Page 75. v. 788. sped] i. e. versed.
v. 791. Solacious] i. e. affording amusement.
v. 792. alowed] i. e. approved.
v. 793. enprowed] In the Glossary to Fry’s Pieces of Ancient Poetry, 1814, where a portion of the present poem is given, enprowed is rendered “profited of:” the whole passage is very obscure.
v. 799. warke] i. e. work.
v. 804.
—— Johnn Lydgate
Wryteth after an hyer rate]
Lydgate, however, disclaims all elevation of style: see his Fall of Prynces, Prol. sig. A iii. ed. Wayland; his Warres of Troy, B. ii. sigs. F ii, K. ii, B. v. sigs. E e i. ii. iii. ed. 1555.
v. 806. dyffuse] i. e. difficult: see note on v. 768, supra.