‘That my two children vncrystonyd ware,’
but I don’t think that we are obliged to change: ‘I cared only for that one thing, That my two children might be christened.’
[St. 184]
p. 74, [l. 2126]. For hing instead of heng cf. Mätzner, Sprachproben, I. 1, p. 292, note to line 675, where hynges rhymes with springes.
[St. 185]
p. 74, [l. 2135]. hede vale, i.e. principal, best choice; vale = wale, or perhaps aphetic for avale = value.—Hall.
p. 74, [l. 2138]. born seems to me somewhat suspicious, though I cannot propose a better reading; and torn instead of born wouldn’t do.
[St. 186]
p. 75, [l. 2152]. The imperfect rhyme shows that there is something wrong in this line; it may be restored thus:
‘Loo, lordys good and hende.’