“At saynt Cornelys at _saynt James in Gales_ And at saynt Wynefrydes well in Walles,” &c.
v. 356. _I wys_] i. e. truly, certainly (_i-wis_, adv.).
v. 360. _the Crosse in Chepe_] Was originally erected in 1290 by Edward I. at one of the resting places of the body of his beloved Eleanor, in its progress from Herdeby, where she died, to Westminster Abbey, where she was buried; and was adorned with her image and arms. Of its being afterwards rebuilt,—of the conduits that were added to it, &c. &c. an account will be found in Stow’s _Survey_, B. iii. 35. ed. 1720, and _Sup. to Gent. Mag._ for 1764, vol. 34. 607. This structure was barbarously demolished in 1643, as a monument of Popish superstition.
Page 106. v. 362. _route_] i. e. disorderly crowd.
_Sneuelyng in her nose,_ _As thoughe she had the pose_]
—_pose_, i. e. a rheum in the head. So Chaucer;
“_he speketh in his nose_, And sneseth fast, and eke _he hath the pose_.”
v. 372. _barlyhood_] Or _barlikhood_, is said to mean a fit of obstinacy or violent ill-humour produced by drunkenness: see Jamieson’s _Et. Dict. of Scot. Lang._ and _Supp._ in v.; also Stevenson’s addition to Boucher’s _Gloss._ in v. _Barlic_.
v. 378. _newe ale in cornes_] So in _Thersytes_, n. d.;
“I will make the drincke worse than good _ale in the cornes_.”
“_New ale in cornes. Ceruisia cum recrementis_.” Baret’s _Alvearie_, in v. _Ale_.
—— _folys fylly_ _That had a fole wyth wylly_]
Whether _folys fylly_ means a foolish young jade (a _filly_,—compare what follows), or foolish Philly (_Phillis_,—compare our author’s _Bowge of Court_, v. 370. vol. i. 44); and whether or not _wylly_ is meant for a proper name (as it is given in the comparatively recent ed. of Rand), let the reader judge.
v. 390. _Iast you, and, gup, gylly_] See note, p. 99. v. 17. “What _gyppe gyll_ with a galde backe, begynne you to kycke nowe: _Hey de par le diable gilotte_,” &c. Palsgrave’s _Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr._, 1530. fol. cclxxii. (Table of Verbes). So Dunbar uses _gillot_ for a young mare; see his _Poems_, i. 65, ii. 459 (note), ed. Laing.
Page 108. v. 395. _pay_] i. e. satisfaction, content.
v. 397. _Of thyne ale let vs assay_]—_assay_, i. e. try, taste. So in _Pierce Plowman_;
“I haue good _ale_ goship said he, gloton _wold thou assai_.”