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XXXVI.

And then they borded that noble shippe,
On both the sides with all ther men;
Ther was eighten Scootes a live,

Besides all other was hurte and slayne.
Then up my Lord tooke Sir Andrewe Barton,
And of he cutt the dead man's head,
I would forsweare England for xxth years,
'Toe have the quicke as thowe art deade.'

XXXVII.

But of he cut the dead man's heade,
And bounde his bodye toe borden tre,
And tiede 5 hundreth angles about his midle,
That was toe cause hime buried toe bee.
Then they sailled toe Ingland agayne,

With mickle merienes, as I weane,

They entred Englishe land agayn

On the night before Ste Maudlen even.

XXXVIII.

Toe might' my Lord came the kinge an quen,
And many nobles of hie degree,

They came fore noe kind of thinge,

But Sir Andrewe Barton they would see.

Quoth my Lord, 'Yowe may thanke Allmighty God, 'And foure men in the shippe with mee, That ever we scaipt Sir Andrewe hands, 'England had never such an enniemie;

XXXIX.

'Thats Henrye Hunt and Petter Symon,
'William Horsley and Petter Symon sonne,

'Reward all thoesse fore there paynes,

"They did good service att that time.'

1 i.e. to meet.

'Henry Hunt shall have his whistle and chean,
'An noble a daie Ile give him,' quoeth hee,
'And his coustome betwexte Trent tid and Tyne,
'Soe longe as he doth use the sea.

XL.

'Petter Symon shall have a crowne a daie,
'Halfe a crowne Ile give his sonne,
'That was fore a shoott he sente

'Sir Andrew Barton with his gunee.

' Horsley, right Ile make the a knight,
'In Yorkshiere shall thy dwellinge be;

'My Lord Charlles Howwarde shall be an earle,
'And soe was never Howward before,' quoth he.

'Everye Englishe man shall have eightten pens a daie That did mainetayne his feight soe free,

'And everye Scotchman a shillinge a daie,

'Till they come atte my brother Jamie, Jamiee.'

AN ATTEMPT AT A GLOSSARY OF THE NORTHERN

WORDS IN THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE SURTEES
SOCIETY, WITH ADDITIONS FROM OTHER NOR-
THERN SOURCES.

A

A. ă, num.= One, ae (Jamieson); now often yă in Yorkshire. Cleveland Gloss.

Saec. XV. S.S. iii. 2. 'Even & morne maide is this a day, so was the tothere.'

1420. S.S. lxxxv. 16, York. 'Betwix a tenement of Sir John of Langton . of the a party, & a tenement of William Selby.. of the other partye.'

Saec. xvi. (?). The Cleveland Lykewake Dirge :
"This a nighte, this a nighte
Every nighte and alle,
Fire and Fleet, & Candle-light

And Christ receive thy saule.' Suec. xvii. (?). Old Northumberland rhyme: 'Tweed says to Till, "What gars ye rin sae still?"

Till says to Tweed, "What gars ye rin wi' speed?

Though ye rin wi' speed, & I rin sla, Where ye droon a man, I droon twa." A. ă, pron. etc. i. He; Craven Gloss. ii. The.

=

'He desireth

i. 1503. Plumpton Corr. 180. you to be his gud master, and beare him out, that a be not vexed nor trobled therfore.'

ii. 1612. York House Book, xxxiii. 310. A man says, 'What a devill are they? I have xx li. to spend.'

A. int. The modern Ah, pron. ā; Cleveland Gloss.

Sæc. xv. S.S. iii. 229. A the more I loke thereon, a the more I thynke I fon.'

1649-50. S.S. xl. 29. A woman from Bolling, W. R. Y., being told that a woman had died two years before, said, 'A, mother, but she never rests.'

=

A. vb. etc. Ha, a worn-down form of Have: or As (M.); Jamieson.

1485. York House Book, v. 41. As to the Article that wher Sir Thomas Broghton shold of Tate a ben [i.e. have been] at Ravenglasse, he not yat denyed.'

1490. Plumpton Corr. 94. 'Syr, a for [i.e, as for] the arbage, dout yt not.'

1540. Churchudns Accts, St. Mich. Spurriergate, York. A pare of glovys for ye underclerk for syngyng of "a mynd off me [i.e. Hare mind of me] ij d.'

