'And, as he rode over a more,
Hee see a lady where she sate
Betwixt an oake and a greene hollen [holly];
She was cladd in red scarlett....
Her nose was crooked and turnd outward,
Her mouth stood foule a-wry;
A worse formed lady than shee was
Neuer man saw with his eye.'
1004. _can_, know; but the form is singular, to agree with _folk_. Cf. the
proverb--'older and wiser'--in Hazlitt's Collection; and see A. 2448.
1018. _wereth on_, wears upon (her), has on; cf. l. 559 above.
_calle_, caul; a close-fitting netted cap or head-dress, often richly
ornamented; see Fairholt, Costume in England, s. v. _Caul_.
1021. _pistell_, (1) an epistle, as in E. 1154; hence (2), a short lesson,
as here. [319]
1024. _holde his day_, kept his time, come back at the specified time.
_hight_, promised.
1028. 'Queen Guenever is here represented sitting as judge in a Court of
Love, similar to those in fashion in later ages.... Fontenelle (in the
third volume of his works, Paris, 1742) has given a description of one of
the fantastic suits tried in these courts.... The best source of
information on these strange follies is a book entitled _Erotica, seu
Amatoria, Andreæ Capellarii Regis_, &c., written about A.D. 1170, and
published at Dorpmund in 1610.'--Bell.