v. 1584. my flesshe wolde be wroken]—wroken, i. e. wreaked, satiated.

“Whyles thou art yonge ...

Wreke the with wiueryng, if thou wilt be excused.”

Pierce Plowman, sig. M iii. ed. 1561.

v. 1585. consayte] i. e. conceit, fancy.

v. 1586. weryed I wolde be on] i. e. I would worry, eagerly devour: compare our author’s Phyllyp Sparowe, v. 29. vol. i. 52.

v. 1587. Cockes armes] i. e. God’s arms: see note on v. 518. p. 243.

v. 1588. ony] i. e. any.

v. 1589. Ye] i. e. Yea.

v. 1590. to be sped] i. e. to be made successful.