v. 1377. the Murnyng of the mapely rote]—mapely rote, i. e. maple-root.—In Ravenscroft’s Pammelia, 1609, part of a nonsensical song (No. 31) is as follows;
“My Ladies gone to Canterbury,
S. Thomas be her boote.
Shee met with Kate of Malmsbury,
Why weepst thou maple roote?”
a recollection perhaps of Skelton’s lost ballad.
Page 416. v. 1378. pine] i. e. pain, grief.
v. 1379. a cote] i. e. a coot (water-fowl).
v. 1380. birdbolt] i. e. a blunt arrow used to kill birds; see Nares’s Gloss. in v. and in v. Bolt.
—— hart rote] i. e. heart-root.