“Right as a thefe maketh his cheuesance,
And robbeth mens gooddes aboute,” &c.
Conf. Am. B. v. fol. cxvi. ed. 1554.
v. 2265. wengaunce] i. e. vengeance.
v. 2266. banne and wary] “I warrye, I banne or curse, Ie mauldis.” Palsgrave’s Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr., 1530. fol. cccci. (Table of Verbes). Barclay is even more pleonastic than Skelton;
“And your vnkindnes weray, ban and curse.”
The Ship of Fooles, fol. 22. ed. 1570.
v. 2268. Cockys bonys] i. e. God’s bones; see note on v. 518. p. 243.
v. 2270. Ye] i. e. Yea.
v. 2275. gaure] i. e. stare: see Tyrwhitt’s Gloss. to Chaucer’s Cant. Tales. Yet Palsgrave has “I Gaure I krye, Ie hue. Howe he gaureth after his hauke: Cōment il heue apres son oyseau.” Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr., 1530. fol. ccxliiii. (Table of Verbes).