Page 118. v. 2. [Your] gronynge, ȝour grontynge, your groinynge lyke a swyne] Skelton has elsewhere;
“Hoyning like hogges that groynis and wrotes.”
Against venemous tongues, vol. i. 132.
“The Gruntyng and the groynninge of the gronnyng swyne.”
Garlande of Laurell, v. 1376. vol. i. 415.
To groin is explained to groan, to grunt, to growl; but perhaps our author may have used it like the French “Groigner. To nuzle, or to root with the snout.” Cotgrave’s Dict.
v. 3. alle to peuiche] See note, p. 100. v. 32.
v. 4. mantycore] See note, p. 127. v. 294.
—— maltaperte] i. e. malapert, (perhaps an error of the transcriber).
v. 5. lere] i. e. complexion, skin.