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GLOSSARY

adaunt, v. tr., to subdue or tame. alleged, pp., Fr. alleger, comforted or eased. among, adv., now and again. ancille, n. (Fr. ), a handmaid. anker, n., an anchorite or hermit.

bleveth, n. v., remaineth. bobance, n., ostentatiom. brochets, n,. spikes.

celyers, n., secret abodes. cenacle, n., guest room. cene-thursday, comp. n., maundy Thursday. couthe, v. (kythen) gave. culex. n., a gnat.

defended, v., forbade. did do make=caused to be made. dizaines, n., divisions of ten each.

entremeted, v., dealt with. escroceles, n., scrofula. eurous, adj. Fr. heureux, happy.

facound, adj., fluent. feretre, n., a shrine.

governail, n., Fr.gouvernail tame, a rudder. grewe, n., Greek. grinnes n., snares or traps. guerished, pp., Fr. guerir, healed.

havoir, n., property or goods. hele, v., to hide.

impetre, v., beseech.

karols, n., ring dances accompanied by song.

lavas, n., lavishness or freedom. leasings, n., lies. louting, pr. p., bowing, here used for lurking.

make, n., mate or companion. maleurty, n., Fr. malheur, unhappiness. mat, adj., sad. mathesis, n., mathematical science. meiny, n., retinue. mesels, n., lepers. mortuary, n., an ecclesiastical heriot or death-fee. moyenne, adj., medium.

pens, n., wings.

rechauf, n. tr., kindle spiritually. reliefs, n., (Fr.), fragments of broken meat. rought, v., i., heeded. rume, v., to ease (?).

sacre, v., consecrate. sadder, adj., firmer. simulachres, n., Fr. simulacare, images. suffrance, n., help.

taillage, n., toll or impost. to-frushed, adj., much bruised.

trental, n., a series of thirty masses for the dead. truandise, n., imposture.

undern, n., from sunrise to noon. unnethe, adj., scarcely. unpurveyed, adv., unawares.

warned, v., refused. windowed, p.p., pierced or fretted. wood, adj., mad.

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