Part 6

En commandant les gens a dieu: In comandyng the peple to god: ‘A dieu, bonnes gens; ‘To god, goode peple; Ie men voie a sainct Jaques, I goo to saynt James, A nostre dame de boulogne. To our lady of boloyne. 4 A la quelle porte ysseray ie, At whiche gate shall I goo out, Et a quelle main And at whiche hande Prenderay ie mon chemyn?’” Shall I take my way?’” A le main dextre, On the right hande, 8 Quand vous venres a vng pont, Whan ye come to a brigge, Si les passes; So goo ther over; Vous trouueres vne voyette Ye shall fynde a lytill waye A le main senestre, On the lyfte honde, 12 Qui vous menra en vne contre Whiche shall brynge you in a contre La vous verres sur vne eglise There shall ye see vpon a chirche Deux haultes clocquiers; Two hye steples; De la aurez vous Fro thens shall ye haue 16 Que quatre lieuwes But four myle Iusques a vostre gyste. Vnto your loggyng. La seres vous bien aisies There shall ye be well easyd Pour vostre argent, For your money, 20 Et se y aures bon hostel. And ye shall haue a good Jnne. “Dame, dieu y soit!” “Dame, god be here!” “Compain, vous soies bien venus.” “Felaw, ye be welcome.” “Poroye ie auoir “May I haue 24 Ung licte chyens? A bedde here withinne? Pourray ie cy herbegier?” May I here be logged?” “Oyl, bien et nettement, “Ye, well and clenly, Si fussies vous dousisme[1], Alle were ye twelue, 28 tout a cheual.” Alle on horseback.”

[Footnote 1: donsisme]

“Nennil,[2] fors que nous trois. “Nay, but we thre. A il a mengier chy ens?” Is there to ete here within?”

[Footnote 2: Nenuil]

“Oyl, asses, dieu mercy.” “Ye, ynough, god be thanked.” 32 “Apportes nous ent. “Brynge it to vs.

[Sidenote: P. 47.]

Donnes du fain as cheuaulx, Gyue heye to the hors, Et les estraines bien; And strawe them well; Mais quils soient abuures.” But that they be watred.” 36 “Dame que debuons nous? “Dame what owe we? Nous avons este bien aise. We have ben well easyd. Nous compterons demain, We shall rekene to morow, Et payerons aussi, And shall paye also, 40

[[50]] [Headnote: AT THE INN. A NUMBER-BOOK TO BE WRITTEN.]

Que vous vous en loeres. That ye shall hold you plesid. Menes nous couchier; Brynge vs to slepe; Nous sommes lasses.” We ben wery.” “Bien, ie voye, vous reposeres. “Well, I goo, ye shall reste. 4 Iannette, alumes le chandeille; Ienette, lyghte the candell; Si les menes la sus And lede them ther aboue Ou soler deuant; In the solere tofore; Si leur porte de liauwe chaude And bere them hoot watre 8 pour lauer leurs pieds; For to wasshe their feet; Si les couure de coussins. And couere them with quysshons. Regarde que lestable Se that the stable Soit bien fremme.” Be well shette.” 12

[Footnote: [? ferme]]

“Dame, peult on nauyer “Dame, may men goo by ship Descy a bouloigne?” Fro hens to boloyne?” “Oyl, maintenant il ya “Ye, now ther is Vne nef preste plaine de gens. A shippe redy ful of peple. 16 Dieu les veulle conduire! God well them conduyte! Dieu les amaine a sauuete! God brynge them in sauete! Dieu les laisse leur voye God late them theyr waye Bien employer! Well fulcome! 20 Escoutes! il tonne et esclire; Herke! it thondreth and lyghtneth; Y pluyt et gresille; It rayneth and haylleth; Dieu saulue les biens des champs!” God saue the goodes of the feldes!” “Dieu en puist souuenir.” “God may them bythynke.” 24 Seigneurs, qui vouldroit, Lordes, who wolde, Ce liure ne fineroit iamais, This boke shold neuer be ended, Car on ne pourroit tant escripre For men may not so moche write Quon ne trouueroit toudis plus: Me shold fynde alway more: 28 Le parchemin est debonnaire; The parchemen is so meke; Il seuffre sour luy escripre Hit suffreth on hit to write Quancques on veult. What someuer men wylle.

[Sidenote: [CH. X.]]

++CY appres vous deuiseray ++HEre after I shall deuyse you 32 Vng liuret quon appelle A litell book that men call Le nombre, le quel est The nombre, the which is Moult prouffytable, Moche prouffytable[1],

[Footnote 1: pronffytable]

[Sidenote: P. 48.]

