338. call, caul or head-dress, richly ornamented, and therefore expensive; see note to C. T., D 1018 (vol. v. p. 318).
375. 'Or, to commit such a tool (instrument) to such cursed men.'
402. 'As good a bishop as is my horse Ball.' Said ironically; 'no better a bishop than,' &c. Ball was, and still is, a very common name for a horse.
406. nothing, not at all, not a whit.
410. Old text, one fors, with s attached to the wrong word.
417-8. goodes, property. somme totall, sum total of wealth.
421, 431. for Christes love, for love of Christ. The words forsake in l. 421, and wake in l. 431, are used ironically.
434. Lamuall, Lemuel; who was a king; Prov. xxxi. 1.
443. the stoon, the rock; Matt. xvi. 18; cf. 1 Cor. x. 4.