Reliquiæ Antiquæ (by Wright and Halliwell), ii. 19.
And Lydgate has a copy of verses, the burden of which is,—
“Conveyede by lyne ryght as a rammes horne.”
MS. Harl. 172. fol. 71.
See too Ray’s Proverbs, p. 225. ed. 1768.
v. 1206. yawde] i. e. hewed, cut down. “To Yaw, to hew.” Gloss. appended to A Dialogue in the Devonshire Dialect, 1837.
Page 358. v. 1208. Ezechyas] Ought to be “Isaias;” for, according to a Jewish tradition, Isaiah was cut in two with a wooden saw by order of King Manasseh.
v. 1216. agayne] i. e. against.
v. 1223. cough, rough, or sneuyll]—rough, i. e., perhaps, rout, snore, snort. I may just observe that Palsgrave not only gives “rowte” in that sense, but also “I Rowte I belche as one dothe that voydeth wynde out of his stomacke, Ie roucte.” Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr., 1530. fol. cccxliiii. (Table of Verbes); and that Coles has “To rout, Crepo, pedo.” Dict.
v. 1224. Renne] i. e. Run.