v. 782. a bole of newe ale in cornys] i. e. a bowl, &c.: see note, p. 171. v. 378.
v. 784. auysed] i. e. purposed on consideration.
v. 786. rome] i. e. room, place, office.
Page 251. v. 789. Cockys harte] i. e. God’s heart: see note on v. 518. p. 243.
v. 790. for the armys of the dyce] Some cant exclamation.
v. 793. fayne] i. e. glad.
v. 795. rynne] i. e. run.
v. 796. cayser] i. e. Cæsar, or, as it is generally explained, emperor: in the Coventry Mysteries, however, a distinction is made between these terms;
“Bothe kynge and caysere and grett empere.”
MS. Cott. Vesp. D viii. fol. 113.