P. 18.

l. 575

_Þaȝ her sweng wyth lyttel at-slykeȝ_,

Though their labour (blow) with little falls off (fails to

accomplish much).

605 _chyche_, niggard.

608 _goteȝ_, streams; _charde_, past tense of _charre_, to turn,

deviate.

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