v. 11. maunchet] Properly, a small loaf of fine white bread.
—— morell] Properly, a dark-coloured, a black horse.
v. 13. carp] Which generally means—speak, talk,—is sometimes found applied to music, and here, perhaps, is equivalent to—make a noise.
v. 14. Lo, Jak wold be a jentylman!] So in Heywood’s Dialogue;
“Iacke would be a gentleman, if he could speake French.”
Sig. D 2,—Workes, ed. 1598.
See also Ray’s Proverbs, p. 124. ed. 1768.
v. 15.
Wyth, Hey, troly, loly, lo, whip here, Jak,
Alumbek sodyldym syllorym ben!