Dialogue, &c. sig. D 3,—Workes, ed. 1598.
See Pierce Plowman, where one of the rats proposes that a bell should be hung about the cat’s neck. Sig. A iii. ed. 1561; and Ray’s Proverbs, p. 85. ed. 1768.
Page 317. v. 166. to play deuz decke] An allusion, I suppose, to some game.
v. 167. for the becke] i. e. to obey the nod of command.
v. 169. Moche herted] i. e. Much hearted.
v. 178. combred] i. e. encumbered.
Page 318. v. 181. Sho the mockysshe mare] So in our author’s Why come ye nat to Courte;
“And Mocke hath lost her shoo.”
v. 83. vol. ii. 29.