673. bar ... a stif burdoun, sang the bass. See A. 4165, and N. and Q. 4 S. vi. 117, 255. Cf. Fr. bourdon, the name of a deep organ-stop.
675, 676. wex, wax. heng, hung. stryke of flex, hank of flax.
677. By ounces, in small portions or thin clusters.
679. colpons, portions; the same word as mod. E. coupon.
680. for Iolitee, for greater comfort. He thought it pleasanter to wear only a cap (l. 683). wered, wore; see l. 75. Cf. G. 571, and the note.
682. the newe Iet, the new fashion, which is described in ll. 680-683.
'Also, there is another newe gette,
A foule waste of clothe and excessyfe,
There goth no lesse in a mannes typette
Than of brode cloth a yerde, by my lyfe.'