Balett, v. 15. vol. i. 22.
So too in Henry’s Wallace;
“Bot rochis heich, and wattir depe and wan.”
B. vii. 814. ed. Jam.
[Page 54.] v. 888. ban] i. e. curse.
v. 891. warke] i. e. work.
v. 896. Sem ... Cam] i. e. Shem ... Ham.
v. 898. cupbord] “Cupborde of plate or to sette plate vpon buffet.” Palsgrave’s Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr., 1530. fol. xxviii. (Table of Subst.). It had a succession of “desks” or stages, on which the plate was displayed: see the description of a magnificent entertainment in Cavendish’s Life of Wolsey, p. 195. ed. 1827, and the editor’s note.
v. 904. alcumyn] i. e. a sort of mixed metal.
v. 905. A goldsmyth your mayre] “A.D. 1522 ... Maior, Sir John Mundy, Goldsmith, Son to William Mundy of Wycombe in Buckinghamshire.” Stow’s Survey, B. v. 129. ed. 1720.