Page 411. v. 1229. honde] i. e. hand.
v. 1231. astate] i. e. estate, state.
v. 1233. the Tunnynge of Elinour Rummyng] In vol. i. 95.
v. 1234. Colyn Clowt] In vol. i. 311.
—— Iohnn Iue, with Ioforth Iack] In 1511, a woman being indicted for heresy, “her husband deposed, that in the end of the reign of King Edward the Fourth, one John Ive had persuaded her into these opinions, in which she had persisted ever since.” Burnet’s Hist. of the Reform. i. 51. ed. 1816. The words “with Ioforth, Iack,” were perhaps a portion of Skelton’s poem concerning this John Ive: ioforth is an exclamation used in driving horses;
“Harrer, Morelle, iofurthe, hyte.”
Mactacio Abel,—Towneley Mysteries, p. 9.
v. 1235. make ... konnyng] i. e. compose ... knowledge, skill, ability.
v. 1236. parde] i. e. par dieu, verily.
v. 1238. conueyauns] See the long speech of Crafty Conueyaunce in our author’s Magnyfycence, v. 1343 sqq. vol. i, 268.