Mere, "be used mere" (WS[174],a), simply, solely, "single-eyed," unquestionably, downright.

"This is mere falsehood."

—Shakespeare, Winter's Tale (1604), iii. 2.

Met, "I hope to have his foot met" (M[23],d), caught.

Mich, "cost him even as mich" (N[67],c), much.

"Alle the myche tresour that traytour had wonnene
To commons of the contré, clergye and other."

Morte Arthure, MS. Lincoln, f. 66.

Mischieve, "herself to mischieve" (IP[313],d), harm, injure.

"Grant, I may ever love, and rather woo
Those that would mischief me, than those that do."