P. 42.

l. 179 _As_, also; _bolnande priyde_, swelling pride.

180

_Þroly in-to þe deueleȝ þrote man þryngeȝ bylyue_,

Roughly into the devil’s throat man is thrust soon.

181 _colwarde_, deceitful, treacherous. I have not been able to meet

with the word _colle_ used as noun or verb in any writer of the

14th or 15th century. _Col_ occurs, however, as a prefix, in

_Col-prophet_ (false prophet), _Col-fox_ (crafty fox), used by

Chaucer; _Col-knyfe_ (treacherous knife), which occurs in the

“Townley Mysteries.”

200 _hatel of his wylle_, anger of his will.

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