v. 2073. too] i. e. toe.
v. 2077. rydlesse] In v. 2445 is “redlesse,” which properly means—devoid of counsel: but Skelton seems to use both forms in the sense of—unavailing.
v. 2080. bloo] i. e. livid: see note, p. 103. v. 3.
Page 293. v. 2093. I garde her gaspe, I garde her gle]—garde, i. e. made, caused: gle, i. e., perhaps, squint; see Jamieson’s Et. Dict. of Scot. Lang. in v. Gley.
v. 2094. daunce on the le] A fragment, it would seem, of some song: le, i. e. lea.
v. 2095. bassed] i. e. kissed.
v. 2096. the bote of all my bale] i. e. the remedy or help of all my evil or sorrow.
“God send every good man bote of his bale.”
Chaucer’s Chanones Yemannes Tale, v. 16949. ed. Tyr.
v. 2097. farre fet] i. e. far-fetched.