v. 394. sennet] i. e. sennight, week.
Page 108. v. 395. pay] i. e. satisfaction, content.
v. 397. Of thyne ale let vs assay]—assay, i. e. try, taste. So in Pierce Plowman;
“I haue good ale goship said he, gloton wold thou assai.”
Sig. G ii. ed. 1561.
Page 108. v. 398. pylche] i. e. cloak of skins.
v. 399. conny] i. e. rabbit.
v. 490. loke] i. e. look.
—— donny] Richardson, Dict. in vv. Dun, Dunny, cites this line as containing an example of the latter word,—rightly, perhaps, for donne (dun) occurs in Skelton’s Magnyfycence, v. 1102. vol. i. 257.—The common people of Ireland employ donny in the sense of—poor, mean-looking, as “a donny creature;” also in the sense of—poorly, as “How are you to-day?”—“Och! but donny, very donny.” For this information I am indebted to the kindness of Miss Edgeworth, who has used the word in one of her excellent tales.