v. 1370. pety brybery] See note on v. 1242. p. 256.
v. 1373. be] i. e. by.
Page 269. v. 1376. trew] i. e. honest.
v. 1378. checke] i. e. taunt: see note on v. 300. p. 240.
v. 1379. weltyth] To welt means—to border: but qy. is weltyth here used for weldyth, i. e. wieldeth, directeth?
v. 1382. sadnesse] i. e. gravity, seriousness, soberness, discreetness.
Page 270. v. 1389. sorte] i. e. set, company.
v. 1390. hokes vnhappy]—hokes, i. e. hooks, a word frequently applied to persons as a term of reproach. “Vnhappy of maners maluays.” Palsgrave’s Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr., 1530. fol. xcviii. (Table of Adiect.). So in Jacke Jugelar, n. d.;
“Loo yender cumithe that vnhappye hooke.”