[731] Ver. 85. i.e. roasts a crab, or apple.
[732] V. 86. to tell, whilst round the bole doth trot. Ed. 1597.
[733] [female keeper of herds.]
[734] [middle sized.]
[735] [honey.]
[736] i.e. emblazon beauty's coat. Ed. 1597, 1602, 1612, read Coote.
[737] During the Saxon heptarchy, the kingdom of Northumberland (consisting of 6 northern counties, besides part of Scotland) was for a long time divided into two lesser sovereignties, viz. Deira (called here Diria) which contained the southern parts, and Bernicia, comprehending those which lay north.
[738] [This poem was subdivided into stanzas by Percy, and is so printed in previous editions of the Reliques.]