[26.] of gret disport. Fond of gayety.

[27.] men. This word as here used is an indefinite pronoun equivalent to one, or any one.

[28.] "Love conquers all things."

[29.] chapeleyne. Probably assistant.

[30.] a fair for the maistryë. A fair one for the chief place.

[31.] "He would not give a pulled hen for that text"; that is, "he cared not a straw for it." Pulled = pylled = pilled = plucked.

[32.] waterles. Out of water.

[33.] what. Why, wherefore.

[34.] wood. Mad. Scotch wud, wild.

"An' just as wud as wud can be."—Burns.