Par le quel By the whiche 36 On pourra scauoir compter Men shall mowe conne rekene De denier as deniers; Fro peny[2] to pens;

[Footnote 2: peuy]

Si en poes retenir So may ye reteyne Les debtes quon vous doibt, The dettes that men owe you, 40

[[51]] [Headnote: NUMBERS AND COINS. THE EPILOGUE.]

Et les receptes And the receyttes Que vous aues rechupt That ye haue receyuyd Ou que vous aues paiet. Or that ye haue payd. Si commencies ainsi So begynne all thus 4 Comme est declare cy apres: As is declared hereafter:

++UNg, deux, trois, ++ONe, tweyne, thre, Quatre, chincq, six, Foure, fyue, sixe, Sept, huyt, neuf, dix, Seuen, eight, nyne, ten, 8 Onze, douze, treze, Enleuen, twelue, thirtene, Quatourze, quinze, seze, Fourtene, fiftene, sixtene, Dixsept, dixhuyt, Seuentene, eyghtene, Dixneuf, vingt, Nynetene, twenty, 12 Trente, quarante, Thretty, fourty, Chincquante, soixante, Fyfty, Syxty, Septante, huytante, Seuenty, eyghty, Ou quatre vingt, Or four score, 16 Nonante, Cent, Nynty, hondred, Deux cents, Two hondred, Mille, Cent mille, A thousand, a hondred thousand, Vng million; A myllyon; 20 Ainsi toudis montant. Thus alleway mountyng. +Vne liure de strelins, +A pound sterlings, Vne marcq que vault A marcke that is worth Deux nobles[1] dangleter, Two nobles of englonde, 24

[Footnote 1: uobles]

Vne liure de gros, A pound grete, Monoye de flaundres, Moneye of flaundres, Vne soulde que vault A shellyng that is worth Trois gros ou douze deniers, Thre grotis or twelue pens, 28 Vne gros vault quatre deniers, A grote is worth four pens, Vng denier, vne maille, A peny, a halfpeny, Vng quadrant, vne mite. A ferdyng, a myte.

++CY fine ceste doctrine, ++HEre endeth this doctrine, 32 A westmestre les loundres At westmestre, by london, En formes impressee, In fourmes enprinted, En le quelle vng chescun In the whiche one euerich Pourra briefment aprendre May shortly lerne 36 Fransois et engloys. Frenssh and englissh.

[Sidenote: P. 49.]

La grace de sainct esperit The grace of the holy ghoost Veul enluminer les cures Wylle enlyghte the hertes

[[52]] [Headnote: A CONCLUDING PRAYER.]

De ceulx qui le aprendront, Of them that shall lerne it, Et nous doinst perseuerance And vs gyue perseueraunce En bonnes operacions, In good werkes, Et apres cest[1] vie transitorie And after lyf[2] transitorie 4 La pardurable ioye & glorie! The euerlastyng ioye and glorie!

[Footnote 1: ceste, Blades ii. 133.]

[Footnote 2: this lyf, Blades ii. 133.]

LIST OF ENGLISH WORDS

+accidents+, books of accidence, 38/40. +aduenture+: _in a._, likely, in danger, 48/10. +after+ (rendering Flemish _achter_, Fr. _aval_), throughout, 38/2, 46/16. +Alemayne+, +Almayne+, Germany, 14/17, 22/27. +Alemaynes+, Germans, 42/40. +all+, used as adverb, 31/7; +alle+, with subj., even if, 49/28; +all halowes+, the feast of All Saints, 28/18. +alleway+, always, 9/23. +almesse+, alms, 33/8. +alouses+, shad, 12/7. +alume+, alum, 1/26, 20/35. +amendes+, penalty, fine, 44/9. +Andwerp+, Antwerp, 18/37. +andyrons+, andirons, 8/8. +anenst+, towards, in the sight of, 48/28. +angre+, refl., be angry, 31/6. +anone+, immediately, 25/26. +apostomes+, imposthumes, abscesses, 41/23. +apotecarie+, apothecary, 19/34. +appereth+, apperith, 37/34, 38/2. +arblastrer+, crossbowman, 36/26. +Ardane+, Ardennes, 43/38. +atte+, at the, 34/6, 45/26. +auantage+, advantage, 46/11. +auaunte+, refl., boast, 30/14. +auctour+, author, 3/33. +Austyns+, Augustine friars, 24/5. +Auynyon+, +Auinion+, Avignon, 22/20, 45/21. +axe+, ask, 21/16, 33/16, 48/40; +axed+, 15/36, 33/10. +ayenst+, against, 31/31, 47/13.

