Page 300. v. 2276. yll hayle] See note, p. 176. v. 617.
v. 2283. the gowte and the gyn] If gyn means (as the context seems to prove) some bodily ailment, I know not what it is.
v. 2287. murre] i. e. severe cold with hoarseness.
—— pose] i. e. rheum in the head.
v. 2288. requiem æternam groweth forth of his nose] Heywood has a similar expression;
“Hunger droppeth euen out of both their noses.”
Dialogue, &c. sig. D 4.—Workes, ed. 1598.
And Cotgrave; “Chishe-face ... one out of whose nose hunger drops.” Dict.
v. 2291. the halfe strete] On the Bank-side, Southwark,—where the stews were: it is mentioned in the following curious passage of Cocke Lorelles bote, n. d. (where the “wynde fro wynchester” alludes to the temporary suppression of the Southwark stews at the intercession of the Bishop of Winchester);
“Syr this pardon is newe founde