960. ferforthly, i. e. far-forth-like, to such an extent.
965. abood, delay, awaiting, abiding.
966. His baner he desplayeth, i. e. he summons his troops to assemble for military service.
968. No neer, no nearer. Accent Athén-es on the second syllable; but in l. 973 it is accented on the first.
970. lay, lodged for the night.
975. státue, the image, as depicted on the banner.
977. feeldes, field, is an heraldic term for the ground upon which the various charges, as they are called, are emblazoned. Some of this
description was suggested by the Thebais, lib. xii. 665, &c.; but the resemblance is very slight.
978. penoun, pennon. y-bete, beaten; the gold being hammered out into a thin foil in the shape of the Minotaur; see Marco Polo, ed. Yule, i. 344. But, in the Thebais, the Minotaur is upon Theseus' shield.
988. In pleyn bataille, in open or fair fight.