Page 276. v. 1571. as asure inde blewe] See note, p. 101. v. 17.
v. 1573. loke] i. e. look.
—— leyre] i. e. complexion, skin.
v. 1576. lusty] i. e. pleasant, desirable.
v. 1578. to brace and to basse] i. e. to embrace and to kiss.
v. 1579. by hym that hell dyd harowe] i. e. by our Saviour: see note, p. 150. v. 1291.
v. 1580. a Phylyp sparowe] See note, p. 121. v. 7.
v. 1581. whylest my hede dyd warke] i. e. until my head did work, ache. “Hedwerke sekenesse. Cephalia.” Prompt. Parv. ed. 1499. “Wark, to ache.” Hunter’s Hallam. Gloss. “But I may not stonde, myn hede werches soo.” Morte d’Arthur, B. xxi. c. v. vol. ii. 440. ed. Southey.
v. 1582. hobby for suche a lusty larke] See note on v. 1358. p. 258. The same metaphorical use of this expression occurs in our author’s Colyn Cloute, v. 194. vol. i. 318.