Page 13. v. 179. Algife] i. e. Although.
—— thorow saught] i. e. sought through.
v. 181. complayne] i. e. lament for.
v. 186. worshyply] i. e. honourably.
v. 195. finaunce] i. e. fine, forfeiture.
v. 196. from the fendys pray] “i. e. from being the prey of the fiends.” Percy.
v. 199. eterminable] i. e. interminable.
Page 14. v. 212. hole sorte] i. e. whole company.
v. 213. mot] i. e. may.
—— ad magistrum Rukshaw] The person here addressed was perhaps “William Rowkshaw, priest,” by whom a letter, dated from the Gilbertine priory of Watton in the east riding of Yorkshire, is printed among the Plumpton Correspondence, p. 82. Camd. Soc. ed.