v. 228. he wolde be come] i. e. he would go.

v. 231. lyghte as lynde] So in Annunciacio;

“A, what, I am light as lynde!”

Towneley Myst. p. 80.

and in Chaucer’s Clerkes Tale;

“Be ay of chere as light as lefe on linde.”

v. 9087. ed. Tyr.

Lynde is properly the linden or lime-tree,—used for a tree in general.

Page 39. v. 232. a versynge boxe] Does it mean—a dice-box?