v. 285. a gon stone] See note, p. 314. v. 629.
v. 287. sir Topias] See note, p. 180. v. 40.
v. 288. Bas] The Bass is an island, or rather rock, of immense height in the Firth of Forth, about a mile distant from the south shore.
v. 290. [l]as] I may just notice, in support of this reading, that “a lusty lasse” occurs in our author’s Magnyfycence, v. 1577. vol. i. 276.
v. 292. I shrewe] i. e. I beshrew, curse.
—— lugges] i. e. ears.
v. 293. munpynnys] Compare;
“Syrs, let us cryb furst for oone thyng or oder,
That thise wordes be purst, and let us go foder
Our mompyns.”