+bacenet+, bassinet, helmet, 33/34. +bales+, balls (of alum), 20/36. +banerett+, knight banneret, 24/33; _double banerette_, 24/36. +bankers+, coverings for benches, 7/1. +barke+, bark (used in dyeing), 34/29. +ba[r]terye+, pots and pans, 38/26. +basenne+, sheep leather, 19/26. +bastard+, a wine, 14/7. +baylly+, bailiff, 30/10. +be+, = been, 32/6. +Beane+, Beaune, 14/5. +becke+: _drink b. to b._, drink together (Fr. _bec à bec_). +bedes+, beads, 46/3. +Beghyns+, Beguines, 24/11. +beldame+, mother-in-law, 6/2. +belfadre+, father-in-law, 6/2. +Beme+, Bohemia, 22/38. +ben+, are, 4/31, 13/17. +benes+, beans, 13/39. +Benet+ (seynt), St. Benedict, 24/2. +bere+, bear (animal), 11/21. +bergayne+, bargain for, 14/28. +berne+, barn, 40/2. +Berow+, Bergues, 19/2, 24/31. +betes+, beetroot, 13/32. +beuer+, beaver (for hats), 40/39; +beuers+, beavers (animals), 9/1. +bileue+, believe; _I you b. well_, 15/26. +blyew+, blue, 14/36. +bocher+, butcher, 37/31; +bochiers+, 2/31. [[error for 2/21]] +bocherie+, meat-market, 37/32. +bocle+, buckle, 21/28. +boden+, bid, offered, 15/35. +Boloyne+, Boulogne, 49/4, 50/14. +boor+, boar, 10/26. +bordclothes+, table cloths, 8/24. +born+, carried, 32/3. +boulye+, a drink, 14/19. +bourghmaistre+, burgomaster, 44/13. +Bousser+ (= Fr. _Bourshier_), _vycounte of B._, 24/30. +brasyll+, brazil wood, 20/18, 34/27. +brede+, breadth, 16/23. +brede+, bread, 26/39. +brekynge+, rupture, hernia, 41/28. +brembles+, brambles; +bremble beries+ (Fr. _grouselles_, gooseberries), 13/23. +bremes+, bream, 12/7. +brenne+, burn, 30/26. +briches+, breeches, 8/37. +bridelmakers+, 1/16. [[error for 2/16]] +brigge+, bridge, 49/9. +brocorage+, brokerage, 42/35. +brocour+, broker, 42/34; +brokers+, 2/30. +broun peper+, black pepper, 10/28; +broun sugre+, 20/1. +browet+, stew, broth, 10/20; +browettys+, 41/15. +broythures+, embroideries, 22/5. +bueff+, beef, 10/14. +bukke+, buck, 19/23. +Burgoyne+, Burgundy, 24/19. +butores+, bitterns, 10/40. +buxom+, polite, 9/39. +by cause that+, because, 46/32. +byleding+, translation of Fr. _deduit_, delight, 29/12. +byre+, beer, 14/17. +bystowe+, lay out (money), 20/20. +bythynke+, remember, think upon, 50/24.

