[ [610] The first in the Pardoner's Tale, and the last in the Romance of the Rose. See the article on tumbling and dancing in a succeeding section.

[ [611] Harl. MS. 1764.

[ [612] Sir John Hawkin's History of Music, vol. ii. p. 298.

[ [613] See p. [184].

[ [614] MS. Nero, C viii.

[ [615] Harl. MS. 541.

[ [616] The word noise signifies a company. The reader will find the application of many such terms to different trades and professions in p. 24.

[ [617] Hist. and Antiq. Oxon. lib. i. p. 67, sub an. 1224.

[ [618] "Regi Roberto ministrallo, scut. ad arma commoranti ad vadia regis, capientur per diem 12 en." &c. MS. Cott. Vespasianus, C. xvi.

[ [619] "Regi Roberto, et aliis ministrallis diversis, facientibus ministralsias suas coram rege et aliis magnatibus, de dono ipsius regis, per manus dicti regis Roberti, recipientis denarios ad participandum inter eosdem, apud Eboracum, 20 die Feb. 40 marc." MS. Cott. Nero, C. viii.