v. 7. cognisaunce] i. e. badge.
v. 1. scole] i. e. school, teaching.
—— haute] i. e. high, lofty.
v. 2. faute] i. e. fault.
v. 2. faitours] Has been explained before (see p. 91. v. 172)—deceivers, dissemblers; and is rendered by Tyrwhitt (Gloss. to Chaucer’s Cant. Tales), lazy, idle fellows; but here the word seems to be used as a general term of reproach,—scoundrels.
—— half straught] i. e. half in their senses.
v. 4. liddrous] See note, p. 193. v. 146.
—— lewde] i. e. ignorant, vile.
v. 3. vale of bonet of their proude sayle]—vale, i. e. lower: bonet means a small sail attached to the larger sails.
v. 4. ill hayle] See note, p. 176. v. 617.