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Timkin. diminutive of Timothy. Tint. s. loft.

Too fall. s. p. 372. twilight. Traiterye. treafon.

Trie. s. tre. tree.

Trichard. treacherous. f. tri

cheur.

Triethen. trick, deceive. Trough, trouth. trotb. Trow. think, believe, truf. Trumped. p. 16. boafted, told bragging lies, lying flories. So in the North they say, "That's a trump," i. e. a lie." She goes about trumping'; i. e. telling lies. Trumps made of tree. p. 21. perhaps "wooden trumpets:" mufical inftruments fit enough for a mock turnament. Tuke gude keip. s. kept a clofe eye upon her.

Turnes a crab. fc. at the fire: roafts a crab. Twirtle twift. s. p. 99. thoroughly twifed: “ twisted,” or "twirled twift." f. tortillè.

V.

Vair. Somerfetfb. Dialed. fair.
Valziant. s. valiant.
Vazem. Som. perhaps, faith.
Uch. each.

Vive. p. 277. Som. five.
Uncertain. 8. p. 73. doubtful.
or perhaps, on (i. e. in) cer-
tain, for certain.
Unmufit. s. undisturbed, uncon-
founded. perb. unmuvit.
Unfonfie. s. unlucky, unfortu-

nate.

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Wa.s.p.95.way.p.213. wall.

Wad. s. would.
Waine. waggon.
Wallowit. s. faded, withered.
Wame. s. womb.

wary and

Wan neir. s. drew near. Wanrufe. s. uneasy. War ant wys. p. 8. wife. Ward. s. watch, fentinel. Warke. s. work. Warld. s. world. Waryd. s. accursed. Wate. s. weete, wete, wit, witte, wot, wote, wotte. know.

Weale, weel, weil, wele. s. well.

Wearifou. wearisome, tire-
fome, difturbing.
Wee. s. little.
Weet. s. wet.

Weid. s. wede, weed. cloaths, clothing.

We it. s. p. 98. with it.
Weldynge. ruling.

Weind. s.wende,went,weende. weened, thought.

Wene; weneft. ween; weeneft.
Wend, wenden. go.
Wende. went. p. 9. wendeth.
goeth.
Wer. were.

Wereth. p. 272. defendeth. Werre: weir. s. war. Waris. s. war's.

Wes.

Wes. was.

Weftlin. s. weftern.
Whang. s. a large flice.
Wheder. p. 30. whither.
Whelyng. wheeling.

Whig. four whey, or buttermilk.

Whorles. See Spindles.

Wildings. wild apples.
Winfome. s. agreeable, en-
gaging.
Win. s. get, gain.
Wirke wiflier. work more
wifely.

Wifpes and kixes.p.23. whifpes
and kexes.
Wifs; wift. know; knew.
Withouten. without.
Wobfter. s. webfter. weaver.
Wode-ward. p. 37. towards

the wood.

Woe worth. woe be to [thee.]
Won, wont, ufage.
Wonders. wonderous.
Wood. mad, furious.
Wote, wot. know. I wote.
verily.
Worshipfully frended. p. 253.
of warshipful friends.
Wow. An exclamation of won-
der.

Wreake. pursue revengefully.
Wreuch. s. wretchedness.
Wrouzt. wrought.
Wynnen. win, gain.
Wiffe. p. 8. direct, govern, take
care of. A. S. pirrian:

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Y-core. chofen.

Y-wis. [I know] verily,
Y-zote. molten. melted.
Yalping. s. yelping.
Ycholde, yef. I should, if..
Yearded, p. 276. buried.
Yede, yode. went.
Yfere. together.
Yf. if.
Yll. ill.

Yn. house, home.
Ys. p. 10. is. p. 4. his. p. 8..
in bis.

Z. Zacring bell. Sam. Sacring bell., a little bell rung to give notice of the elevation of the hoft (It is Zeering in PCC. p.290.) Zee: zeene. Som. fee: Seen. Zef. yef. if.

Zeirs. s. years.

Zeme. take care of. A. S.
zeman.

Zent. through. A. S. zeond,
Zeftrene. s. yefter-e'en.
Zit. s. zet. yet.

Zoud. s. you'd, you would
Zule. s. yule. christmas.
Zung. s. young.

POST-SCRIPT.

Since page 166 was printed off, reafons have offered, which lead us to think that the word FIT, originally fignified "a po

ss. etic.

