"And thay were glad to fille wel his purs,
And make him grete festis atte nale."
—Bell's Chaucer, ii. 91.
134. i.e., The dagger.
135. Old copy, hyz.
136. Original, away.
137. Compare "A Treatise of a Galaunt," printed about this time, and reprinted in "Hazlitt's Popular Poetry," iii. 151 et seq.; also the ballad called "The Manner of the World Now-a-days," in Collier's "Old Ballads," 1840.
138. Original reads with.
139. Adultery.
140. Since.
141. Perhaps Freewill was intended to speak incorrect French.
142. Soiled.