Bus, I, 46, behoves.

Buske, to prepare, or make ready. Bufke her, make her neat and trim. Bufkyd, drefs'd, prepare'd.

Bufkes, bushes.

But, I, 199, without, unless, ·

Buxum, buxome, yielding, obedient: bocrum, S.

Byd, to pray.

Bydene, II, 52. See Bedene.

Byger, a builder. Bygged, builded. Bygginge, building, house: byggan, S.

Bygly, Bygly blys, III, 71, Bygly hows, 63, Bygly lands, 10.

Byht, beeth.

Byker, to bicker, fight, or skirmish.

Bylaft, left behind.

Bylayne, III, 46, lain by.

Byn, within.

Byradden, II, 271, advife'd.

Byrd, a damfel, young lady or woman. See Bright and Bryd.

Byrke, birch.

Byronne, overrun.

Bys, Purpur bys, I, 182, purple colour: bis, F.
Byfeke, befeech.

Bysmare, I, 210, dishonour, derifion, infamy: biɲ men, S.

Byfuyke, II, 103; Byfwike, Byfwyke, betray, be guile, deceive: beɲpycan, S.

Byt, bite.

Byttur fpredde, III, 78.

Calle, caul, cap, hood, or head-drefs.

Camaca, III, 180, according to Spelman, a kind of

cloth, a kind of cloth (whether woolen, linen, or cambrick, `he professes not to know), of which, under the age of Edward III. they made the church-veftments; fometimes white, Sometimes red.

Carackes, large fhips: carraque, F.

Cardevyle, Cardelof, Carlile.

Carke, cark, care: capc, cæɲcian, S.

Carped, talk'd, converfe'd.

Cafte, III, 59, 86, purpose, contrivance, intention; 112, occafion, opportunity.

Cees, ceafe.

Celli, felly, filly.

Certes, certainly. Certeys, courteous.

Chamberer, I, 38, chamber-maid.

Changy, change.

Charbokull, III, 17, carbuncle: escarboucle, F.

Chare, chariot.

Chafe, chofe.

Chaftlayne, the conftable of a castle: chastelain, F.

Chafy, to chafe.

Chauntemente, Chaunterye, enchantment.

Chavyl, I, 84, jaw.

Chepyng, a market.

Cher, countenance.

Cherel, cherl, churl, carl, clown, old fellow: ceopl, S.

Chefe, chofe.

Chesten-tre, Chesteyn-tre, chesnut-tree.

Cheverd, fhiver'd.

Child. See the note on King Horn, V. 85.

Choll, I, 84, jowl, head.

Chorle. See Cherel.

Chrystendome, Chrystenté, all countrys collectively in

which christianity prevails.

Clare, I, 184, clary, a mixture of wine and honey:

clairet, F.

Cleche, II, 131, click, catch, lay hold of.

Clefe, cleave'd, cleft, clove.

Clene, III, 217, chafte, pure, innocent.

Clepede, call'd, name'd: cliopian, S.

Clere, a clear, chafte, pure, beautyful young lady
Cleth, to clothe, or drefs.

Clippe, clafp, embrace.

Clodes, clothes.

Clodeth, clothe'd.

Clokarde, III, 190.

Clongyn, III, 114, clung: clingan, S.

Clyne, III, 48, encline.

Clyve, clif, rock.

Collede, colly'd, black.

Come, I, 4, comeing; elsewhere came.
Commendry, III, 174.

Comunalté, III, 190, commonalty, community, people in general, or common.

Corefur, III, 134, horse-fcourfer, horfe-dealer. See To-fcourfe in Sherwoods Engleith-French dictionary. Cornall, Cornell, Coronall, Coronell, a crown, coronet, iron-point, or head of a spear, a fpear-head: as in Lybeaus, V. 1603:

"Tho he tok a fchaft rounde,

Wyth cornall scharp y grounde :"

which proves they were not allways << a contrivance," as captain Grofe thinks, " to prevent penetration," at a tiltingmatch.

Cornell, III, 35, Florence lay in a cornell, the forepart of a house." Coles.

Corven, carve'd.

Coftantyne the nobull, III, 2, Conftantinople.

Costerdes, II, 180. "Duo costers panni magni de velveto, pro principalibus festis.”—“ Do & lego Ricardo de Nevil filio meo...unum lectum de arvas, cum costeris paled de colore rubeo, qui folebant pendere in magna camera. Du Cange, II, 1123. Courage, III, 213, heart: coraçon, Spa. Coveňaunce, III, 182, covenants.

Covenawnt, III, 40, faithful.

Cover, I, 90, III, 109, recover.

Covering, I, 126, recovery?

Cowre, crouch, "ruch down," Coles.
Cracche'd, fcratch'd.

Crapawtes, II, 210, Crapowtes, II, 208, the ftone chelonites, or toad-ftone: crapaud, a toad, or crapadine, the ftone, F. crepawnde, or crapawnde, a precyous ftone, fmaragdus, P. P.

Creant, I, 133, Creaunt, recreant, cravén.
Crompyld, crumple'd.

Cronde, II, 145,

Cropoun, I, 104, Croupe, back, tail. Croupiere, the buttock-piece.

Crouth, II, 7, a crowd, or string'd inftrument, lately known to the Welsh, and formerly to the Engleish; whence Butlers Crowdero: cpup, S. (Lelands Col.)

Crowlande, III, 36,

Croyz, II, 145, cross.

Culde, II, 163, kil'd.

Culpons, I, 28, Shreds, Splinters.

Culvard, II, 303, treacherous, infamous: culvert, F. Cumand, Cumandes, I, 5, 6, command; come, comeing, 1, 13. Cumen, I, 21, come.

Cumlyng, I, 69. Robert of Gloucester makes king

373

Goffar thus exclaim against Brut and Corineus, who had plunder'd his country:

"Ori! he feide, the grete defpite, that ife to me here,

That this file and komelynges castelles leteth rere." Thomas Hearne, his industrious editour, explains it " a comeling, one newly come.' It is writen comlyng by Robert of Brunne, on the capture of Hengift:

"Sir erle this honde, this comlyng,

On my halve prefent him the kyng.”

"Comelyng, new-cum-man or woman." P. P.

Cumvay, convey.

Cun, II, 294, kine, cows.
Cunne, II, 98, kin.
Cure, care.

Curtayfe, Curtes, courteous.

Cuffe, kifs. Cufte, kiss'd.

Cutted, cut, Split, form'd or fhape'd.

Da, a doe.

Dampny, condemn.

Dang, I, 133, fmote (plural of Ding).

Dawe, dawn. Dawed, Dawyd, dawn'd.

Dawes, days.

De, the, thee.

Ded, Dedd, Dede, dead, deatn.

Defull, a defull dede, II, 229, a diabolical at:

deofol-dæd, S.

Dele, dolour, forrow, grief.

Dele, to part; to deal.

Deme, deem, judge, judgement: deman, S.

Denketh roun, II, 20, think to run.

Dentys, dints, ftrokes, blows.