“For when prouender prickt them a little tine,” &c.
Dialogue, &c. sig. D,—Workes, ed. 1598.
v. 514. the ballyuis of the v portis] i. e. the bailiffs of the Cinque Ports.
v. 519. besines] i. e. business.
v. 520. most] i. e. must.
v. 521. maystres] i. e. mistress.
v. 523. sufferayne] i. e. sovereign.
v. 525. And we shall se you ageyne or it be pryme] I have my doubts about what hour is here meant by pryme. Concerning that word see Du Cange’s Gloss. in Prima and Horæ Canonicæ, Tyrwhitt’s Gloss. to Chaucer’s Cant. Tales, Sibbald’s Gloss. to Chron. of Scot. Poetry, and Sir F. Madden’s Gloss. to Syr Gawayne, &c.
Page 383. v. 531. kest ... loke] i. e. cast ... look.
v. 532. boke] i. e. book.