v. 1841. for God auowe] So presently, v. 1851, “I make God auowe:” see note, p. 109. v. 199.
—— chiydder] i. e. shiver.
v. 1842. Thy wordes hange togyder as fethers in the wynde] An expression which occurs again in our author’s Speke, Parrot, v. 295. vol. ii. 14. So too in a comedy (before quoted), The longer thou liuest, the more foole thou art, &c. Newly compiled by W. Wager, n. d.;
“A song much like thauthour of the same,
It hangeth together like fethers in the winde.”
Sig. D ii.
v. 1844. carle] i. e. churl.
v. 1848. a losell lede a lurden] i. e. one good-for-nothing fellow lead another: see note, p. 209. v. 138, and note on v. 423 of the present poem, p. 242.
v. 1849. sowter] i. e. shoemaker, cobbler.
v. 1850. Cockes harte] i. e. God’s heart: see note on v. 518. p. 243.