v. 1257. ferre] i. e. far.
Page 266. v. 1258. dawys] i. e. simpletons: see note, p. 113. v. 301.
v. 1261.
He frownyth fyersly, brymly browde,
The knaue wolde make it koy, and he cowde]
—fyersly and brymly are nearly synonymous: make it koy means here—affect (not merely reserve, but) haughtiness;—and so in our author’s Bowge of Courte,—
“He bote the lyppe, he loked passynge coye.”
v. 288. vol. i. 41.
v. 1265. besy] i. e. busy.
v. 1270. quod] i. e. quoth.