140. #spert#: comp. 89/44.

141. #to drawe#: tear in pieces, destroy: comp. ‘ichot þe cherl is def,

þe del hym to drawe,’ Böddeker, AE. Dicht. 177/34. Morris explains

‘entice me (to sin),’ referring to the glossary to Hampole, Prick of

Conscience, where the word so explained is ‘drawe.’

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