v. 317. _meuyd all in moode_] i. e. moved all in anger.
v. 320. _I wende he had be woode_] i. e. I thought he had been mad.
v. 327. _hayne_] i. e. (perhaps) hind, slave, peasant.
v. 329. _suche maysters to playe_] i. e. to play such pranks of assumed superiority. Compare v. 341. See Jamieson’s _Et. Dict. of Scot. Lang._ in v. _Maistryss_.
Page 43. v. 330. _I am of countenaunce_] i. e. perhaps, I am a person of credit, good means, consequence (see Gifford’s note on B. Jonson’s _Works_, ii. 111).
v. 332. _dyspleasaunce_] i. e. displeasure.
v. 337. _dreuyll_] i. e. drudge, low fellow. “_Dryuyll_ seruaunt.” _Prompt. Parv._ ed. 1499; and see also Todd’s _Johnson’s Dict._ in v. _Drivel_.
Page 43. v. 338. _have deynte_] See note on v. 150. p. 108.
v. 340. _Well, ones thou shalte be chermed, I wus_] i. e. Well, one time or other thou shalt be charmed (quelled, as if by a charm), certainly (_I wus—i-wis,_ adv.).
v. 344. _Ryotte_] “Is forcibly and humorously pictured.” Warton, _Hist. of E. P._ ii. 348. ed. 4to.
v. 345. _A rusty gallande, to-ragged and to-rente_] i. e. A shabby gallant, utterly ragged and tattered: see note on v. 32. p. 100.
v. 348. _by saynte Thomas of Kente_] i. e. by saint Thomas a Becket:
“Thought I, _By saint Thomas of Kent_,” &c.
Chaucer’s _House of Fame_,—_Workes_, fol. 267. ed. 1602.
The picture of Ryotte in the present passage and in v. 389 sqq. gave birth no doubt to the following lines in a poem called _Syrs spare your good_;
No by my faith he saide incontinente But by saint Thomas of Kente I woulde haue at the hasarde a cast or two For to learne to caste the dyce to and fro And if here be any body that wyll for money playe I haue yet in my purse money and pledges gaye Some be nobles some be crownes of Fraunce Haue at all who wyll of this daunce One of them answered with that worde And caste a bale of dyce on the borde,” &c.
I quote from _Brit. Bibliog._ ii. 371, where are extracts from an ed. of the poem printed by Kytson, n. d.: it originally appeared from the press of W. de Worde; see _Cens. Liter._ i. 55. sec. ed.
v. 349. _kyst I wote nere what_] i. e. cast I know never (not) what.
v. 350. _His here was growen thorowe oute his hat_] i. e. His hair, &c. Compare Barclay’s _Argument of the first Egloge_;