[92] "Whytinge mopp" = young whiting. The term was often applied to a girl. See Nares' Glossary.
[93] In the MS. follow two lines that have been scored through:—
"And not deteine, for feare t'bee to my cost,
Though both my kisse and all my paynes be lost."
[94] Widgeon (like woodcock) is a term for a simpleton.
[95] In the MS. follow two lines which have been so effectually scored through that I can only read an occasional word.
[96] In the MS. follows a cancelled passage:—
"Mild Had not thy greater fraught bin shipt with myne We had never been oversett.
Sarl. I rather think Had … when fyrst the shippe began to dance … thrown all the curst Lading over-board Wee had still light and tight."
[97] The word burn is frequently used in an indelicate sense.
[98] Keys of the virginal (a musical instrument resembling a spinnet).