[504] causey = causeway, pavement.
[505] blin = stint, check.
[506] sheave = slice.
[507] in fere = together.
[508] God’s pennye = earnest or luck-penny.
[81. Fair Mary of Wallington]
I
When we were silly sisters seven,
—Sisters were so fair,—
Five of us were brave knights’ wives,
And died in childbed lair[509].