Chapter V: Part 5

Some lions be short with crisp hair and mane, and these lions fight not; and some lions have simple hair of mane, and those lions have sharp and fierce hearts, and by their foreheads and tails their virtue is known in the beast, and their stedfastness in the head: and when they be beset with hunters, then they behold the earth, for to dread the less the hunters and their gins, that them have beset about: and he dreadeth noise and rushing of wheels, but he dreadeth fire much more. And when they sleep their eyes wake: and when they go forth or about, they hele and hide their fores and steps, for hunters should not find them.... It is the kind of lions, not to be wroth with man, but if they be grieved or hurt. Also their mercy is known by many and oft examples: for they spare them that lie on the ground, and suffer them to pass homeward that were prisoners and come out of thraldom, and eat not a man or slay him but in great hunger. Pliny saith that the lion is in most gentleness and nobility, when his neck and shoulders be heled with hair and main. And he that is gendered of the pard, lacketh that nobility. The lion knoweth by smell, if the pard gendereth with the lioness, and reseth against the lioness that breaketh spousehood, and punisheth her full sore, but if she wash her in a river, and then it is not known. The lion liveth most long, and that is known by working and wasting of his teeth: and when in age he reseth on a man: for his virtue and might faileth to pursue great beasts and wild. And then he besiegeth cities to ransom and to take men: but when the lions be taken, then they be hanged, for other lions should dread such manner pain. The old lion reseth woodly on men, and only grunteth on women, and reseth seldom on children, but in great hunger.... In peril the lion is most gentle and noble, for when he is pursued with hounds and with hunters, the lion lurketh not nor hideth himself, but sitteth in fields where he may be seen, and arrayeth himself to defence. And runneth out of wood and covert with swift running and course, as though he would account vile shame to lurk and to hide himself. And he hideth himself not for dread that he hath, but he dreadeth himself sometime, only for he would not be dreaded. And when he pursueth man or beast in lands, then he leapeth when he reseth on him. When he is wounded, he taketh wonderly heed, and knoweth them that him first smiteth, and reseth on the smiter, though he be never in so great multitude: and if a man shoot at him, the lion chaseth him and throweth him down, and woundeth him not, nor hurteth him.... He hideth himself in high mountains, and espieth from thence his prey. And when he seeth his prey he roareth full loud, and at the voice of him other beasts dread and stint suddenly: and he maketh a circle all about them with his tail, and all the beasts dread to pass out over the line of the circle, and the beasts stand astonied and afraid, as it were abiding the hest and commandment of their king.... And he is ashamed to eat alone the prey that he taketh; therefore of his grace of free heart, he leaveth some of his prey to other beasts that follow him afar.... And the lion is hunted in this wise: One double cave is made one fast by that other, and in the second cave is set a whiche, that closeth full soon when it is touched: and in the first den and cave is a lamb set, and the lion leapeth therein, when he is an hungered, for to take the lamb. And when he seeth that he may not break out of the den, he is ashamed that he is beguiled, and would enter in to the second den to lurk there, and falleth smell, if the pard gendereth with the lioness, and reseth against the lioness that breaketh spousehood, and punisheth her full sore, but if she wash her in a river, and then it is not known. The lion liveth most long, and that is known by working and wasting of his teeth: and when in age he reseth on a man: for his virtue and might faileth to pursue great beasts and wild. And then he besiegeth cities to ransom and to take men: but when the lions be taken, then they be hanged, for other lions should dread such manner pain. The old lion reseth woodly on men, and only grunteth on women, and reseth seldom on children, but in great hunger.... In peril the lion is most gentle and noble, for when he is pursued with hounds and with hunters, the lion lurketh not nor hideth himself, but sitteth in fields where he may be seen, and arrayeth himself to defence. And runneth out of wood and covert with swift running and course, as though he would account vile shame to lurk and to hide himself. And he hideth himself not for dread that he hath, but he dreadeth himself sometime, only for he would not be dreaded. And when he pursueth man or beast in lands, then he leapeth when he reseth on him. When he is wounded, he taketh wonderly heed, and knoweth them that him first smiteth, and reseth on the smiter, though he be never in so great multitude: and if a man shoot at him, the lion chaseth him and throweth him down, and woundeth him not, nor hurteth him.... He hideth himself in high mountains, and espieth from thence his prey. And when he seeth his prey he roareth full loud, and at the voice of him other beasts dread and stint suddenly: and he maketh a circle all about them with his tail, and all the beasts dread to pass out over the line of the circle, and the beasts stand astonied and afraid, as it were abiding the hest and commandment of their king.... And he is ashamed to eat alone the prey that he taketh; therefore of his grace of free heart, he leaveth some of his prey to other beasts that follow him afar.... And the lion is hunted in this wise: One double cave is made one fast by that other, and in the second cave is set a whiche, that closeth full soon when it is touched: and in the first den and cave is a lamb set, and the lion leapeth therein, when he is an hungered, for to take the lamb. And when he seeth that he may not break out of the den, he is ashamed that he is beguiled, and would enter in to the second den to lurk there, and falleth into it, and it closeth anon as he is in, and letteth him not pass out thereof, but keepeth him fast therein, until he be taken out and bound with chains till he be tame.... The lion is cruel and wood when he is wroth, and biteth and grieveth himself for indignation, and gnasheth with his teeth, and namely when he hungreth, and spieth and lieth in wait, to take beasts which pass by the way. He hideth himself in privy caves, and reseth on beasts unawares, and slayeth them with his teeth and claws, and breaketh all their members, and eateth them piecemeal: and if he see any come against him to take away his prey, then he beclippeth the prey, and grunteth and smiteth the earth with his tail, and if he nigheth him he leapeth on him, and overcometh him, and turneth to the prey. First he drinketh and licketh the blood of the beast that he slayeth, and rendeth and haleth the other-deal limb- meal, and devoureth and swalloweth it.

