Thanne thinketh hem thei muwen the bet, for thei han more nede
To winne.
Ac so is al this world ablent, that no man douteth sinne.'
880. 'To swing about with the ropes, and to be dried in the wind.'
881. 'Sorrow may he have who cares for it.' Not an uncommon phrase. In P. Plowman, B. vi. 122, it appears as 'þe deuel haue þat reccheth,' i. e. the devil take him who regrets it.
885. This seems to mean, 'he was hanged by the neck, and not by the purse.' That is, he was really hanged, and not merely made to suffer in his purse by paying a fine; cf. Ch. Prol. 657.
889. of the best assise, in the truest manner; cf. l. 544.
900. 'Buried under the earth.'
901. 'No man can escape it.'