3855. We should probably insert _him_ after _hid_.
3856. _took_, i. e. caught; see l. 3858.
3880. Read _leye_, lay; both for rime and sense.
3882. _loigne_, leash for a hawk. Cotgrave gives: '_Longe_,... a hawks lune
or leash.' This is the mod. F. _longe_, a tether, quite a different word
from _longe_, the loin. _Longe_, a tether, was sometimes spelt _loigne_ in
O.F. (see Godefroy), which accounts for the form here used. It answers to
Low Lat. _longia_, a tether, a derivative of _longus_, long. Perhaps _lune_
is only a variant of the same word. The expression 'to have a long loigne'
means 'to have too much liberty.'
3895. Read _trecherous_, i. e. treacherous people, for the sake of the
metre and the rime. _Trechours_ means 'traitors.'
3907. Read _loude_; for _loude and stille_ is an old phrase; see Barbour's
Bruce, iii. 745. It means, 'whether loudly or silently,' i. e. under all
circumstances.
3912. _blered is myn ye_, I am made a fool of; see Cant. Ta. G 730.
3917. Read _werreyed_, warred against; see note to l. 3699.