[740] counsel = secret.
[741] of force = by force.
[742] of yeomanry = from the yeoman class.
[743] a sorry husband = a wretched manager.
[744] okerer = usurer.
[745] lecher = an unchaste man.
[746] disgrate = fallen in fortune.
[747] kenn’d = knew.
[748] lorn = lost.
[749] set to wed = put to pledge, mortgaged.