7. Nouches: Ornaments of some kind not precisely known;
some editions read “ouches,” studs, brooches. (Transcriber’s
note: The OED gives “nouches” as a form of “ouches,”
buckles)
8. A furlong way or two: a short time; literally, as long as it
takes to walk one or two furlongs (a furlong is 220 yards)
9. Lordes’ hestes may not be y-feign’d: it will not do merely to
feign compliance with a lord’s commands.