1018. spending-silver, money to spend, ready money. The phrase occurs in Piers the Plowman, B. xi. 278.
1024. a certeyn, a certain sum, a stated sum. Cf. l. 776.
1027. at my day, on the day agreed upon, on the third day.
1029. Another day, another time, on the next occasion.
1030. him took, handed over to him; so in ll. 1034, 1112.
1055. 'In some measure to requite your kindness.' See note to Sq. Tale, F. 471, and cf. l. 1151.
1059. seen at yë, see evidently; lit. see at eye.
1066. 'Proffered service stinketh' is among Heywood's Proverbs. Ray remarks on it—'Merx ultronea putet, apud Hieronymum. Erasmus saith, Quin uulgo etiam in ore est, ultro delatum obsequium plerumque ingratum esse. So that it seems this proverb is in use among the Dutch too. In French, Merchandise offerte est à demi vendue. Ware that is proffered is sold for half the worth, or at half the price.' The German is—'Angebotene Hülfe hat keinen Lohn'; see Ida v. Düringsfeld's Sprichwörter, i. 86.
1096. Algates, at any rate. Observe the context.