“What canest thou do but play cocke wat?”
v. 1206. vol. i. 264.
Is cock wat only another form of cockward, i. e. cuckold? See Arthur and the King of Cornwall, p. 279,—Syr Gawayne, &c., edited by Sir F. Madden.
Page 37. v. 174. hardely] i. e. assuredly.
v. 175. but no worde that I sayde] i. e. but mention not a word that I said.
v. 180. reboke] i. e. belch, cast up.
“As grunting and drinking, reboking vp agayne.”
Barclay’s Ship of Fooles, fol. 229. ed. 1570.
v. 181. at a brayde] i. e. at a start, at a turn, on a sudden, forthwith.