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The Hye Way to the Spytell Hous choose

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[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Cii: Then gooth his knaue to a town to bye / These drogges that be not worth a torde.
at not worth a turd, phr.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Diii: Lechours, fornycatours, and aduouterers, / Incestes, harlots, bawdes and bolsterers, / Applesquyers, entycers, and rauyshers, / These to our place haue dayly herbegers.
at apple squire (n.) under apple, n.1
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Cii: For by lettres they name them as they be / P. a Pardoner; Clewner a C. / R. a Roger; A an Aurium, and a Sapient, S.
at aurium, n.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Eiii: For the bene bouse my watch hath a wyn.
at bene bouse (n.) under bene, adj.
[UK] Copland Hye Way to Spytell Hous lines 267-8: Than to theyr lodgynge they do take theyr way / In to some aley lane or blynde hostry.
at blind alehouse (n.) under blind, adj.1
[UK] R. Copland Hye Way to the Spyttel House line 1052: For the bene bouse my watch hath a coyn.
at bouse, n.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Eiii: Come none of these pedlers this way also, / With pak on bak, with theyr bousy speche / Jagged and ragged with broken hose and breche.
at bousy, adj.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Eiiii: The sisterhod of drabbess, sluttess and callets / Do here resorte, with thyr bagets and wallets.
at callet, n.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Ciiii: They wyl medle in euery mans matter And of other folkes dedes dooth alway clatter.
at clatter, v.1
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Biiii: Syr, yet there is another company / Of the same sect, that lyue more subtylly / And be in maner as mayster wardayns / To whome these Rogers obey as capytayns / And be named Clewners, as I here say.
at clewner, n.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Eiii: Come any maryners hyther of Cok lorels bote?
at cock lorel, n.
[UK] R. Copland Hye Way to the Spyttel House line 1046: Inow, ynow: with bousy coue maimed nace Teare the patryng coue in the darkman cace.
at cove, n.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Di: Rufflers and masterles men that cannot werke / And slepeth by day, and walketh in the derke [...] Swerynge and crakynge an easy lyfe to lede.
at crack, v.1
[UK] R. Copland Hye Way to the Spyttel House Biii: The hang man shall lede the daunce at the ende .
at dance, n.1
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Eiii: I now, ynow; with bousy coune maund nace / Toure the patryng coue in the darkman cace.
at darkmans, n.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Eiii: Toure the patryng coue in the darkman cace / Docked the dell for a coper meke.
at dell, n.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Eiii: Toure the patryng coue in the darkman cace / Docked the dell for a coper meke.
at dock, v.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Eiii: His watch shall feng a prounces nobchete.
at feng, v.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Eiii: And thus they babble, tyll theyr thryft is thyn / I wote not what with their pedlyng frenche.
at pedlar’s French, n.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House in Judges (1930) 8: And if any ax what countrymen they be [...] Or where they list to gab and rail.
at gab, v.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Eiii: Cyarum by salmon and thou shalt pek my iere / In thy gan for my watch it is nace gere.
at gan, n.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Aiiii: Mychers, hedgecrepers [...] lewtryng and wandryng fro place to place.
at hedge-creeper (n.) under hedge, adj.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Eiii: Cyarum by salmon and thou shalt pek my iere / In thy gan for my watch it is nace gere.
at jere, n.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Bii: Ah jesu mercy, what man coud coniect / The mysery of suche a wretched sect.
at Jesus!, excl.
[UK] R. Copland Hye Way to the Spyttel House line 298: They wyll hym rob, and fro his good hym lyft.
at lift, v.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Bii: Some beggearly churles to whome they resort / Be the maynteners of a great sorte / Of myghty lubbers.
at lubber, n.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Eiii: Toure the patryng coue in the darkman cace / Docked the dell for a coper meke.
at make, n.1
[UK] R. Copland Hye Way to the Spyttel House Eiii: His watch shall feng a prounces nobchete.
at nab cheat (n.) under nab, n.1
[UK] R. Copland Hye Way to the Spyttel House line 360: There they reuell as vnthryfty braggers, With horyble othes swerynge as they were wood, Armes, nayles, woundes] .
at nails!, excl.
[UK] R. Copland Hye way to the Spyttel House Eiii: I now, ynow; with bousy coune maund nace.
at nase, adj.
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