+calle+, headdress, 42/18. [[error for 42/17]] +callyng+, invocation (of the Trinity), 1/5. +Camerik+, Cambray, 23/19. +cammelle+, ? for _cannelle_, cinnamon, 20/2. +can+, knows, is skilled in, 33/13; see +conne+. +cannes+, cans (tin), 7/17; earthen pots, 7/10. +carier+, wagoner, 45/9. +castelayn+, castellan (of Dover), 24/29. +castell+, cattle, 40/1. +catell+, money, 15/12; +catayllys+, chattels, furniture, 1/8. +Cathon+, Dionysius Cato, 9/27; +catons+, copies of Cato’s ‘Disticha,’ 38/38. +caudell+, caudle, 14/1. +Cecile+, Sicily, 22/36. +certainly+, definitely, 16/1. +chalon+, ? blanket, coverlet (but used to render F. _calys_, apparently ‘couch’), 7/2. +change+, exchange office, 45/34. +changer+, money-changer, 45/33; +chaungers+, 45/33. [[error for 2/33]] +chanons+, canons, 23/30. +chapell+, chapel: _a fre ch._, 45/23. +chapitre+, chapter, 14/4. [[error for 15/4]] +chappelains+, chaplains, 24/7. +charge+: _haue no c. of_, don’t care for, 31/4. +Chartre hous+: _monkes of C._, Carthusians, 24/4. +chekens+, chickens, 10/32. +chepe+, bargain for, 10/24. +chertes+, shirts, 8/37. +cheruyll+, chervil, 13/32. +cheuissheth her+, is successful, 42/11. +chirche haliday+, church feast, fair, 19/7. +chorle+, peasant, 30/8. +Cistiauls+, Citeaux, 23/37. +clarey+, a spiced wine, 14/12. +clergesses+, members of female religious orders, 24/11. +cnoppes+, lumps (in yarn), 32/30. +cobelers+, cobblers, 2/28. +coddelynges+, codfish, 12/3. +coffyns+, caskets, 21/33. +coler+, collar (for horses), 46/27; +coliers+, 46/28. +colermaker+, (horse)collar maker, 46/26. +Coleyne+, Cologne, 23/8. +commaunde+, commend, 5/21, 6/12. +complyn+, late evening service, 27/30. +comyn+, common, 1/17. +comyne+, cummin, 19/40. +conduyte+, guide, 5/24. +confyte+, comfrey (see the Notes), 13/19. +congres+, conger-eels, 12/8. +conne+, know, be skilled in, 37/39; see +can+. +contre+, country, 5/2. +conyes+, rabbits, 9/2. +cool+, cabbage, 13/30. +cordewan+, Cordovan leather, 19/24. +cordewanner+, shoemaker, 35/35. +corffes+, baskets, 38/21. +corse+, girdle, 21/27. +coryer+, currier, 46/14; +coriars+, 1/25. +coryeth+, curries, 46/17. +cosen alyed+, cousin by marriage, 29/13. +cosyns germayns+, cousins german, 6/5. +couerar of tyles+, tiler, 40/23. +couercles+, lids, 7/35, 7/40. [[7/40 unidentified error]] +couerlettes+, coverlets, 6/40. +couper+, cooper, 44/6; [[error for 44/16]] +coupers+, 2/31. +coursour+, courser, 45/29. +courtosye+, courtesy, 18/16. +courtoys+, courteous, 5/12. +coyfes for men+, coifs, 21/38. +crafte+, trade, 46/15; +craftes+, 25/23. +creuyches+, crayfish, 12/15. +cristall+ (for beads), 46/3. +crosse+: _neuer a c._, not a farthing, 15/40. +cubibes+, cubebs, 19/39. +curattes+, curates, 24/7. +cure+, church benefice, 45/23.

+dame+, lady, 4/33, 15/5, 49/22. +damoyselle+, +damyselle+, young lady, 4/19, 4/30, 5/29, 15/39. +dampned+, damned, 45/37. +Danes men+, Danes, 43/7. [[error for 43/8]] +dangerous+, hard to manage, cross-tempered, 32/12. +daubed+, plastered, 40/35. +dawber+, plasterer, 40/36. +dedicace+, parish festival, 46/2. +dene+, dean (of a trade guild), 44/7. +dere chepe+, high buying prices, 35/34. +deuyse+, explain, 14/27. +dight+, prepare (food), 10/28. +discouered+, uncovered, 40/28. +do+, = done, 47/11; see +doo+. +doctrinals+, copies of the _Doctrinale_ (a grammar), 38/38. +dokes+, ducks, 12/32. +doluen+, dug, 45/14. +donettis+, copies of Donatus’s grammar, 38/40. +dong+, dung, 45/11. +doo+, as a causative auxiliary, 26/5, 37/21; [[error for 26/25]] +doo of+, doff, put off, 4/18, 4/20; +do on+, don, put on, 25/39. +Dornyk+, Tournay, 18/30. +doseyns+, dozens, 46/4. +doughter+, mistranslation of _fille_, prostitute, 46/30; of _filleule_, god-daughter, 44/26. +dresse+, serve up (food), 31/23; _d. to ete_, prepare a meal, 26/38. +dyerye+, dyer’s business, 20/37. +dyse+, dice, 44/38; +dysemaker+, 44/37. +dystaf+, distaff, 32/27.

+elle+, ell, 15/15, 32/15; +thelle+, the ell, 15/8. +Elzeter+, Alsace, 14/4. +eme+, uncle, 6/3. +en+, redundant negative (a Flemicism), 18/18. +enfourme+, instruct, 9/33. +enke hornes+, inkhorns, 21/35. +enleuen+, eleven, 51/9. +enlumined+, illuminated (of a manuscript), 39/1. +enlyghte+, enlighten, 51/39. +enprinted+, printed, 38/36, 51/34. +entremete+, refl., undertake, 20/40. +entreprise+, undertake, 3/38. +er+, before, 26/2. +ered+, ploughed, 45/12. +erst+, first, before doing something else, 27/8. +Esterlynges+, Easterlings, 43/1. +estre+, Easter, 28/13. +eternalite+, what is eternal, 45/39. +eueryche+, +euerich+, everybody, 2/39, 31/1; _one euerich_, 51/35. +euyll+, bad (in quality), 40/20; _e. auenture_, ill luck, 29/10. +euyll+, badly, 11/12. +eyrekakis+, egg cakes, ? omelets, 13/1.