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1596. Raine's North Durham, xlvi. Lr of Sir John Carey. I wold gladlie a [i.e. have] gotten them all four together.'

ABA

A. B. C. sb. i.e. an Alphabet Book. Lat. Abecedarium, still often called an A-B-C book.

1577. S.S. xxvi. 269. Inv. of Thos. Pasmore of Richmond. 'xij A. B. C. books, vj d.'

1578. Id. 277, 279. Inv. Jas. Backhouse of Kendal. xv Englishe A. B. Sis, vij d. Absis and Catechismies viij d.'

1597. S.S. xxxviii. 282. Inv. of John Farbeck of Durham. 'vij Accidences, xxx A. B. Cies, etc., viij s.'

1616. Inv. of John Foster of York, bookseller. 'Twelve A. B. Ces, iij d.'

Abaisance, sb. Obedience, subjection. Old French abaissance (M.).

c. 1520. Lr from Ld Dacre to Wolsey, Caligula, B. i. 7. 'Whereby thay may kepe the hole country of the Marche in abaysaunce, that thai maye do anoysaunce to the Duk.'

Abased, pple. Lowered. Perhaps from Old French abaissier (M.); Jamieson.

1580. S.S. xiv. 31. Lr to Sir Robert Bowes. 'You may by some apt meanes bringe to passe the credit that D'Abigny is lately growen unto may be abased.'

1637. York House Book, xxxv. 336. The Corporation 'to goe to the Minster tomorrow and have the sword and mace borne abased.'

Abash, vb. Cf. Abaisance and Abased. To ashame, or cast down. Jamieson.

Saec. XV. S.S. iii. 37. He wold be abast now.'

1655. Treatise of the Four Last Things by Simon Birckbeck of Gilling, near Richmond, 62. 'And were it so their whole life were laid open in the presence of men and angels, yet this could not abash them.'

Abasing, sb. Depreciating, debasing. Cf. Abased, etc.; Jamieson. 155. York House Book, xx. 74. 'An untrewe & slanderouse rumour was rysen & sprede abrode wtin this citie concernyng a further abacyng of testons.'

Abate, Abated, vb. and pple. To reduce, lose. Old Fr. abatre (M.).

1511-12. Northumberland Household Book, ed. Nicolas, 69. They to be abayted for theire

ABB absence of the somme allowed' [i.e. have their wages reduced].

1632. Michl Stanhope's Cures without Care. York. The other abates much of its native taste being brought to the citty' [i.e. the water loses its taste].

1655. Treatise of the Four Last Things, by Simon Birckbeck of Gilling, near Richmond, 156. The defective supplied, and the superfluous abated.'

Of late years

1736. Drake's Eboracum, 181. that custom was abated to twice a week.'

Abbathy, sb. An abbacy, or abbey. Lat. abbathia in thirteenth cent. Cf. S.S. lxvi. 4.

1583. S.S. xiv. 560. Lr from Sir R. Bowes. "The Duke's children should be recompensed with the abbathy of Pasley.'

Abbet, Abbit, sb. Old form of Habit.

i. A particular dress or costume. Cf. S.S. Xxx. 174; liii. 237, 312; lxxiv. 183; lxxix. 253. ii. A body of persons who wear a particular dress. Of. S.S. liii. 244; xxxv. 268.

Abbotlaf, sb. A loaf given by the abbot of St. Mary's, York, as part of a corrody.

1374-5. Chest of Mercht. Advrs. York. William the Abbat & the Convent of Yk grant to Margt wife of Thos Tendman of Yk, if she overlive her husband, a corrody for life, per day of unum panem album vocatum miche, & unum panem nigrum vocatum Abbotlaf, & duas lagenas cerevisiæ conventualis, & foditionem turbarum j. hominis in turbaria de Fulford' for 2 days. For similar corrodies of loaves, etc., cf. S.S. lxxxiii. 349 et seq. At Rievaulx there was a kind of ale called Abbot's ale, distinct from the Convent ale, which was given to pensioners. Cf. S.S. lxxxiii. 355; cf. CORRODY.

Abbotship, sb.

of Abbot.

The office or place

1536. S.S. xlii. 286. Marm. Abbot of Fountains, writing to Cromwell, says, 'I have raither wyll to resigne the abbotship then my prebend.'

