3987. purpryse, enclosure; F. porprise, fem. Cotgrave has pourpris, m., in the same sense. See l. 4171.
4021. Read in hy, in haste, a common phrase; see l. 3591.
4032. 'No man, by taming it, can make a sparrow-hawk of a buzzard.' A buzzard was useless for falconry, but a sparrow-hawk was excellent. The F. text gives this as a proverb. Two similar proverbs are given in Cotgrave, s.v. Esparvier.
4034. musarde, a sluggish, and hence a useless person; see l. 3256.
4038. recreaundyse, recreant conduct; F. recreantise.
4073. goth afere, goes on fire, is inflamed.
4096. me sometimes occurs in M. E. as a shorter form of men, in the sense of 'one'; but it is better to read men at once, as it receives the accent. If written 'mē,' it might easily be copied as 'me.'
4126. 'Unless Love consent, at another time.'
4149. querrour, a quarrier, stone-cutter; see quarrieur in Cotgrave.
4176. ginne, war-engine, skaffaut, scaffold; a wooden shed on wheels, to protect besiegers. See the description of one, called 'a sow,' employed at the siege of Berwick in 1319, in Barbour's Bruce, xvii. 597-600; together with other sundry 'scaffatis' in the same, l. 601.