[910] frere = friar.
[911] But me like = unless I like.
[912] pluck-buffet = ‘app. a competition between archers, in which he who missed or failed “caught” a buffet from his competitor’ (N.E.D.).
[913] lere = learn.
[914] hippèd = hopped, limped.
[915] laid down = spent money.
[916] By then = by the time that.
[917] therefro = turned from it.
[918] woolward = in a rough woollen shirt (as penance).
[919] hight = promised.