The grownde was alle of brent golde bryght.”
MS. Cott. Calig. A ii. fol. 65.
engrosyd, i. e. thickened, enriched: bet has here the same meaning as in Le Bone Florence of Rome;
“Hur clothys wyth bestes and byrdes wer bete.”
Met. Rom. iii. 9. ed. Ritson,
who somewhat copiously explains it “beaten, plaited, inlay’d, embroider’d:” bourne, i. e. burnished.
v. 44. abylyment] i. e. habiliment.
v. 45. estates] i. e. persons of estate or rank.
v. 49. supplyed] i. e. supplicated.
v. 50. pusant] i. e. puissant, powerful, mighty.