"Be þu neuere to bold, to chiden agen oni scold,

ne mid mani tales to chiden agen alle dwales."

(O.E. Miscell., p. 127. See p. 126, l. 414.)

[1221] rapede, hastened, hurried away. See Rich. Cœur de Lion, 2206.

"The wretche stiward ne might nowt slape;

Ac in the morewing he gan up rape."—(Seven Sages, l. 1620.)

"The king saide, 'I ne have no rape (I am in no hurry)

For me lest yit ful wel slape.'"—(Ibid. l. 1631.)

[1224]

In sumertid, In egest sel,