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?