v. 31. caytyvys carkes] i. e. caitiff’s carcass.
v. 32. blasy] i. e. blaze, set forth.
v. 33. Gorge Hardyson] Perhaps the “George Ardeson” who is several times mentioned in the unpublished Bokis of Kyngis Paymentis Temp. Hen. vii. and viii., preserved in the Chapter-House, Westminster: one entry concerning him is as follows;
| “[xxiii. of Hen. vii.] | George Ardeson and Domynicke Sall er bounden in an obligacion to pay for the lycence of cccl buttes of malvesey viˢ viiiᵈ for euery but within iii monethes next after they shalbe layde vpon lande | cxviˡⁱ xiiiˢ.” |
Page 127. v. 34. habarion] i. e. habergeon. “Haburion. Lorica.” Prompt. Parv. ed. 1499.
v. 35. the Januay] i. e. the Genoese. “The ianuays ... Genuenses.” Hormanni Vulgaria, sig. k iii. ed. 1530.
v. 36. trysyd hys trowle away] i. e. (I suppose) enticed away his trull.
v. 37. paiantes] See note, p. 189. v. 190.
v. 39. gate] i. e. got.
—— gaudry] i. e., perhaps, trickery. In the Towneley Mysteries, gawde, trick, occurs several times.