Harl. Miscell. ix. 51. ed. Park.
Page 101. v. 185.
God gyue it yll preuynge,
Clenly as yuell cheuynge]
—preuynge, i. e. proving.
“And prechest on thy benche, with evil prefe:” (i. e. evil may it prove!)
Chaucer’s Wif of Bathes Prol. v. 5829. ed. Tyr.
—yuell cheuynge, i. e. evil ending, bad success.
“God geve it yvell chevynge.”
Roy’s Rede me, &c., Harl. Miscell. ix. 79. ed. Park.