Benes. I. alibi Beans. Chaucer, v. bene.
Bef. 6. MS. Ed. 17. Beef, Buf, Buff. MS. Ed. 27. 42, 43.
Buth. 6. 23. 30. alibi, been, are. Chaucer has beth.
Ben. MS. Ed. 4. 27. be. Chaucer v. bein and ben.
Balles. 152. Balls or Pellets.
Blank Desire. 193, 194. bis. Lel. Coll. VI. p. 5. In No. 193, we meet with Blank desne, but the Contents has Desire, which is right, as appears from the sequel. In MS. Ed. 29. it is Blank-Surry, and Sury, and Sure, and de Sur. II. 19. de Syry, 31. and here No. 37, it is Dessorre. and we have Samon in Sorry. Lel. Coll. VI. p. 17. Perches, ibid. Eels p. 28. 30. where it is a Potage. whence I conceive it either means de Surrey, i. e. Syria, v. Chaucer. v. Surrey. Or it may mean to be desired, as we have Horsys of Desyr. Lel. Coll. IV. p. 272. See No. 63. and it is plainly written Desire in Godwin de Præsul. p. 697. In this case, the others are all of them corruptions.
Blank Dessorre. v. Blank Desire.
Blank Desne. v. Blank Desire.
Berandyles. MS. Ed. 27.
Bred, Breed. MS. Ed. passim. Bread.