Preface Notes And Glossary

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 edition. Excerpt: ... Weber, 1. 3482, we have--' The armure he dude on his lithe, ' i. e. on his body. Corresponding to the A.S. llta, we have 'inn an manness like, ' in the form of a man, Ormulum, 5813; 'ine the lithe of man;' Shoreham's Poems, ed. Wright, p. 20, 1. 3. '-----(b. 10. 7.) And bannedhim, and severely rebuked him b; forhi: beere, for his noisiness, or loudness of speech a. 7. 'Nolite dare sanctum canibus, neque mittatis margaritas uestras ante porcos, ' Matt. vii. 6; where the Greek text has phpyapi-ras. The expression 'margery-pearl' is therefore a reduplicated one; it occurs again in Palsgrave, who has----'Margery-perle, natle.' See also Wyclifs description of margarz'tes; Works, i. 286. 8. Repeated below (see 1. 82); where 'haws ' are explained to mean pleasure and love of the world.. 9. ' Draff would be more acceptable to them.' In Skelton's Elinor Rummyng, ll. 170, 171, we have: 'Get me a stalfe, The swyne eate my drafie.' Mr. Dyce seems uncertain whether it means a. coarse liquor, i. e.hogwasl1i or brewers' grains. It is a general term for refuse, and also bears the meaning of husks and chaff, the refuse of thrashed corn; which may be intended here. See Mr. Way's note on 'Draffe ' in the Prompt. Parv.; where he cites Chaucer's 'Why shuld I sowen draf out of my fist' (Persones Prol.), and the expression 'draf-sak' in the Reve's Tale. ' Still swine eat all the draft" is a common proverb, and is cited by Shakespeare; Merry Wives, iv. 2. 105. ' that grow in Paradise' b; or, ' pearls, that grow in Paradise' a. The allusion to Paradise...

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