Abearance, sb. Deportment, behaviour. From abear, Old Engl. (M.).

1645-6. York House Book, xxxvi. 175. Mr. Robert Harrison adm. schoolmaster, 'during his good behaviour and abearance.'

Abearing, sb. Bearing, behaviour. From abear, Old Engl. (M.). 1523. York House Book, ix. 73.

'He were not

of good abberryng unto thaym as he aught to be.'

1636. N. Riding Record Soc. iv. 52. Marm. Danby of Aiskew, gen., to enter bond 'for his good abeareing for a year.'

Richard

1649. Assize Papers, York Castle. Robinson of Thicket binds a man over to 'be of a good abearing towards the keepers of the liberties of England.'

Abell, sb. Probably Abel. The name given to a cup in the Refectory at Durham in 1446. 'Murra larga et magna, vocata Abell, sine cooperculo' (S.S. ix. cclxxxix.). In the same place there was a cup called another called Herdwyke,' and

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Beda,' or Bede.

ABI

Cups were sometimes named after some previous owner or place, e.g. in 1397 the Prior of Finchale had a cup of murray 'vocatum ciphum Godrici,' the patron saint of the place. In 1411 this appears in the Inv. as 'ciphus murreus ornatus argento et auro, vocatus Goderik' (S.S. vi. cxviii. clvi.). In 1414 Beatrix Lady Roos leaves to Wm. Lord Roos, her son, 'unum ciphum argenti cum cooperculo, vocatum Fawconberge' (S.S. iv. 377). In 1436 John Lord Greystock leaves to his eldest son 'maximum ciphum argenti cum coopertorio, vocatum le Chartre de Morpath' (S.S. ii. 85). In 1449 Sir John Neville leaves to the place where he shall be buried 'a standyng cuppe, silver & giltt, callide ye Kataryne, & tharof to mak a chalis' (S.S. xxx. 147). A cup, called the Constable cup, which had, no doubt, belonged to some ancient constable of Richmond Castle, appears in early wills of the Lords Scrope of Bolton (S.S. ii. 275, 329). In 1420 Richard Lord Scrope desires that it may be made into a chalice (S.S. liii. 3).

Abhorreful, a. Abominable, to be abhorred. Connected with Latin abhorrere.

c. 1630. Rich. Garbutt, of Leeds, Sermons, 132. 'The odious, abominable, abhorreful nature of this sin.'

Abide, vb. Old Engl. abidan (M.). In Cursor Mundi, with perf. abade. i. To bear or last out. ii. To tolerate; cf. Whitby and Cleveland Gloss. iii. To await.

i. 1605. Eccl. Proc. at Durham, Northallerton. She was so sicke she could not abyde.'

1668. Depositions in York Castle. A man is killed at Kildale in Cleveland. He said 'that Ann Corner strocke him on the short ribbes with her foote that he was not able to abide.'

ii. 1495. York House Book, vii. 135. "They wold abyd ye rewle of my Lord Maier.'

c. 1590. S.S. xv. 52. Rites of Durham. Dean Whittingham could not abyde anye auncyent monuments.'

iii. 1468. Reg. iii. Parv. Pr. & Conv. Durham, 139. Dan Ric' Billingham lith sore seke, abiding ye mercy of Almighty God.' Cf. S.S. lxxix. 89.

. . c. 1510. Inscr. on roof of High Chamber at Leckonfield E. R. Y. 'Esperaunce in hasty advengynge of thy will. Nay wysdome biddithe the abyde and be still.'

Abiliments, sb. An old form of Habiliments. Materials, supplies, equipment. Cf. Raine's North Durham, 11; and S.S. xxvi. 85.

Ability, sb. Means or wealth, not power of mind. Lat. Habilitas. Hability is the earlier form. Cf. S.S. Xxxviii. 8; xxix. 185. 6 Every man according to his ability' (Acts xi. 29).

1602. N. R. Y. Record Soc. ii. 316. Thos. Simpson, of Beedelam, in Hemsley parish, having had his house latelie burnt, and all his houshold stuff, which was his whole abilitie.' 1613. S.S. xlii. 350. Will of John Gill of Nidderdale. To be bur. at Midlesmore 'according to his ability, as law requireth.' Cf. S.S. xxxiii. 89.

1638. Yks. Arch. Journal, pt. xix. 37-8. Al

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