v. 1345. a rome ... in euery route] i. e. a place in every crowd, assembly.
v. 1347. face and brace] See note, p. 216. v. 33.
v. 1348. fotyth] i. e. footeth.
Page 269. v. 1353. poyntmentys] i. e. appointments.
v. 1356. mykyll praty] i. e. much pretty.
v. 1358. an hoby can make larkys to dare]—to dare, i. e. to be terrified, to tremble,—(it also means—to lurk, lie hid; see note on the poem Howe the douty Duke of Albany, &c. v. 271). To dare larks was an expression applied to the catching of larks by terrifying them; and there were several modes of daring them. When the hobby (a small hawk, see note, p. 135. v. 567) was employed for that purpose, the larks lay still in terror till a net was thrown over them.
v. 1360. almesse] i. e. alms.
v. 1363. howe] i. e. ho.
v. 1365. loke] i. e. look.
v. 1368. hardely] i. e. assuredly.