1. generall: universal, with wide application

8. crudled: thickened, clotted, curdled

11. liuely: lifelike

3. kene: E.K.

4. gryde: E.K.

5. rontes: E.K.

6. doen: do [archaic]

7. wrigle: wriggling

8. Perke: pert, brisk, self-satisfied, assertive

8. auales: abases, humbles; lowers

10. wracke: E.K.

11. wend: 'change from one state to another'.

15. Who: he who

17. threttie: thirty

21. foeman: E.K.

22. gently: mildly, in genteel fashion

27. accord full nie: correspond exactly

28. wrye: awry, bent

32. vnwont: unaccustomed, unused

35. loytring: idling

35. heardgroomes: herdsmen, young shepherds

39. fond flyes: E.K.

43. breme: E.K.

43. chamfred: E.K.

47. accoied: E.K.

49. surquedrie: E.K.

51. skill: reasoning, knowledge

52. youngth: youth

52. spil: destroy, ruin

53. emperished: enfeebled

54. elde: E.K.

55. sicker: E.K.

55. tottie: E.K.

56. corbe: E.K.

57. lopp: small branches, prunings

61. caroll: sing joyously

62. hery: Medievalism. Cf.Nov10.

66. belt: E.K.

69. fon: E.K.

71. brag: proudly

72. smirke: neat

72. pricked: pricked up

74. lythe: E.K.

75. venteth: E.K.

77. can: studies, accepts

78. lustlesse: listless

80. Thy . . . lost: ‘Your ram has lost his sexual desire’.

80. corage: sexual appetite.

81. blowen bags: swollen udders

82. crags: Northern, Scots dialect.

83. starued: perished

85. wote thou kenst: 'know you understand'

88. witt: power of comprehending

90. stoopegallaunt: humbling

90. Greeuaunce: grief

96. well thewed: E.K.

105. disarayde: stripped of

109. mochell mast: many acorns

109. husband: farmer

110. larded: fattened

111. rine: rind, bark

114. sere: dry, withered

118. embellisht: E.K.

126. snebbe: E.K.

128. stocke: trunk; stupidity; a line of descent

131. engrained: E.K.

131. lusty: bright, vigorous

133. wast: superfluous

133. combers: troubles

134. dirks: darkens

135. accloieth: E.K.

141. adawed: E.K.

142. ouerawed: filled with awe; exulted over

145. seruewe: survey

146. in compasse rownd: all around

151. Pleaseth you ponder: 'may it please you to weigh'

154. recure: cure

155. doole: distress

156. felonous: mischievous; thievish

158. Him: himself (i.e., the husbandman)

160. painted: deceitful; feigned

166. primrose: E.K.

167. prime: spring

178. Coronall: E.K.

179. cancker wormes: caterpillars

182. flowretts: E.K.

182. defast: defaced, marred

188. greeuance: injury, oppression

195. hent: E.K.

198. Ay: E.K.

199. nould: E.K.

200. Enaunter: E.K.

207. auncient: aged; ancestor

209. crewe: E.K.

213. decay: destruction

215. blocke: tree trunk

217. In fine: in the end

236. brouzed: bruised

242. graffed: grafted

242. breche: breeches, or buttocks

243. frorne: frozen

244. galage: E.K.

248. Jddio . . . essempio: E.K.

48. Icon or Hypotyposis: picture or type; image or pattern

86. startuppe: short rustic boot

99. counterbuff: counter-strike, rebuff