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.^6^NOTES.not to serve the purpose of it, and was also used as an exterior garmentby pages when they wailed on the nobility.'— Sti-utt, Dress and Habits,349. When Jane Shore did penance, she was * out of all array save herkirtle only.'—Holinshed, p. 1135; ed 1577. But the word kirde seemsto have been really used in two distinct senses, sometimes for the jacket,and sometimes for the train or upper petticoat attached to it. SeeGifford's note to Ben Jonson's Cynthia's Revels (Jonson's Works, ii. 260),and Dyce's note in Skelton's Works, ii. 149.242. Euelles, e%il-less; but there seems little force in this epithet, and1 feel sure the reading is corrupt. The other readings are no better.247. * It is merely a pardoner's trick ; test and try it !'252. An allusion to the reputation of the Dominicans for scholasticlearning.256. ' Three popes, John XXI, Innocent V, and Benedict XI, were alltaken from the order of Black Friars, between a.d. 12 76- 1303.'—Massingberd,Eng. Ref. p. 117.263. In lyknes, by way of parable.342. On leuest, believest in.345,Halt, holdeth ; so we find rit for rideth,_;^n/ for findeth, &c.347. Letten but werchen, prevent him from working.350. For tbei ben, whether they be ; on to trosten, to trust in.531. * I would requite thee with thy reward, according to my power.'355.heaven.'' They are as disdainful as Lucifer, that (for his pride) falls fromPerhaps we should read droppede.356. ' With their hearts (full) of haughtiness, (see) how they hallowchurches, and deal in divinity as dogs treat bones.'358. He had i-made many a ' fair mariage.'—Chaucer, Prol. 1. 212.360. In the Complaint of the Ploughman, it is said of the Pope that'He maketh bishops for earthly tbanke,And no thing at all for Christ[e]s sake.'The context shews that earthly tbanke means a bribe.Political Poems, vol. i. p 315.361. 'They wish for honours :— only look at their deeds (and you'llsee proofs of it).'362. I have no doubt, from the context, that these goings-on of thefriars at Hertford mean that they cajoled Richard II and his relativesinto granting them money. There was no house of the Black Friars atHertford itself (there was one of Black Monks), but the allusion is doubtlessto their famous convent at King's Langley, in Hertfordshire, therichest (says Dugdale) in all England. Richard II made no less thanthree grants to it, and it received large sums from Edmund de Langley(who was bom in that town), and from Edmund's first wife. ' And 'tis
. PERES THE PLOWMANS CREDE. 363said that this great Lady, having been somewhat wanton in her youngeryears, became an hearty Penitent, and departed this life mvio 1394, 17R. II, and was buried in this church' (the church of the Black Friars'convent).— Chauncy's Hertfordsh., p. 545. Edmund de Langley wasalso buried here, and so was the king himself. The custom was, tobequeath one's body to a convent for burial, and to bequeath a largesum of money to it at the same time; see 11. 408-417. It should benoted, too, that Richard often held a royal Christmas at Langley ; hedid so certainly in 1392, and again in 1394; see Stow's and Capgrave'sChronicles.This, doubtless, gave the Friars excellent opportunities.365. See Glossary, s. v. Clawe)?.366, ' God grant they lead them well, in heavenly living, and cajole themnot for their own advantage, to the peril of their (the kings') souls.'374. Lefte, remained.375. Digne, disdainful; hence, repulsive; but there is not often muchlogical sequence or connection in proverbs of this sort. Yet that this isthe right explanation' is evident from Chaucer ; see the Glossary.378. Als as, all so as, i. e. just as if.379. Leesinges lyeth, lie their lies.383. See note to 1. 153. The friar in the Sompnoures Tale seems tohave been a Carmelite ; see Somp, Tale, 1. 416.387. By lybbeth, live by.388. We know of no ' subtlety, Christ knows the truth.'393. And, if.401. To wynnen withe my fode, to earn my food with.402. Lerne, teach ; commonin provincial English.405. ' Catus amat pisces, sed non vult tingere plantam ;' see Macbeth,act. i. sc. 7, 1. 45.406, So— parted, are not given away in that manner.409. Carefully compare the death-bed scene described fully in Massingberd'sEng. Ref. pp. 165-168 ;'and see also Chaucer's Sompnoures Tale.Si dives in patria quisquis infirmetur,lUuc frater properans et currens moneturEt statim cum venerit infirmo loquetur,Ut cadaver mortuum fratribus donetur.'Political Poems, vol. i. p. 257.415. ' It is God's forbidding but that she die while she is in a mind toshare her wealth among us ; God let her live no longer, for our letters(of confraternity) are so numerous.' Rich people could buy letters orcharters of fraternization; see Massingberd, Eng. Ref. p. 118. It wasof course inconvenient that those who had obtained these letters shouldlive long afterwards.
