v. 423. pestels] i. e. legs,—so called, perhaps, because the leg-bone resembles a pestle used in a mortar. The expression “pestle of pork” frequently occurs in our early writers; as in the following passage concerning the tremendous appetite of Charlemagne; “Whan he took hys repaast he was contente wyth lytel brede, but as touchyng the pytaunce, he ete at his repaast a quarter of moton, or ii hennes, or a grete ghoos, or a grete pestel of porke, or a pecok, or a crane, or an hare all hool.” Caxton’s Lyf of Charles the Grete, &c., 1485. sig. b iii.
Page 108. v. 423. clubbed] i. e. like clubs.
v. 425. fote] i. e. foot.
v. 426. foule] i. e. ugly: see note, p. 130. v. 442.
Page 109. v. 429. cantell] i. e. corner, piece, fragment.
v. 431. quycke] i. e. live.
v. 435. punyete] i. e. pungent.
v. 436. sorte] i. e. set, company.
v. 441. I wote nere] i. e. I know never, not.