2043. No comma is required at the end of this line; the articles mentioned in ll. 2044-6 all belong to spicery. Cf. additional note to Troilus, vol. ii. p. 506.
2047. dide, did on, put on. The arming of Lybeaus Disconus is thus described in Ritson's Met. Rom. ii. 10:—
'They caste on hym a scherte of selk,
A gypell as whyte as melk,
In that semely sale;
And syght [for sith] an hawberk bryght,
That rychely was adyght
Wyth mayles thykke and smale.'
2048. lake, linen; see Glossary. 'De panno de lake'; York Wills, iii. 4 (anno 1395).
2050. aketoun, a short sleeveless tunic. Cf. Liber Albus, p. 376.