The Disguising at Hertford






GLOSSARY, STAGE DIRECTIONS, NOTES

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  5  vigyle of this nuwe yeere = this new year's eve
  6  froward of ther chere:  lacuna made up from Stow
  7  fallen on ther kne:  lacuna made up from Stow
  13  importable = unbearable
  16  dotage = feeble-mindedness
  20  woodnesse = madness
  24  Rebecke = fiddle;  ellas = alas!
  25  stage direction - demonstrando vj Rusticos
  27  traas = course
  28  possible lacuna follows here?
  37  bolling at the nale = quaffing at the ale-house
  39  iowsy nolle = juicy noddle
  40  pouped = gulped
  42  dolled = mulled
  44  cely = silly, i.e. simple, innocent
  45  harome = harm
  46  growell = gruel
  48  cokkrowortes = stale brew-mash
  53  to chawf with his bloode = to chafe his blood with
  54  metyerde = meteyard or yardstick
  55  stage direction - demonstrando pictaciarium
  57  preost = priest
  60  rigge = back
  62  reheete = attack, scold
  65  qwytt = requited;  ther was no thing to seeche = it was plain to see
  67  meen = middle way
  68  wan = earned;  clowting = mending
  71  oonys = once
  74  leeve = believe
  77  ryveld = shrivelled
  78  Wit = with;  manase = menace
  79  Mabyle = Mary
  80  Koude yif hir list = could if it please her
  84  wol be wrooke = will wreak revenge
  85  thoo men = those men
  87  Tendure = to endure
  88  meede = reward
  90  so = to?
  91  stage direction - demonstrando Carnificem
  95  holde chaumpartye = divide power, or resist
  104  skumour = skimmer;  reeche = strike;  heued = head
  111  qwytt him by and by = repaid him in due time
  112  quarter sowde = surrender sued for
  113  wt = with
  115  stage direction - demonstrando the Tynker
  117  styth = anvil
  119  bokeller = buckler, shield
  121  cleped = called
  122  she nad no maner fer = she feared not
  123  thakke his pilche = thwack his great-coat;  stoundemel = sometimes
  124  Thikker = more stoutly
  126  wafurer = waferer, i.e. pastry-cook
  129  or = ere
  130  heres = ears
  135  preued = proved
  139  fetird = fettered
  140  him = them
  145  Regallye = regality
  147  that yee list = if you please;  asselen = authorize
  150  medle = mingle
  153  thyraunye = tyranny
  156  tht = that;  stage direction - distaves
  157  Seothe = see
  162  that gif no force = that are of no consequence
  166  darrein = decide;  chaumpcloos = tilting-field
  167  Iupart = imperil;  raathe = soon
  169  of = or
  171  Maugre the feonde = in spite of the devil
  174  assayes = attempts, i.e. attacks
  177  longethe = belongs;  clappen = clatter or prattle
  183  dokked = trimmed
  184  herdes = coarse flax, 'hards'
  186  fette = fetched
  192  hir = our?
  193  rent = torn
  194  shent = injured
  197  lowte lowe = bow, make reverence
  205  leese = lose
  206  gruchche = grumble;  cheese = choose
  218  vnavysed = unadvised
  220  doome = judgment
  222  paryll = peril
  223  Pourposithe him = He purposeth
  231  rokkes = distaffs, also as rocking, set-backs
  233  Peysing = weighing
  234  tht = that
  239  the Kyng wol = the king wills
  242  pcesse = process
  248  were leuer fetterd beon = were rather to be fettered
  250  suage = s(er)vage, servitude






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