445. croysery, crusade, as in Rob. of Glouc. 9938. No serious crusade was intended at this time; however, the author affirms that the rival popes discouraged the idea; for each wanted men to fight for him.
464. hye seet, sat aloft; the form seet occurs in Ch. C. T., A 2075.
471. fettes, fetch; observe the use of this Northern plural.
473. 'Their servants are unfaithful [or unserviceable] to them unless they can double their rental.'
477. The author can find no more rimes to rime with fall, so he proceeds to 'shew' or propose another word, viz. amend.
487. 'They tell men nothing, nor (explain) how; yet, in God's word, they tell of (or count) many a slip, or omission,' i.e. find errors in the Scriptures. See Balk in the New E. Dict.
490. offrend; O.F. offrende; cf. 'Offrande, an offering'; Cotgrave.
520. Read punishëments, as in the old edition; it is a word of four syllables; from O.F. punissement (Godefroy), which often appears in verse as a word of four syllables.
531. 'They hate guests of the poor,' i.e. hate to entertain them; cf. l. 747.
542. careckes, characters, signs, marks; see the New E. Dict.