41. Hail, purifyet perle! Haile, port of paradyse! = Hail, pearl of purity! Hail, gate of Paradise! Cp. "Virgo salve, per quam valvæ cœli patent miseris." -'Daniel,' ii. p. 373, App. Ixiv. 1. Gladethe, &c. = Be glad or rejoice, thou Queen of Scotland! Gladethe is the imp. 17-23. Of thi fair fegour, &c. Cp. Burns Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, 0: And then she made the lasses, O." -'Green grow the Rashes.' 36. Moir semely, &c. = More beautiful to look on than the sapphire. LXXXVIII.—LONDON, THOU ART OF TOWNES A PER SE. MS. Cotton, Vitellius, A. xvi. fol. 200a., fol. 201a. 1-24. London, &c. Cp. Lydgate 'Of vij thingis I prayse this cité, Of trew menyng and ffeythefulle observaunce Of rightewissnes, trouthe and equité, Off stabylnes, ay kept in lyegeaunce, And ffor of vertu thou hast such suffisaunce, In this land here and other landes alle, The kynges chamber of custum men it call." -'Entry of Henry the Sixth into London,' p. 21. 9-12. Gladdith, &c. Cp. Lydgate "Be glad, O London, be glad and make grete joy! In thi beginning callyd new Troy." -'Entry of Henry the Sixth into London,' p. 21. LXXXIX.-NOW FAYRE, FAYREST OFF EVERY FAYRE. MS. Appendix to Royal MSS., No. 58, fol. 156. XC.-O SYNFULL MAN, THIR AR THE FOURTY DAYIS. MS. Arundel, 285, fol. 161. EDITIONS. L., with the title 'Maner of passing to Confession,' vol. i. pp. 225227; notes, vol. ii. pp. 364, 365. POEMS ATTRIBUTED TO DUNBAR. I. THE FREIRIS OF BERWIK. MS. M. and B. B. contains 567 lines and M. 556 lines. The one contains lines omitted by the other. EDITIONS. Aberdeen, with the title 'The Merrie Historie of the Thrie Friers of Berwicke.' Printed at Aberdene, by Edvvard Raban, For David Melvill, 1622, 4to, pp. 19. Pn., text, with the title 'The Freirs of Berwik,' and with the addition, "A Tale supposit to be writtin be Dunbar," vol. i. pp. 65-85; and notes, vol. ii. pp. 394-407. S., with the title 'The Freirs of Berwik, a Tale,' vol. ii. pp. 372-390. L., text, with the title 'The Freiris of Berwik,' vol. ii. pp. 3-23; and notes, pp. 372-390. REFERENCES. Pinkerton, "As it befell,' &c. . . being the Tale of The Freirs of Berwik," vol. ii. p. 443; and 'The Freirs of Berwik,' p. 481. Irving, vol. i. pp. 402, 417, with quotations, ll. 75-81, p. 419; ll. 115-154, p. 420; II. 263-296, pp. 422, 423; II. 337-348, p. 423; II. 479-494, P. 424 11. 504-507, p. 425; 11. 523-533, 542-567, pp. 425, 426. Ellis, vol. i. p. 385. Irving (Scotish Poetry,' 1861), pp. 291-298, with quotations: 11. 1-26, pp. 291, 292; ll. 75-81, pp. 292, 293; ll. 115-154, pp. 293, 294; 11. 263-296, pp. 294, 295; 11. 337-358, pp. 295, 296; 11. 479-507, pp. 296, 297; and ll. 523-567, pp. 297, 298. 1. As it befell, &c. = As it befell and took place in deed or in truth. 10. And dowbill stankis=And double ditches. Stank-ditch, M. Lat. stagna, O.Fr. estanche, estang. "1489. Item, the ix day of Aprile, in Striuelin, to Rob Lile to the stankis casting, v ti. Item [the x day of Aprile], to Schir Johne Ramsay, he gaif the stankis castaris in Striuelin, be the Kingis command, ix s."—'Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer,' vol. i. p. 386. 11. And syne the castell, &c.=' The Castle of Berwick was built by Henry II. when the town was given up by the Scots as a pledge for payment of the ransom of William, King of Scotland. Froissart says: “Le chastel est moult bel et fort, au dehors de la cité." See Leslie's 'History of Scotland' (S.T.S.), vol. i. pp. 10, 1I. = 12. With strait towris, &c. With towers difficult to climb and turrets very high. Strait steep, hence difficult to climb. "A strait brae" is still a common expression. He on hicht-High in height -i.e., very high. 23. The grit croce kirk, and eik the Masone Dew= The church of the Great Cross, and also the Hospital. Masone Dew= Maison Dieu, house of God-a common name for a hospital. 51. Swa wynnit thair, &c. =So there dwelt there without the town in a fair manner a wonderfully good inn-keeper. Wyn=dwell. A.S. wunian. Usual form, won. Barbour uses the word "For his Sibmen wonnyt thar-by." -' Bruce,' iii. 1. 403. Hostillar one who keeps an inn. O.Fr. hostel. James V. passed an Act entitled, "For hostellares and travellers in the Cuntrie."-" Hostellares baith to Burgh and to lande. . . . To haue honest chalmers and bedding, for receiving of all passengers and strangers, passand and trawelland throw the Realme, weill and honestlie accultered, with gude and sufficiente stables, with heck and manger, corne, haye, and straa for their horse; fleshe, fishe, breade and ale, with vther furnishing for travelloures, to be saulde vpon ane competent price, and sicklike stuffe, as is sauld commonly in the countrie about, quhair sic hostellares dwellis."-P. 4, c. 17. By the same Act the prices to be charged were to be fixed yearly. See 'Satire on Edinburgh,' note, ll. 64, 65. 130. Quhair he micht ische=By which he might go out. Ische-to go out, to come out. O.Fr. issir; Lat. exire. Barbour uses the word "And bad Schr Amery Isch to fycht." -Bruce,' ii. 1. 248. 133. How scho the fyre cowld beit-How she could repair or mend the fire. 143. Scho cleithis hir in a kirtill. Kirtilla close-fitting garment covering the whole body, over which the gown was worn. A.S. cyrtel. VOL. III. 2 B |