+failled+: _ye f._, you wanted (anything), 18/4. +fair syre+, my good sir, 18/3. +falle+, occur, be met with, 25/11. +fatte+, vat, cask, 26/19. +fauconers+, falconers, 43/36. +faucons+, falcons, 43/37. +faulte+: _without f._, without fail, 37/14. [[error for 37/24]] +fayres+, fairs, 1/19. +felaw+, +felawe+, as a polite term of address, 4/34, 49/23; [[error for 4/35]] _my felaws_, my companions, 18/23. +felawship+, society, companionship, 31/5. +feldeseed+, ‘field seed,’ 20/10. +fellis+, skins, 19/23. +ferdyng+, farthing, 51/31. +ferme+, rent, annual payment, 37/5. +festes+, festivals, 28/3. [[error for 28/7]] +feuerer+, February, 27/39. +fichews+, polecats, 11/18. +flawnes+, flawns, 12/34. +flesh+, meat, 37/33. +flesshshamels+, shambles, 10/8. +flued+, made the ink run, 47/16. +folke+, people, folks, 9/40; _f. of ordre_, members of religious orders, 2/5. +folye+, folly, 45/38. +for+: _for to_, = to (with infinitive), 2/40, 4/5; _for this that_, because, 32/34. +forbere+, bear with, defer to, 9/25. +forcer+, +forcyer+, +forcier+, chest with a lock, 8/20, 36/7, 46/35. [[error for 8/21]] +forgeten+, forgotten, 13/2. +formaketh+, repairs, mends, 44/17, 46/24. +foryere+, last year, 32/5. +fourbysshour+, furbisher, 33/26. +fourmes+, (printers’) forms, 51/34. +franchise+, freedom (of a trade guild), 32/17. +franchyn+, a sort of parchment, 47/17. +frere+, friar: _freres menours_, Minorites, Franciscans, 24/3; _lewd freris_, lay brothers, Beghards, 24/6. +fro+, from, 4/1. +frockes+, = Fr. _sourcorps_, 8/30. +fulcome+, accomplish (a journey), 50/20. +fuldoo+, perform, 48/5. +furmenty+, furmety, 13/40.

+galentyne+, sauce, 42/24. +galles+, gall-nuts, 34/27. +galoches+, overshoes, 35/39. +ganselyn+, a garlic sauce, 42/26. +garettis+, garrets, 6/28. +Garnade+, ? Granada: _wyn of G._, 14/8. +Gaunt+, Ghent, 18/28. [[error for 18/29]] +geloffres+, cloves, 13/35. +gerfaucons+, gerfalcons, 43/38. +germayns+: see +cosyns germayns+. +Germole+: _wyn of G._, 14/5. +ghees+, geese, 12/31. +gheet+, goats, 12/30, 19/23 (but ghotes, 11/24); [[error for 11/22]] used as singular, 10/23. +ghestes+, guests, 42/39. +ghyrle+, girl, 44/27. +gloues of yron+, gauntlets, 33/37. +God+, in salutations, &c.: _G. you kepe_, 4/24; _G. give you good daye_, 4/32; _G. reward you_, 5/14; _G. late me deserue it_, 5/15; _G. you haue in his holy kepyng_, 5/26; _goo to god_ (= adieu), 6/13. +Goddes peny+, broker’s commission, 42/36. +gogeorns+, gudgeons, 12/16. +good chepe+, cheap, 15/11. +goodlynes+, pleasant manners, 18/17. [[error for 18/15]] +gorelmakers+, horsecollar makers, 2/37. +gorgette+, armour for the neck, 33/36. +gramercy+, many thanks, 5/11, 18/11. +graye+, vair, fur, 46/21. +grayne+, grain: _scarlet in g._, 15/1; _graynes of paradys_, 20/3. +graywerker+, furrier, 46/19. +grene of Spayne+, 20/17. +grene sauce+ (eaten with pork), 10/11. [[error for 10/13]] +grete+, great: _in g._, wholesale, 46/4. +greue+, (of food) disagree with, 11/6. +greywerke+, furriery, 2/36. +grote+, groat, coin, 51/29; +grotes+, +grotis+, 17/21, 44/31, 51/28. +growell+, gruel, 14/2. +guldrens+, guilders, gulden, 17/31. +gyuing oute+, expenditure, 3/9.

