—— twybyll] “Twybyll writis instrument. Bisacuta. Biceps.” Prompt. Parv. ed. 1499. “Twybill or mactok. Marra. Ligo.” Ibid. “Bipennis ... a twyble or axe, a twall.” Ortus Vocab. ed. 1514. (in the earlier ed. fol. n. d. W. de Worde, the English explanation is less full). “Twyble an instrument for carpentars bernago.” Palsgrave’s Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr., 1530. fol. lxxi. (Table of Subst.).
Page 122. v. 75. wary] Is frequently found in the sense of curse,—
(“Who so the waris wared be he.”
Isaac,—Towneley Mysteries, p. 43)—
but here, I apprehend, it means—war, contend.
v. 79. eldyr steke] i. e. elder-stick.
v. 87. sowtters] i. e. shoemakers, cobblers.
v. 88. seche a nody polle] i. e. such a silly head, ninny.
v. 89. pryste] i. e. priest.