v. 352. For prestes and for lones]—prestes, i. e. sums in advance. “Prest and loan,” Sir H. Nicolas observes to me, “seem to have been used in nearly, if not precisely, the same sense in the 16th century. Perhaps, strictly, prest meant a compulsory advance. In fiscal records it has much the meaning of charge or imprest.”
v. 356. tonge tayde] i. e. tongue-tied.
v. 360. shrewd] i. e. evil.
v. 362. poollynge] i. e. polling, plundering.
Page 325. v. 365. Ye make monkes to haue the culerage, &c.] A passage which I do not understand: but culerage perhaps has here the meaning which it conveys as the name of an herb, “Arse-smart. Cul-rage.” Cotgrave’s Dict.
v. 373. ouerthwarted] Has been explained before (p. 211. v. 230)—cavilled, wrangled: but here it seems to mean—crossly, perversely opposed or controlled.
v. 376. fayne] i. e. glad.
v. 379. corum] i. e. quorum.
v. 388. apostataas] See note, p. 212. v. 290.
Page 326. v. 391. sely nonnes] i. e. silly, simple, harmless nuns.