Page 46. v. 431. coost] i. e. coast, approach.
v. 433. I sawe a knyfe hyd in his one sleue]—sleue, i. e. sleeve.—This picture somewhat resembles that of False Semblant;
“But in his sleue he gan to thring
A rasour sharpe.”
Chaucer’s Rom. of the Rose,—Workes, fol. 141. ed. 1602.
v. 434. Myscheue] i. e. Mischief.
v. 436. spone] i. e. spoon.
v. 437. to preue a dawe] i. e. to prove, try a simpleton: see note on v. 301. p. 113.—Warton, who gives the other reading, “to preye a dawe,” explains it—to catch a silly bird. Note on Hist. of E. P. ii. 349. ed. 4to.
v. 438. wrete] i. e. writ.