v. 664. Many one ye haue vntwynde] The reading of the MS., which at least gives a sense to the line: vntwynde, i. e. destroyed; see note, p. 127. v. 284.
v. 668. fote] i. e. foot.
v. 672. in the deuyll way] A common expression in our early writers.
“Our Hoste answerd: Tell on a devil way.”
Chaucer’s Milleres Prol., v. 3136. ed. Tyr.
“In the twenty deuyll way, Au nom du grant diable.” Palsgrave’s Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr., 1530. fol. ccccxlii. (Table of Aduerbes). “What reason is that, in the twenty deuell waye, that he shulde bere suche a rule? Quænam (malum) ratio est,” &c. Hormanni Vulgaria, sig. dd iii. ed. 1530.
Page 337. v. 673. ouer] i. e. besides.
v. 675. hear] i. e. hair.
v. 679. tonsors] i. e. tonsures.
v. 688. the male dothe wrye] See note, p. 142. v. 700.