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.^6^NOTES.not <strong>to</strong> serve <strong>the</strong> purpose <strong>of</strong> it, and was also used as an exterior garmentby pages when <strong>the</strong>y wailed on <strong>the</strong> nobility.'— Sti-utt, Dress and Habits,349. When Jane Shore did penance, she was * out <strong>of</strong> all array save herkirtle only.'—Holinshed, p. 1135; ed 1577. But <strong>the</strong> word kirde seems<strong>to</strong> have been really used in two distinct senses, sometimes for <strong>the</strong> jacket,and sometimes for <strong>the</strong> train or upper petticoat attached <strong>to</strong> it. SeeGifford's note <strong>to</strong> Ben Jonson's Cynthia's Revels (Jonson's Works, ii. 260),and Dyce's note in Skel<strong>to</strong>n's Works, ii. 149.242. Euelles, e%il-less; but <strong>the</strong>re seems little force in this epi<strong>the</strong>t, and1 feel sure <strong>the</strong> reading is corrupt. The o<strong>the</strong>r readings are no better.247. * It is merely a pardoner's trick ; test and try it !'252. An allusion <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> reputation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Dominicans for scholasticlearning.256. ' Three popes, John XXI, Innocent V, and Benedict XI, were alltaken <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> order <strong>of</strong> Black Friars, between a.d. 12 76- 1303.'—Massingberd,Eng. Ref. p. 117.263. In lyknes, by way <strong>of</strong> parable.342. On leuest, believest in.345,Halt, holdeth ; so we find rit for rideth,_;^n/ for findeth, &c.347. Letten but werchen, prevent him <strong>from</strong> working.350. For tbei ben, whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong>y be ; on <strong>to</strong> trosten, <strong>to</strong> trust in.531. * I would requite <strong>the</strong>e with thy reward, according <strong>to</strong> my power.'355.heaven.'' They are as disdainful as Lucifer, that (for his pride) falls <strong>from</strong>Perhaps we should read droppede.356. ' With <strong>the</strong>ir hearts (full) <strong>of</strong> haughtiness, (see) how <strong>the</strong>y hallowchurches, and deal in divinity as dogs treat bones.'358. He had i-made many a ' fair mariage.'—Chaucer, Prol. 1. 212.360. In <strong>the</strong> Complaint <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ploughman, it is said <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pope that'He maketh bishops for earthly tbanke,And no thing at all for Christ[e]s sake.'The context shews that earthly tbanke means a bribe.Political Poems, vol. i. p 315.361. 'They wish for honours :— only look at <strong>the</strong>ir deeds (and you'llsee pro<strong>of</strong>s <strong>of</strong> it).'362. I have no doubt, <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> context, that <strong>the</strong>se goings-on <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>friars at Hertford mean that <strong>the</strong>y cajoled Richard II and his relativesin<strong>to</strong> granting <strong>the</strong>m money. There was no house <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Black Friars atHertford itself (<strong>the</strong>re was one <strong>of</strong> Black Monks), but <strong>the</strong> allusion is doubtless<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir famous convent at King's Langley, in Hertfordshire, <strong>the</strong>richest (says Dugdale) in all England. Richard II made no less thanthree grants <strong>to</strong> it, and it received large sums <strong>from</strong> Edmund de Langley(who was bom in that <strong>to</strong>wn), and <strong>from</strong> Edmund's first wife. ' And 'tis
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