v. 573. defoyled] i. e. defiled.

v. 575. sorte] i. e. set, company.

v. 582. a pryckemedenty] i. e. one affectedly nice, finical.

v. 583.

Sat lyke a seynty,

And began to paynty

As thoughe she would faynty]

seynty, i. e. saint: paynty, i. e. paint,—feign: faynty, i. e. faint. Compare our author’s Colyn Cloute;

“That counterfaytes and payntes

As they were very sayntes.”