v. 26. to hawte] i. e. too haughty.
—— I wys] i. e. truly, certainly (i-wis, adv.).
v. 29. Godfrey] See note on title of this poem, p. 180.
—— gargons] i. e. Gorgon’s.
v. 30. Syr Olifranke] Qy. a mistake of the transcriber for Syr Olifaunte, the giant mentioned in Chaucer’s Sire Thopas?
—— splay] i. e. display.
v. 31. Baile] Seems to mean—howl, cry. “I Balle as a curre dogge doth, Ie hurle.” Palsgrave’s Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr., 1530. fol. clvii. (Table of Verbes).
—— folys] i. e. fools.
v. 32. ȝe] i. e. ye.