[201-207]. Here evidently corrupted. In MS. Harl. as follows:
Wyth wyspes, and kexis, and ryschys there lyzt,
To fetch hom ther husbandes that were tham trouth-plyzt.
And sum brozt gret harwos
Ther husbandes hom to fetch,
Sum on dores, and sum on hech,
Sum on hyrdyllys, and sum on crech,
And sum on whele-barows.
[212]. MS. H. And thay ifere assent.
[215]. MS. H. The prayse-folk that hur led.
[224-5]. MS. H.
And so was all the bachelary,
When thay met togedyr.
[226]. MS. H. with a ryche aray.
[229]. MS. H.
And at the last thay went to bed with ful gret deray.
N. B. The letter z in our reprint of this poem often represents the old character Ȝ, which has generally the force of gh (aspirated g), sometimes of y.