[523] Palæstrio (Miles Glor. 1244): Nam tu te vilem feceris ...Sine ultro veniat, quæsitet, desideret, exspectet.
[524] Cf. Tindale, 1462 [Prol. Jonas]: "the heathen Ninivites though they were blinded with lusts a good"; Two G. of V., IV. iv, 170: "weep agood."
[525] Cf. III. ii, 52.
[526] sooner.
[527] Cf. 'cousin,' III. i, 4.
[528] swindling.
[529] robbing; Palsgr. 465: I bribe, I pull, I pyll! Ie bribe (Romane), je derebbe ... He bribeth and he polleth.
[530] So in E.; A., C., and H. give the words "Nay ... still" to Mery unnecessarily.
[531] R. had received his copy back from Custance!
[532] Omitted in A.