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l. 99 _wayteȝ_, watch.

103 _balterande cruppeleȝ_, limping cripples. _Balter_ signifies to

jump, skip, hop, etc.

110 _demed_, decreed.

112

_Hit weren not alle on wyueȝ suneȝ, wonen with on fader_,

They were not all one wife’s sons, begotten with one father.

127

_& rehayte rekenly þe riche & þe poueren_,

And cheer, prince-like (nobly), the rich and the poor.

_Rehete_ is the most common form of the word:

“Him would I comforte and _rehete_.” --Rom. Rose, l. 6509.

131 _syled fyrre_, proceeded farther.

132 _Tron fro table to table_, went from table to table. _Tron_ is

the pret. of the verb _tryne_, to go, walk.

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