J. Davies,—Other Eglogues annexed to The Shepheards Pipe, 1614. sig. G 4.
v. 8. Be] i. e. By.
—— praty pode]—praty, i. e. pretty: pode, i. e., perhaps, toad. Compare Roy’s satire, Rede me, and be nott wrothe, &c.;
“A littell, pratye, foolysshe poade.”
Harl. Miscell. ix. 19. ed. Park.
v. 10. Strawe, Jamys foder, ye play the fode] The meaning of Jamys foder,—and whether “fode” is used here in the sense of—deceiver, one who feeds another with words (compare our author’s Magnyfycence, v. 1719. vol. i. 281.),—I must leave the reader to determine.
v. 12. bole] i. e. (I suppose) bull.
v. 15. I wiss] i. e. truly, certainly (i-wis, adv.).
v. 17. piggesnye] See note, p. 97. v. 20.
v. 19. Be] i. e. By.