[15] The ‘shout’ was a sort of flat-bottomed canoe, sometimes covered fore and aft with canvas painted grey in which one man lay with his hands over the sides so that by using short paddles he could approach the ducks unseen. It is not likely that Hall made the gun, but no doubt he fitted it to the shout.
[16] On the outer side of Boston Deeps opposite Friskney Flats.
[17] The gift of a late parish clerk.
[18] Wytteworde may have meant the warning notice of a funeral.
[19] Yereday = the anniversary of a death.
[20] Corporaxys is the plural of corporax = a linen cloth for the consecrated elements. (See Chap. [XXIII.])
[21] Spelt indifferently Reseuyd, Receuyd, Reseauyd, reseueade, Resauyd, resevyd, Recevyd.
[22] This is Gunby St. Peter; Gunby St. Nicholas is between N. Witham and the Leicestershire border.
[23] The corporax or corporal was the linen cloth to go under or over the vessel containing the consecrated elements.
[24] Wong = field. In Horncastle there is a street called “The Wong.”