Porpoise, [41/582]; [55/823]; [p. 97, note on l. 533].

Porpoise, fresh, [58/849];

salt, [38/548]; [57/835]; [166/25].

Portenaunce, [161/9], belongings, an animal’s intestines. Palsgrave (in Halliwell).

Porter at the gate, [177/6];

to have the longest wand, [187/355];

his duties and perquisites, [p. 188].

Port-payne, [17/262]; [p. 93]; a cloth for carrying bread. Cp. ‘þen brede he brynges, in towelle wrythyñ,’ [200/685];

cp. [203/784].

Possate, [8/94]; [p. 85];