Page 183. v. 26. byllys] i. e. bills,—a sort of beaked pikes,—battle-axes.
v. 30. Folys and sottys] i. e. Fools and sots.
v. 32. crake] i. e. vaunt.
v. 33. To face, to brace] So Borde in his Boke of knowlege introduces a Scotchman saying,
“I wyll boost my selfe, I wyll crake and face.”
Sig. G 2. reprint.
Compare our author’s Magnyfycence;
“Cl. Col. By God, I tell you, I wyll not be out facyd.
By the masse, I warant thé, I wyll not be bracyd.”
v. 2247. vol. i. 299.