2613 In the original, 'by constraint, not, court, lye sleight'. The punishment fits the crime he had committed in the nuns' narrow beds.
2652 a-darkness] Like 'a-bed', &c.
2656 'Sesamoidesse'. From the Greek σησαμοειδές, a kind of reseda, the medical use of which is noted in Hippocrates; Strabo also refers to it as a charm in vogue to reduce tumours.
2686 'Coven', as before.
2689 'vezzo'] Cf. 'vogliarell'. [Return]
2721 'Not' carried on to 'laughs'.
2754 trig] To 'trot', 'run'. Apparently Lancashire and Yorkshire dialect to this day. [Return]
2833 'eye-lid rain' may be tears, or a misprint for 'eye-let'; v. sup., l. 795.
2851 fleecèd] = 'mouldy'.
2861 copèd]? = 'encountered', 'met with'. Cf 3855.