
They went into the way, these yeomen both,
As curteis men and hend;
They spyrrëd tidingës at the monk,
As they had been his friende.
42.