Page 407. v. 1158. gressoppes] i. e. grasshoppers: see note, p. 125. v. 137.
Page 408. v. 1159. fresshe] i. e. gay, gorgeous: see note on v. 39. p. 302.
v. 1160. Enflorid] i. e. Enflowered (embellished, for it applies partly to the “snaylis”).
v. 1161. Enuyuid picturis well towchid and quikly]—Enuyuid, i. e. envived: quikly, livelily, to the life; a somewhat pleonastic line, as before, see note, p. 261. v. 1569.
v. 1162. hole ... be ... sekely] i. e. whole ... been ... sickly.
v. 1163. garnysshyd] }
...
v. 1165. bullyons] }
“I hadde leuer haue my boke sowed in a forel [in cuculli involucro] than bounde in bourdes, and couered and clasped, and garnyshed with bolyons [vmbilicis].” Hormanni Vulgaria, sig. Q iiii. ed. 1530: bullyons, i. e. bosses, studs.
—— worth a thousande pounde] An expression found in other early poets;