Counsell, “And counsell shall it be,” and it shall be kept secret; in allusion, perhaps, to the oath of a grand juror:—“the king’s counsel, your fellows, and your own you shall keep secret.” The phrase is, however, used by Chaucer:
“Shall it be conseil? sayed the firste shrewe;
And I shall tellen thee in wordes fewe
What we shall don, and bring it wel aboute.”
—Pardoneres Tale.
Covent, convent; whence our Covent Garden.
Cowed, could, knew. Cowed of curteysey, understood good manners. {390}
Crack, boast.
Craftely, skilfully, secundum artem.
Crouse, brisk.