+habergeon+, 33/35, +haddoks+, haddocks, 12/3. +halting+, lame, 32/32. +handwerker+, farm labourer, 45/17. +happe+, luck, fortune, 29/22. +hardy+, bold, brave, 24/32. +haue right+ (= _avez droit_), 15/20. +hawgher+, heifer, 10/20. [[error for 10/19]] +heberow+, lodging, 5/31. +heeryng+, +heryng+, herring, 12/8, 12/9. +hegge+, hedge, 45/19. +hekell+, heckle, 45/7. +heklester+, (female) heckler, 45/5. +hem+, them, themselves, 45/36. +Henaud+, Hainault, 24/28. +herber+, garden, 45/13. +herte+, hart, 10/27, 41/2. +herthe+, hearth, 8/6. +hether+, hither, 31/27. +heth hennes+, moor hens, 11/1. +hewke+, a sort of cloak, 16/18; +heukes+, 8/31, mantle. +heye+, hay, 13/27. +Heynewiers+, people of Hainault, 43/7. +hiere+, here, 29/23, 24. +hit+, it, 6/27, 9/21, 25/37, &c. +holde+: _holde you companye_, accompany you, 26/5. +hole+, whole, 15/7; in good health, 35/13. +honde+, hand; _take on h._, undertake, 3/38. +hooled+, holed, torn, 34/15. +hosteler+, innkeeper, 42/38; +hosteliers+, 2/30. +hound+, dog (skin), 41/3. +houres+, hours (of divine service), 48/30; see +oures+. +howsed+, provided with a house, 34/20. +huues+, caps, 21/37, 42/19. +hye dayes+, festival days, 31/31. +hyndecalf+, fawn, 10/27.

+Janiver+, January, 27/39. +jaquet+, jacket, 33/40. +Jenewys+, Genoese, 43/6. +in longe tyme+, for a long time, 5/1. +joustynges+, tiltings, 25/2. +joynar+, joiner, 46/34; +joyners+, 2/37. +justes+, tiltings, 45/26. +Juyll+, July, 28/2. +Juyn+, June, 27/1. [[error for 28/1]]

+kalenders+, calendars, 39/4. +kawdrons+, cauldrons, 7/6. +kembyth+, combs (wool), 32/21. +kempster+, female woolcomber, 32/18; +kempsters+, 2/15. +kersses+, creases, 13/36. [[error for 13/35]] +ketelmaker+, kettle-maker, 47/2; +ketelmakers+, 2/23. +keuerchief+ (see the Notes), 8/36; +keuerchifs+, kerchiefs, 43/14. [[error for 42/14]] +keupis+, tubs, barrels, 44/17. +kien+, +kyen+, cows, 12/29, 19/21. +knowlechid+, confessed, 43/24. +kreme+, cream, 12/38.

+laces+, latchets, ties, 21/40. +langyng+, belonging, 1/8. +lastes+, lasts (weight), 21/13. +late+, let, 27/12. +lauendre+, laundress, 31/26. +lauours+, wash-hand basins, 7/8. +lede+, lead, cart (dung), 45/11. +leed+, lead (metal), 21/22. +lelyes+, lilies, 13/20. +leneth+, lends, 39/12, 33. +lengthe+, lengthen, 57/31. [[error for 47/31]] +lese+, lose, 15/39. +letews+, lettuce, 13/34. +leuain+, leaven, 14/20. +leue+, leave: _take l._, 5/22. +leue+, make an abatement, 16/3. +leuer+, rather, 15/37. +leuyng+, leaving; used to translate _relief_ (_de la table_), 9/7. +lewd freris+, lay brothers, Beghards, 24/6. +leyzer+, leisure; _by l._, in a leisurely way (i.e. finding little custom), 46/20. [[error for 46/7]] +librariers+, booksellers, 2/23. +lichorous+, dainty, fond of good living, 33/20. +loches+, loach, 12/16. +loftes+, upper rooms, 6/28. +lokyer+, locksmith, 46/32; [[error for 46/31]] +lokyers+, 2/36. +longhe+, lung, 26/28. +Luke+, Liege, 23/18. +luses+, luces, pike (fish), 12/12. [[error for 12/13]] +luste+, desire, 32/36. +lyef+, ladylove, 29/14. +lyfte honde+, left hand, 48/12. [[error for 49/12]] +lynweuar+, linen weaver, 38/9; +lynweuers+, 2/22. +lystes+ (translation of _lesons_, settees), 7/5.

