v. 11. He had forgoten all dedely syn] Compare our author’s Phyllyp Sparowe, v. 1080. vol. i. 84.
v. 13. He trusted her payment, and lost all hys pray] In the note below the text I inconsiderately queried if “pray” should be “pay.” Compare the last of Skelton’s Poems against Garnesche;
“And thus there ye lost yower pray [i. e. prey].”
v. 61. vol. i. 128.
Page 22. v. 15. rowth] i. e. rough.
—— waters wan] Many passages of our early poetry might be cited where this epithet is applied to water: see note on Why come ye nat to Courte, v. 887, where a wrong reading has misled H. Tooke and Richardson.
v. 18. halsyd] i. e. embraced (round the neck).
v. 19. cought] i. e. caught.
Page 23. v. 20. lefe] i. e. dear.
—— rowtyth] i. e. snoreth.