[72] orig. reads synne.
[73] orig. reads he.
[74] Intently engaged in the celebration of mass. "St. Lawrence Jewry," says Mr. Cunningham (Handbook of Lond. 471,) "stood in King Street, Cheapside. It was destroyed in the Fire of 1666, and was rebuilt by Sir C. Wren."
[75] Hooping-cough.
[76] orig. reads ever.
[77] The celebrated poet. The bishop was of course Bishop Nykke, Nikke, or Nyx, as the name is variously spelled. He held the see from 1501 to 1536.
[78] Lute, as a verb, appears to be obsolete. We still say to fiddle, and no doubt to lute was formerly just as much in use.
[79] Orig. reads and that commanded.
[80] Quietly.
[81] This, to save space, is printed like prose in the orig.; but it was evidently meant to be verse.