v. 830. bestad] i. e. bested, circumstanced.

v. 833. gabyll rope] i. e. cable-rope. “A Gable, Rudens.” Coles’s Dict.

v. 835. beseke] i. e. beseech.

—— Countes of Surrey] See note on v. 769. p. 317.

v. 838. reconusaunce] i. e. acknowledgment.

v. 841. astate] i. e. estate, state.

v. 842. honour and worshyp] Terms nearly synonymous: worshyp, i. e. dignity.

—— formar] i. e. first, highest: see Todd’s Johnson’s Dict. in v. Former.

v. 843. Argyua] i. e. Argia.

v. 844. Polimites] i. e. Polynices;