1. The Corpus Madrian: the body of St. Maternus, of Treves.

2. That her misdoth or saith: that does or says any thing to

offend her.

3. Cope: An ecclesiastcal vestment covering all the body like a

cloak.

4. Though he were shorn full high upon his pan: though he were

tonsured, as the clergy are.

5. Imps: shoots, branches; from Anglo-Saxon, “impian,”

German, “impfen,” to implant, ingraft. The word is now used in

a very restricted sense, to signify the progeny, children, of the

devil.

6. Lusheburghes: base or counterfeit coins; so called because

struck at Luxemburg. A great importation of them took place

during the reigns of the earlier Edwards, and they caused much

annoyance and complaint, till in 1351 it was declared treason to

bring them into the country.

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