Part 40 (2/2)
2487. _bygown_, begun. In the next line Stevenson has _sown_; but the true reading is _Rown_, run; as in l. 2820.
2492. _barnag_, baronage, n.o.bility.
P. 74, l. 2522. _but dulay_, without delay; _the_, they.
2524. _thar com_, their coming.
2530. _in the dogre_, in its (due) degree.
P. 75, l. 2545. _Or that_, ere that.
2552. _he and hate_, high and hot.
2558. _the can_, they began.
P. 76, l. 2574. _hyme mak_, prepare himself; or perhaps simply, make (for the field), go.
2582. _helmys last_; _last_ clearly means _laced_; see l. 2250.
2594. _?hit_, although.
2599. _dout_, fear.
2600. _is a.s.semblit_, made an attack. The peculiar use of _a.s.semble_ must always be borne in mind.
2601. _erd_, earth.
P. 77, l. 2612. _found till gwyans_, go to Gwyans.
2614. _til esquyris thei sewyt_, after Esquyris they followed.
2619. _one to the melle socht_, made their way to the melee.
2627. _don bore_, borne down.
2630. Fifty thousand. It would appear that Galiot had 40,000, of whom 10,000 were held _in reserve_; so that in l. 2632 only 30,000 are mentioned. See l. 2569, 2647.
P. 78, l. 2646. _ten_, sorrow, vexation.
2656. _resauf_, receive.
2663. _at thar come_, at their coming; _led_, put down.
2670. _biding one the bent_, abide on the gra.s.sy plain.
P. 79, l. 2679. ”That, despite their efforts, they must needs retire.”
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