Me thoght hang winberis inogh."—(Cursor Mundi, fol. 26.)
[2060] That had full grown boughs three; waxen = full grown, explains Shakespear's man of wax. [2061] First it bloomed, and afterwards bore. [2062] Of the berries ripe became I aware. [2073] Present my petition (intercede for me) to Pharaoh; herdne = ernde. Cf. O.E. wordle = world.
"Bute heore almesdede
heore ernde schal bere."
But their alms-deed
Shall intercede for them.
—(O.E. Miscell. p. 164.)
[2075] kinde lond, native land. [2076] And here wrongfully held in bond; wrigteleslike = wrigte-les-like, fault-less-ly; wrigte = wrihhte, a fault, crime.
"For niss nohht Godess griþþ wiþþ þa
Þatt wiþþrenn Godd onnȝæness,