v. 219. partriche mewed]—mewed, i. e. cooped up. “I kepe partryches in a mewe agaynst your comyng.” Hormanni Vulgaria, sig. e ii. ed. 1530.
v. 222. ne] i. e. nor.
v. 223. a postels lyfe] i. e. an apostle’s life.
v. 224. herte] i. e. heart.
[Page 34.] v. 232. kues] See note, p. 236. v. 36.
v. 235. The sygne of the Cardynall Hat] “These allowed Stew-houses [in Southwark] had Signs on their Fronts, towards the Thames, not hanged out, but painted on the Walls, as a Boar’s-Head, the Cross Keys, the Gun, the Castle, the Crane, the Cardinal’s Hat,” &c. Stow’s Survey, B. iv. 7. ed. 1720.
v. 236. shyt] i. e. shut.
v. 237. gup] }
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v. 239. iast] }