v. 243. this trumpet were founde out] See note, p. 251. v. 977.
v. 244. hardely] i. e. assuredly.
v. 245. eyne] i. e. eyes.
Page 372. v. 248. presid ... to] i. e. pressed ... too.
v. 250. Some whispred, some rownyd] See note, p. 120. v. 513.
v. 255. quod] i. e. quoth.
v. 258. plumpe] i. e. cluster, mass. “Stode stille as hit had ben a plompe of wood.” Morte d’Arthur, B. i. cap. xvi. vol. i. 27. ed. Southey. Dryden has the word; and the first writer perhaps after his time who used it was Sir W. Scott.
v. 260. timorous] i. e. terrible.
v. 264. rowte] i. e. crowd, assembly.
v. 265. girnid] i. e. grinned.