Than luve I paramouris thay say
...
Gife I be nocht weill als besene,” &c.
Poems, i. 185. ed. Laing.
v. 1. lewde] i. e. ignorant, vile.
v. 3. skrybe] Printed by mistake in the text “skryke”—means Godfrey; see note on title of the preceding poem, p. 180, and compare v. 90 of the present.
v. 6. I caste me] i. e. I project, design.
v. 9. fauyr] i. e. appearance, look.
v. 11. cousshons] i. e. cushions.
v. 12. condycyonns] i. e. qualities, dispositions, habits. “Condycions maners meurs.” Palsgrave’s Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr., fol. xxv. (Table of Subst.). “Whan a man is set in autoryte, than shall his condycyons be spyed ... Mores deprehenduntur.” “Thy good condycyons ... virtutes tuas.” Hormanni Vulgaria, sig. N i. ed. 1530.