l. 591 _gropande_, searching, examining.
592
_Rypande of vche a ring þe reynyeȝ & hert_
Trying (probing) the reins and heart of every man.
_Rype_ is still used in the North of England in the sense of to
plunder. Cf. our modern use of the word _ransack_ with its
earlier meanings of to try, probe, search.
596 _honyseȝ_, disgraces, ruins, destroys.
598 _scarreȝ_, literally _scares_, is frightened, startled.
599 _to drawe allyt_ = _to draw a lyte_ = to draw back a little.
603 _blykked_, shone, glared.
605 _schunt_, aside, from _schunt_, to slip away, retreat.