Page 369. v. 186. cokwoldes] i. e. cuckolds.
v. 187. wetewoldis] i. e. wittols, tame cuckolds.
“Wetewoldis that suffre synne in her syghtes.”
Lydgate’s Assemble de dyeus, sig. c i. n. d. 4to.
v. 188. lidderons] So before, lydderyns; see note, p. 267. v. 1945: but here, it would seem, the word is used in the more confined sense of—sluggish, slothful, idle fellows.
—— losels] See note, p. 209. v. 138.
—— noughty packis] See note, p. 203. v. 58.—If Skelton had been required to distinguish exactly between the meanings of these terms of reproach, he would perhaps have been nearly as much at a loss as his editor.
v. 189. Some facers, some bracers, some make great crackis] See note, p. 216. v. 33.
v. 192. courte rowlis] i. e. court-rolls.—Warton cites this and the next two verses as “nervous and manly lines.” Hist. of E. P. ii. 354. ed. 4to.