—— bonny] i. e. precious one (rather than—beautiful one,—for it has the epithet “prety”).
v. 229. This make I my falyre fonny] This, i. e. Thus; see note, p. 86. v. 38: it has been suggested that falyre means fellow; which I doubt: fonny is, I suppose, foolishly amorous; compare—
“As freshly then thou shalt begin to fonne
And dote in loue.”
Chaucer’s Court of Loue,—Workes, fol. 329. ed. 1602.
“With kissing, and with clapping, I gert the carill fon.”
Dunbar’s Tua Maryit Wemen and The Wedo, Poems, i. 71. ed. Laing.
v. 230. dronny] i. e. drone.
v. 232. rout] i. e. snore.
Page 103. v. 245. conny] i. e. rabbit.