"How that a clerk had set the wrightès cappe;"
that is, "made a fool" of him—nay, a cuckold. Mr. Horne,
"Though my reply should somewhat fret his nose."
In Chaucer the Reve's tale begins with
"At Trumpington, not far from Cantebrigge, There goeth a brook, and over that a brigge."
Mr Horne saith somewhat wilfully.
"At Trumpington, near Cambridge, if you look, There goeth a bridge, and under that a brook."
Two Cantabs ask leave of their Warden
"To geve hem leve but a litel stound, To gon to mill and sen hire corn yground."
i.e. "to give them leave for a short time." Mr Horne translates it, "for a merry round."