Gloff. paftime, p. 15. Vid. Gaw. Dougl Schene, s. heen, Shining; Alfo Shunted. Shunned. brightness. Scho, s.. be. Schiples, s. fhipless. Schuke, s. book. Sclat, flate, p. 12, little tablebook of fates to write upon. Scomfit, difcomfit. Scot, tax, revenue. p. 5, a year's tax of the kingdom; alfo foot, reckoning. Se, fene, feying feeing. See, fees, s. fea, feas. Sek. Jack, p. 18. Sely, feely, filly, fimple. Selven, felf. Selver, filler, s. filver. Sen, s. fince. fee, feen, Senvy, mustard-feed, f. fenvie. Seve, p. 281, feven. Sey yow, p. 11, Jay to, tell you. Seyd, s. Jaw, Shave, p. 69, be fhave, been Shaven. Sheeve, fhive, a great flice or luncheon of bread, p. 245. Shirt of male, or mail, was garment for defence made all of rings of iron, worn under the coat. According to fome, the Hawberk was fo formed. Sho, s. be. a Shope, p. 273, betook me, shaped my courfe. Shorte, s. Shorten., Sich, fic, s. fuck, Sich, s. figh Side, s. long. Sindle, s. feldom. Sitteth, p. 3. fit ye. Skaith, fcath, barm mifchief. Skalk, p. 124, perhaps from the Germ. Schalck, malicious, perverfe. (Sic Dan. Skalck, Nequitia, malicia, &c. Sheringham de Angl. Orig. p. 318.)- Or perhaps from the Germ. Schalchen, to fquint. Hence our Northern word, kelly, to Squint. Skinker, one that ferves drink. Skomfit, difcomfit. Skott, hot, reckoning. Slattered, flit, broke into Splin ters. Sle, flea, fley, flo, flay. Sould, s. fuld, should. (p. 17.) Souling, p. 246. victualling. Sowle is fill ufed in the north for any thing eaten with bread. A. S. Sufle, Sufle. Job. 21. 5. (or to fowle, may be from the French word faouler " to fuff and cram, "to glut." vid. Cotgrave.) Sowne, found, p. 47. (rhythmi gr ) Spec, fpak, fpack, s. fpake. Speere, p. 135. vide locum. Speered; 402 tree, Swearde, fwerd, fword. or rather volvere, efpaule. mean P. 193, it seems to Stead, ftede, place. Stel, feel, fteilly, s. ficely. Stoup of weir, p. 104, a pillar of Scot. Sweap, to Scourge, Vid Gloff. to Gaw. Douglas. Swepyls, p. 21, A Swepyl is that faff of the flail, with which the corn is beaten out, Syns, fince, Syne, s. then Syth, fince. Syzt, fight. T. Take, p. 25, taken. * So in an old ❝ Treatyfe agaynft Peftilence, &c. 4to Emprynted "by Wynkyn de Worde:" we are exhorted to "SPERE [i. e fhut "or bar the wyndowes ayenft the fouth." fol. 5. + THE ROCK, SPINDLES, and WHORLES, are very much used in Scotland and the northern parts of Northumberland at this time, The thread for fhoe-makers, and even fome linen-webs, and all the twine of which the Tweed Salmon-nets are made, are spun upon SPINDLES. They are faid to make a more even and fmooth thread Mr. LAMBE, than Spinning-wheels. Terry, Terry, diminutive of Thierry. Theodoricus, Didericus. Lat. also of Terence. Tha, p, 22, them, Thah, though. The God, p. 25, seems contract- thee, p. 88, So may I thrive*. Thii, p. 281, they. Thi fone, p. 9, thy son. Thilke, this. Thir. s. this, thefe. Thir towmonds, s. these twelve months. Tho, then, p. 33, those, the. Thole; tholed, fuffer; suffered. Thirtti thoufent, thirty thousand. Thruch, throuch, s. through. *So in Chaucer, paffim. Canterb. Tales. Vol. I. p. 308. "God let him never THE." "Toofall of the Night," feems to be an image drawn from a fufpended canopy, folet fall as to cover what is below. [Mr, LAMBE.] War War ant wys, p. 8, wary and wife Wreake, purfue revengefully' Ward, . watch, fentinel. Warke, s work. Warld, s world. Waryd, s. accursed. Wate, s. weete, wete, witte, wot, wote, wotte. know. Weale, weel, weil, wele, s. quell Wear fu', wearifome, tiresome, difturbing. Wee, s. little. Weet, s. wet. Weid, s. wede, weed, cloaths, cloathing Weldynge, ruling. Weinde, s wende, went, weende weened, thought. Wene; weeneft, ween; weenest. Wereth, p. 276, defendeth. Wreuch, s. auretchednes. Wroust, wrought. Wynnen, quin, gain. Wiffe, p. 8, dire&t, govern, take care of. A. S. pirrian: Zacring bell, Som. Sacring bel, Zeirs, s. years. Zoud, s. you'd, you would. THE END OF THE GLOSSARY, ADDITIONAL NOTES to Book II. 405 No. VII. p. 147. The Ballad of FAIR ROSAMOND appears to have been first published in "Strange Hiftories, or Songs and Sonnets, of Kinges, Princes, Dukes, Lords, Ladyes, Knights, and Gentlemen: &c. By Thomas Delone. Lond. 1612." 4to. No. XXVI. p. 260. The hiftory of JANE SHORE receives new illuftration from the following letter of K. RICHARD III. which is preferved in the Harl. MSS. Num. 433, Art. 2378, but of which the copy tranfmitted to the Editor has been reduced to modern orthography, &c. It is faid to have been addreffed to RUSSEL bp of Lincoln, lord chancellor, Anno .1484. By the KING. : "Right Reverend Father in God, &c. fignifying unto you, that it is fhewed unto us, that our Servant and Solicitor Thomas Lynom, marvelloufly blinded and abufed with the late Wife of William Shore, now living in Ludgate by our commandment, hath made Contract of Matrimony with her, as it is faid, and intendeth, to our full great marvel, to effect the fame, WE, for many caufes, would be forry that he fhould be fo difpofed; pray you therefore to fend for him, and in that ye goodly may, exhort, and stir him to the contrary: And if ye find him utterly fet for to marry her, and none otherwife would be advertized, then, if it may ftand with the laws of the church, we be conteat the time of marriage be deferred to our coming Text to London; that upon fufficient Surety found of her good abearing, ye do fo fend for her Keeper, and difcharge him of our faid commandment, by Warrant of thefe, committing her to the rule, and guiding of her Father, or any other, by your direftion, in the mean feafon. Given, &c. "RIC. Rex." It appears from two articles in the fame MS. that K. Richard bad granted to the faid THOMAS LINOM the office of King's Solicitor (Art. 134.), and alfo the Manor of Colmeworth, com. Bedf. to him and his Heirs Male (Art. 596.) · Book |