The hoste says (l. 15440)--

Religioun hath take up al the corn

Of tredyng, and we _burel men_ ben schrympes.

_Borel folk_ and _borel men_ evidently mean _laymen_

burgage (A.N.) 48, _lands or tenements in towns, held by a particular

tenure_

burgeise (A.S.) _burgess, inhabitant of a borough_

burghe (A.S.) 135, _burgh, town_

burghe (A.S.) _castrated_, applied to a hog. burghe swyn, 34, _a barrow

hog_

burjonen (A.N.) 299, _to bud, or spring_

burn (A.S.) _pl._ burnes, _a man_. buyrn, 341, 346

+burwgh (A.S.) 458, _a castle, palace, or large edifice_

busk, _pl._ buskes (A.S.) 223, _a bush_

busken (A.S.) 44, 167, _to busk, go, to array, prepare_

buxom (A.S.) _obedient_. buxomnesse, _obedience_

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