See Legends of the Holy Rood, ed. Morris, pp. 170, 171; Mrs. Jameson's Sacred and Legendary Art, ii. 269; Lady Eastlake's History of our Lord, i. 41; Rock, Church of our Fathers, iii. pt. i. p. 438; and the picture of the vernicle in Chambers, Book of Days, i. 101.
687. _Bret-ful of pardon_, brim-full (top-full, full to the top) of indulgences. Cf. Swed. _bräddfull_, brimful; from _brädd_, a brim. See A. 2164; Ho. of Fame, 2123.
692. _fro Berwik_, from Berwick to Ware (in Hertfordshire), from North to South of England. See the similar phrase--'From Barwick to Dover, three hundred miles over'--in Pegge's Kenticisms (E. D. S.), p. 70.
_pilwebeer_, pillow-case. Cf. Low. G. _büren_, a case (for a pillow), Icel. _ver_, Dan. _vaar_, a cover for a pillow. The form _pillow-bear_ occurs as a Cheshire word as late as 1782; N. and Q. 6 S. xii. 217.
696. _gobet_, a small portion; O. F. _gobet_, a morsel; _gober_, to devour.
698. _hente_, caught hold of; from A. S. _hentan_, to seize.
699. 'A cross made of _latoun_, set full of (probably counterfeit) precious stones.' _Latoun_ was a mixed metal, of the same colour as, and closely resembling, the modern metal called _pinchbeck_, from the name of the inventor. It was chiefly composed of copper and zinc. See further in the note to C. 350; and cf. F. 1245.
701. Cf. Wyclif's Works, ed. Matthew, p. 154; and the note to C. 349.
702. _up-on lond_, in the country. Country people used to be called _uplondish men_. _Jack Upland_ is the name of a satire against the friars.
705, 706. _Iapes_, deceits, tricks. _his apes_, his dupes; cf. A. 3389. [57]
710. _alder-best_, best of all; _alder_ is a later form of _aller_, from A. S. _ealra_, of all, gen. pl. of _eal_, all. See ll. 586, 823.
712. _affyle_, file down, make smooth. Cf. 'affile His tunge'; Gower, C. A. i. 296; 'gan newe his tunge affyle,' Troil. ii. 1681; 'his tongue [is] _filed_'; Love's Labour's Lost, v. i. 12. So also Spenser, F. Q. i. 1. 35; iii. 2. 12; Skelton, Colin Clout, 852.
716. _Thestat_, _tharray_ = the estate, the array: the coalescence of the article with the noun is very common in Middle English.
719. _highte_, was named; cf. A. S. _h[=a]tan_, (1) to call, (2) to be called, to be named (with a passive sense).