v. 336. beholde] i. e. beholden.
v. 341. By lakyn] i. e. by our Lady: lakyn is the contraction of ladykyn, little lady.
v. 346. Pountesse] i. e. Pontoise.
Page 236. v. 347. taken me] i. e. committed, consigned to me.
Page 237. v. 355. Ye] i. e. Yea.
v. 357. They bare me in hande that I was a spye] i. e. They accused me, laid to my charge, that, &c.
“This false knight, that hath this treson wrought,
Bereth hire in hond that she hath don this thing.”
Chaucer’s Man of Lawes Tale, v. 5039. ed. Tyr.