v. 609. awne] i. e. own.
v. 610. Neyther gelt nor pawne] i. e. Neither money nor pledge.
v. 615. balke] i. e. beam, post: “Balke of an house pouste.” Palsgrave’s Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr., 1530. fol. xix. (Table of Subst.).
v. 616. tayle] i. e. tally. “A payre of taylles, suche as folke vse to score vpon for rekennyng.” Palsgrave’s Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr., 1530. fol. xiii. (Thirde Boke).
v. 617. yll hayle] i. e. ill health,—ill luck,—a common imprecation in our old poetry;
“Ill haile, Alein, by God thou is a fonne.”
Chaucer’s Reves Tale, v. 4087. ed. Tyr.
See too Chester Mysteries (De Del. Noe), p. 27. Roxb. ed.
Page 114. v. 619. to mytche] i. e. too much.