v. 366. eestryche fedder] i. e. ostrich-feather.
v. 367. fresshely i. e. smartly.
v. 368. What reuell route] Compare;
“And euer be mery lett reuell rought.”
A Morality,—Anc. Mysteries from the Digby MSS. p. 187. ed. Abbotsf.
“Then made they revell route and goodly glee.”
Spenser’s Mother Hubberds Tale,—Works, vii. 428. ed. Todd.
—— quod] i. e. quoth.
v. 370. Felyce fetewse]—Felyce, i. e. Phillis: fetewse, i. e. feateous; “Fetyce and prety. Paruiculus. Elegantulus.” Prompt. Parv. ed. 1499.
v. 371. klycked] i. e. fastened. In Chaucer’s Marchantes Tale, v. 9991. ed. Tyr., “clicket” means a key. Todd (Johnson’s Dict. in v.) cites Cotgrave and Skinner for its having the signification of the ring, knocker, or hammer of a door. Richardson (Dict. in v.) remarks that the word was “applied to any fastening which was accompanied by a clicking, snapping noise.”