Pestel, s. a pestle (apparently of large size, perhaps used for pounding meat, &c.), 122, 128. 'Pesteil, a pestle, or pestell'; Cotgrave.
Peyned, pl. s. refl. took pains, 261.
Pin, s. bolt, bar, 292.
Place, s. a place for wrestling, place of public exhibition, the 'ring,' 195, 203, 210, 213, 216.
Pleye, ger. play, make play, 130.
Plowes, pl. plough-lands, 57, 59, 358. 'A plough of land was as much as could be ploughed with one plough. It was in the middle ages a common way of estimating landed property'; Wright.
Prest, adj. ready, prepared, 237, 830. 'Prest, prest, ready'; Cotgrave.
Preven, ger. to test, shew, 174. The same as Proven.
Privee, adj. secret, 425.
Proven, v. experience, 242.