“Lyke to ane stark theif glowrand in ane tedder.”
Dunbar’s Poems, ii. 70, 72. ed. Laing.
—— ien] i. e. eyne, eyes.
v. 39. passe] i. e. excel.
v. 40. Howkyd as an hawkys beke, lyke Syr Topyas] i. e. Hooked, &c. The allusion is to Chaucer’s Sire Thopas, who “had a semely nose.” v. 13659. ed. Tyr.
v. 41. buske] i. e. prepare, or rather, perhaps, hie.
v. 42. fole] i. e. fool.
Be] i. e. By.
gorbelyd] i. e. big-bellied.
Godfrey] Concerning this person, who assisted Garnesche in his compositions, and is afterwards called his scribe, I can give the reader no information.