"Þair throtes sal ay be filled omang
Of alle thyng þat es bitter and strang,
Of lowe and reke with stormes melled,
Of pyk and brunstane togyder welled."
—(Hampole's P. of. C., l. 9431.)
[653] vten = wið-vten, without, besides. See l. [656]. Cf. l. [596], with l. [598]. [655] bi tale, in number.
P. 20. l. [676] gan ille wune, began wicked practices. [678] muni[gin]g = remembrance. [692] fendes fleiðing, fiends' strife. Probably fleiðing = flitting, contention, strife. The phrase fendes fleathe = ? fendes fleiðing, occurs in Shoreham's poems, p. 97.
"ȝyf thou rewardest thyne eldrynges nauȝt
A-lyve and eke a-dethe,
That were wel besy to brynge the forthe,