415. _Pope-holy_; properly an adjective, meaning 'holy as a pope,' hence,
hypocritical. Here used as a sb., as equivalent to 'hypocrite,' to
translate F. _Papelardie_. Used as an adj. in P. Plowman, C. vii. 37; see
my note, which gives references to Dyce's Skelton, i. 209, 216, 240, 386;
Barclay, Ship of Fools, ed. Jamieson, i. 154; and Polit. Poems, ed. Wright,
ii. 251.
429. 'Devoted to a religious life,' viz. by having joined one of the
religious orders. See note to P. Plowman, C. xi. 88.
438. _haire_, hair-shirt; the F. text has _la haire_, borrowed from O. H.
G. _h[=a]rr[=a]_, with the same sense. The A. S. word is _h[=æ]re_, a
derivative from _h[=æ]r_, hair. See _Haar_ in Kluge. See Cant. Ta., G 133;
P. Plowman, C. vii. 6, and the note.
442. The reading _ay_ possibly stands for _a[gh]_, i. e. _agh_ or _ogh_.
_Ogh_ (A. S. _[=a]h_) is the (obsolete) pres. t. of _ought_, which takes
its place in mod. E. Cf. _ye owen_, in Melibeus, B 2691. See _ah_ in
Stratmann. 'From her the gate of Paradise ought to be kept.' But it is
simpler to read _shal_ (F. text, _ert_ = Lat. _erit_).