"etic frain, verse," or " poem"; for in these fenfes it is ufed by the Anglo-Saxon writers. Thus K. Alfred in his Boetius, having given a verfim of lib. 3. metr. 5. adds, Dare pirdom tha thar fitte arungen hæfde, p. 65. ie. "When "wifdom bad fung thefe [FITTS] verfes." And in the Proem. to the fame book Fon on fitte, Put into [FITT] verse.”

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So in Cedmon, p. 45. Feond on firre, seems to mean compofed a fong, 01 poem."

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Spenfer has used the fame word to denote "a ftrain of "music" fee bis poem, intitled COLLIN Clout's come home again, where he fays, The Shepherd of the ocean [Sir Walt. Raleigh] Provoked me to play fome pleafant FIT,

And when he heard the mufic which I made

He found himself full greatlye pleas'd at it, &c.

From being applied to Mufic, this word was easily transferred to Dancing; thus in the old play of Lusty Juventus (see p. 112.) Juventus fays,

By the maffe I would fayne go daunce a FITTE. And from being used as a Part or Divifion in a Ballad, Poem, &c. it is applied by BALE to a Section or Chapter in a Book, (though I believe in a fenfe of ridicule or sarcasm) f.r thus he intitles two Chapters of his Englysh Votarpes, pt. 2d. viz.-fol. 49. "The fyrft FYTT of Antelme with Kynge Wyllyam Rufus. fol. 50. "An other FYTT of Anfelme with kynge Wyllyam Rufus.”

Other inftances may be feen in the foregoing volume. See the Gloffary.

THE END OE THE GLOSSARY.

ADDITIONAL NOTES.

Page 1.

The fatirical Ballad on RICHARD OF ALMAIGNE will rife in its importance with the curious Reader, when he finds, that it is even believed to have occafioned a Lavs in our Ștatute Book, viz. " Against flanderous reports or tales, to "caufe difcord betwixt king and people." (WESTM. PRIMER, C. 34. anno 3. Edw. I.) " And that it had this

effect

effect is the opinion of an eminent Lawyer: See "Obferva"tions upon the Statutes, chiefly the more Ancient, &c." 4to. 2d Edit. 1766. p. 71.

If the very learned and ingenious Writer would examine the Original MS. in the Harl. Collection, whence our Ballad was extracted, he would, I believe, find other fatirical and defamatory rhymes of the fame age, that might have had their fhare in contributing to this first Law against Libels.

Page 26.

The Poem of the NUTBROWNE MAYD was firft revived in "The Mufes Mercury for June, 1707." 4to. being prefaced with a little " Effay on the old English Poets and Po66 etry: " in which this poem is concluded to be “ near 300 "years old," upon reafons, which, though they appear inconclufive to us now, were fufficient to determine Prior; whe there firft met with it. However, this opinion had the approbation of the learned WANLEY, an excellent judge of ancient books.

Page 28.

An ingenious friend propofes to read the first lines thus, as a latinifm:

Be it right or wrong, 'tis men among,

On women to complayne.

Page 78.

To fhew what conftant tribute was paid to OUR LADY WALSINGHAM, I shall give a few extracts from the ancient MS. of the " Establishment of the Household of HENRY V. Earl of Northumberland." (Vid. Vol. I.

P: 367.)

Sect. XLIV.

ITEM, My Lorde ufith yerly to fende afore Michaelmas for bis Lordship's Offerynge to our Lady of Walfyngeham. iiij d

ITEM, My Lorde ufith and accuftomyth to fend yerely for the upholdynge of the Light of Wax which his Lordship fyndeth birnyng yerly befor our Lady of Walfyngham, conteinynge vj lb. of Wax in it, after vj d. ob. for the fyndynge of every lb. redy wrought by a covenant maid with the Chanon

Chanon by great, for the hole yere, for the findinge of the faid Lyght byrnynge, vjs. viij d.

ITEM, My Lord ufeth and accuftometh to fend yerely to the Chanen that kepith the Light before our Lady of Walfyngham, for his reward for the hole yere, for kepynge of the faid Light, lyghtynge of it at all fervice tymes dayly thorout the yere, xij d.

ITEM, My Lord ufeth and accuftomyth yerely to fende to the Preft that kepith the Light, lyghtynge of it at all fervice tymes daily thorout the yere, iij s. iiij d.

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Page 256.

An original Picture of JANE SHORE almost naked is preferved in the Provost's Lodgings at Eton; and another picture of her is in the Provost's Lodge at King's College Cambridge: to both which foundations fhe is fuppofed to have done friendly offices with EDWARD IV. A small quarto Mezzotinto Print was taken from the former of these by J. FABER.

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