+maistre+, prefix to the name of a physician, 34/38. +makerell+, mackerel, 12/6. +maluesey+, malmsey, 14/10. +mandemaker+, basket maker, 38/19; +maundemakers+, 2/24. +mandis+, baskets, 38/21. +maners+, sorts, kinds, 18/24, 19/36, 38/3. +marchans+, merchants, 21/17. +marcke+, mark (coin), 51/24. [[error for 51/23]] +mareshall+, marshal (of France), 30/2. +maroners+, sailors, 11/39. +marte+, market, fair, 19/1. +Mase+, the Meuse, 12/18. +masone+, do mason’s work, 40/9. +mastrye+, +maystrye+, rule, 43/28; [[error for 43/27]] _has them to mastrye_, has them in his power, 43/25. +matynes+, matins, 27/17. +mayde Marie+, the Virgin Mary, 48/17. +mayntene+, keep a stock of, 6/29. +me+, one (= Fr. _on_), 6/19, 8/12, 12/38, 14/22, 26/12, &c. [[error for 6/20 ... 26/16]] +mecop+, poppy; _oyle of m._, 20/11. +mede+, mead (drink), 14/15. +medle with+, deal in, 18/6. +medleyed+, mixed, 14/34. +medliers+, medlars, 13/7. +meesen+, tomtits, 10/37 (a Flemish word). +membres+, limbs, 27/4. +Mence+, Mayence, 23/10. +merceryes+, mercer’s goods, 1/28. +meruaylle+, marvel, 32/31. +meschief+, misfortune, 29/8. +messager+, messenger, 45/1; +messagiers+, 2/32. +mestelyn+, mixed corn, 44/22. +metar+, measurer, 16/34, 44/20; +metars+, 2/32. +mete+ (verb), measure, 16/29; +meten+, +moten+, measured, 26/25, 40/15, 44/21. +meuyd+, moved, disposed, 48/37. +meyne+, household, 5/35. +mo+, +moo+, more (as adv. and with a plural), 3/2, 3/34, 11/9, 30/21. [[error for 30/24]] +moche+, very, 26/6, 32/12, 50/35. +molettis+, mullets, fish, 12/6. +morberies+, mulberries, 13/6. +mormale+, gangrene, 41/40. +morreey+, murrey (colour), 14/38. +mortier+, mortar (kitchen utensil), 26/40. +mote+, may (in wishes), 4/38, 5/25. [[error for 4/39]] +moten+: see +mete+. +mottes+, hillocks, mounds, 13/25. +mowe+, be able, 3/22, 11/7, 50/37. +muscadel+ (wine), 14/7. +mylnars+, millers, 2/21. +myntemakers+, coiners, 2/34. +myte+, half farthing, 51/31.

+Nauerne+, Navarre, 22/37. +nayled+, studded with nails, 31/36. +naylle+, clove (wool weight), 19/13. +ne+, nor, 10/34, 20/5; [[error for 21/5]] not, 19/20; redundant negative, 12/22, 20/4, 29/26. [[error for 21/4]] +nether court+, farm yard, 40/2. +neueus+, nephews, 6/6. +nobles+, half-marks (6s. 8d.), 51/24; see +ryallis nobles+. +nokertree+, walnut tree, 13/14. +noppe+, to burl (cloth), 33/15. +nopster+, burler, 33/12. +notes+, nuts, 13/6. +nothyng+, not at all, 5/18. +noyeng+, annoyance, harm, 29/8.

+officials+ (of the church), 2/4, 23/25. +of the+, +of+, = Fr. partitive article, 10/9, 41/7, 47/22. +olifaunts+, elephants, 11/19. +ooke+, oak, 13/3. [[error for 13/13]] +orfrayes+, borders of gold lace, 36/8. [[error for 36/9]] +Oseye+, Alsace; _wyn of O._, 14/8. +Ostryche+, Austria, 24/20. +othirwhyle+, sometimes, 40/21. +ouermoche+, too much, 5/5. +oughteth+, ought, 40/3. +our lady in heruest+, the Assumption, Aug. 15, 28/23. +our lady in marche+, Lady-day, Mar. 25, 28/21. +oures+, books of hours, 38/39. +owe+, ought, 37/23; _oweth to_, is to (do something), 31/34. +oynementis+, ointments, 41/24.

