582. 'Unless he were mad.' See l. 184.
583. 'Or live as economically as it pleases him to wish to do.'
584. al a, a whole. Cf. 'all a summer's day'; Milton, P. L. i. 449.
586. hir aller cappe, the caps of them all. Hir aller = eorum omnium. 'To sette' a man's 'cappe' is to overreach him, to cheat him, or to befool him. Cf. A. 3143.
The Reve.
587. Reve. See Prof. Thorold Rogers' capital sketch of Robert Oldman, the Cuxham bailiff, a serf of the manor (as reeves always were), in his Agriculture and Prices in England, i. 506-510.
592. Y-lyk, like. y-sen-e, visible; see note to l. 134.
593. 'He knew well how to keep a garner and a bin.'
597. neet, neat, cattle. dayerye, dairy.
598. hors, horses; pl. See note to l. 74. pultrye, poultry.