Page 149. v. 25. garded hose] i. e. faced, trimmed breeches.
v. 26. cornede] i. e. horned, pointed.
v. 29. questes] i. e. inquests.
v. 31. quitte] i. e. acquitted.
v. 50. crakers] i. e. vaunters, big talkers.
v. 54. cultyng and jagging] See note above, v. 10: cultyng, I believe, should be cuttyng.
Page 150. v. 57. knackes] i. e. trifles, toys, or perhaps tricks.
v. 58. naughty packes] An expression which occurs again in our author’s Garlande of Laurell, v. 188. vol. i. 369, is common in writers of a much later date, and is not yet altogether obsolete (see The Dialect of Craven, &c. in Noughty-Pack),—equivalent to worthless, loose persons (properly, it would seem, cheaters; see Richardson’s Dict. in v. Pack).
Page 151. v. 90. kepe tuche] i. e. keep contract, agreement.
v. 93. pore] i. e. poor.