+paintours+, painters, 2/25. +paintures+, pigments, paints, 20/16. +palfreye+, 45/20. [[error for 45/30]] +parchemyn+, +perchemyn+, parchment, 2/38, 39/5, 47/15. +pardon+, parish festival, 28/33. +parfourmed+, finished making, 33/39. +partie+, part, 21/2. +partis+, books on the parts of speech, 38/40. +partrichs+, partridges, 11/1. +pasteyes+, pies, 12/37. +pauntcher+, girdle to hold up the breeches, 8/35. [[error for 8/38]] +pauteners+, +pawteners+, purses, 36/22, 41/5. +paynefull weke+, the Passion week, 28/28. +pece+: _the p._, apiece, 47/5. +pelowes+, pillows, 8/35. +pendants of silke+, ? ribbons worn as trimmings for dress, 21/39. +penners+, writing cases, 21/33. +pens+, pence, 3/8, 17/25, &c.; as a weight, 31/37. +penyworthes+, wares, 18/1. +perche+, pole to hang cloth on, 8/28. [[error for 8/29]] +perchemyn+: see +parchemyn+. +peres+, pears, 13/4. +persely+, parsley, 13/32. +pesen+, peas, 13/39, 22/11. +pesibly+, peaceably, 9/17. [[error for 9/18]] +pesshes+, peaches, 12/7. [[error for 13/7]] +pestyll+, +pestel+, pestle, 8/28, 27/1. +pikerellis+ (fish), 12/13. +pikes+ (fish), 12/13. +pilchemaker+, pelisse maker, 14/23; [[error for 46/23]] cf. +pylche+. +plackes+, placks (Scots copper coin), 17/23. +plaise+, +plese+, please: _if you plaise ony thyng_, 5/6; _yf it you plese you_, 15/16. +plate+, breastplate, 33/33. +platers+, platters, trays, 7/30. +playne+, refl., complain, 31/12. +plete+, go to law, 47/13. +pleyers+, minstrels, 2/35. +plouier+, plover, 10/35. +polettes+, pullets, fowls, 44/2; see +poullet+. +pomyce+, pumice-stone, 47/21. +Poole+, Poland, 22/39. +porreette+, leeks, 13/3. [[error for 13/31]] +porselane+, purslain, 13/34. +Portingale+, Portugal, 23/2. +Portingalers+, Portuguese, 42/5. [[error for 43/5]] +portoses+, breviaries, 39/8. +potages+, pot-herbs, 1/16; soups or stews, 20/32. +potterye+, crockery market, 7/13. +poullet+, pullet, 10/32; see +polettes+. +pourchaced+, obtained, 38/37. +poure+, poor, 37/35. +pourpays+, porpoises, 12/2. +powches+, pouches, 41/7. +poyntels+, pencils for ruling lines, 21/34. +poyntes+, tags for dress, 21/30. [[error for 21/40]] +Poytevins+, men of Poitou, 43/5. [[error for 43/2]] +preysith+, praises, 32/26. +printed cakes+, 12/36. +pris+, price, 26/20. +proctour+, proctor, 47/9. +prouostye+, provostship, 30/11. +pryelle+, meadow, close, 45/18. +prys+, prize, 45/32. +pulter+, poulterer, 44/1. +pultrie+, poultry market, 10/30. +pursser+, purse-maker, 41/4; +pursers+, 2/28. +pybakers+, pastry cooks, 2/34. +pylche+, pelisse, 46/21; +pylches+, 9/2; cf. +pilchemaker+. +pylle+ (verb), peel (garlic), 27/7.

+quarte+ (measure: = stope), 7/27. [[error for 7/23]] +qultes paynted+, counterpanes, 6/31. [[error for 6/38]] +quysshons+, cushions, 50/10.

+rapes+, turnips, 13/36. +raye+, striped cloth, 14/39. +Raynes+, Reims, 23/9. +recche+, reck, care, 27/35; used impersonally (_me reccheth_), 27/18. +receyuour+, receiver of taxes, 44/35. +recommaunde me to+, salute for me, 5/36. +recyte+, receipts, income, 3/9. +reed+, red, 22/1. +rekenynges+, accounts, 37/1. +remeuyd+, removed, 34/20. +renomed+, notorious, 40/19. +rente+, income, 37/3. +rented+, endowed with a stipend, 23/30. +repreuud+, reproved, 33/4. +respyte+, truce, 30/4. +rightfull+, just (said of God), 47/40. +roches+, roach, 12/15. +Roen+, Rouen, 23/9. +rogettis+, red mullet, 12/5. +Romeneye+, wine of Romanée, 14/10. +royames+, kingdoms, 29/37. +ryallis nobles+ (English coin), 17/33. +rynysshe+, +rynysh+, Rhenish (wine), 14/4; (guilders), 17/31. +Ryselle+, Lille, 18/31.