v. 2353. combred] i. e. encumbered, troubled.
v. 2354. sloo] i. e. slay.
—— nature and kynde] A pleonastic expression.
Page 303. v. 2357. sautes] i. e. assaults.
v. 2361. soner] i. e. sooner.
v. 2362. luge] i. e. (I suppose) lodge, abode.
v. 2365. wanhope] i. e. want of hope,—despair. “Desperatio. wanhope.” Ortus Vocab. fol. ed. W. de Worde, n. d. “Wanhope desespoir.” Palsgrave’s Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr., 1530. fol. lxxiii. (Table of Subst.). In some of our early writers, however, we find a distinction made between wanhope and despair.
v. 2370. dysease] i. e. uneasiness, pain.
v. 2373. ony] i. e. any.