The leopard is a beast most cruel, and is gendered in spouse-breach of a pard and of a lioness, and pursueth his prey startling and leaping and not running, and if he taketh not his prey in the third leap, or in the fourth, then he stinteth for indignation, and goeth backward as though he were overcome. And he is less in body than the lion, and therefore he dreadeth the lion, and maketh a cave under earth with double entering, one by which he goeth in, and the other by which he goeth out. And that cave is full wide and large in either entering, and more narrow and straight in the middle. And so when the lion cometh, he fleeth and falleth suddenly into the cave, and the lion pursueth him with a great rese, and entereth also into the cave, and weeneth there to have the mastery over the leopard, but for greatness of his body he may not pass freely by the middle of the den which is full straight, and when the leopard knoweth that the lion is so let and holden in the straight place, he goeth out of the den forward, and cometh again into the den in the other side behind the lion, and reseth on him behindforth with biting and with claws, and so the leopard hath often in that wise the mastery of the lion by craft and not by strength, so the less beast hath oft the mastery of the strong beast by deceit and guile in the den, and dare not rese on him openly in the field, as Homer saith in the book of the battles and wiles of beasts.

Churls speak of him [the wolf] and say that a man loseth his voice, if the wolf seeth him first. Therefore to a man that is suddenly still, and leaveth to speak it is said, "Lupus est in fabula," "The wolf is in the tale." And certainly if he know that he is seen first, he loseth his boldness, hardihood, and fierceness. The wolf is an evil beast, when he eateth, and resteth much when he hath no hunger: he is full hardy, and loveth well to play with a child, if he may take him; and slayeth him afterward, and eateth him at the last. It is said, that if the wolf be stoned, he taketh heed of him that threw the first stone, and if that stone grieveth him he will slay him: and if it grieveth him not, and he may take him that throweth that stone, he doth him not much harm, but some harm he doth him as it were in wrath, and leaveth him at last.... The wolf may not bend his neck backward in no month of the year but in May alone, when it thundereth. And when he goeth by night to a fold for to take his prey, he goeth against the wind for hounds should not smell him. And if it happeth in any wise that his foot maketh noise, treading upon anything, then he chasteneth that foot with hard biting.... I have read in a book that a string made of a wolf's gut, put among harp strings made of the guts of sheep, destroyeth and corrupteth them, as the eagle's feathers put among culvours', pulleth and gnaweth them, if they be there left together long in one place.

He [the cat] is a full lecherous beast in youth, swift, pliant, and merry, and leapeth and reseth on everything that is to fore him: and is led by a straw, and playeth therewith: and is a right heavy beast in age and full sleepy, and lieth slyly in wait for mice: and is aware where they be more by smell than by sight, and hunteth and reseth on them in privy places: and when he taketh a mouse, he playeth therewith, and eateth him after the play. In time of love is hard fighting for wives, and one scratcheth and rendeth the other grievously with biting and with claws. And he maketh a ruthful noise and ghastful, when one proffereth to fight with another: and unneth is hurt when he is thrown down off an high place. And when he hath a fair skin, he is as it were proud thereof, and goeth fast about: and when his skin is burnt, then he bideth at home; and is oft for his fair skin taken of the skinner, and slain and flayed.

Physiologus speaketh of the Panther and saith that he hateth the dragon, and the dragon fleeth him: and when he hath eat enough at full, he hideth him in his den, and sleepeth continually nigh three days, and riseth after three days and crieth, and out of his mouth cometh right good air and savour, and is passing measure sweet: and for the sweetness all beasts follow him. And only the dragon is a- feared when he heareth his voice, and fleeth into a den, and may not suffer the smell thereof; and faileth in himself, and looseth his comfort. For he weeneth that his smell is very venom.

All four-footed beasts have liking to behold the divers colours of the panther and tiger, but they are a-feared of the horribleness of their heads, and therefore they hide their heads, and toll the beasts to them with fairness of that other-deal of the body, and take them when they come so tolled, and eat them.

The mermaid is a sea beast wonderly shapen, and draweth shipmen to peril by sweetness of song. The Gloss on Is. xiii. saith that sirens are serpents with crests. And some men say, that they are fishes of the sea in likeness of women. Some men feign that there are three Sirens some-deal maidens, and some-deal fowls with claws and wings, and one of them singeth with voice, and another with a pipe, and the third with an harp, and they please so shipmen, with likeness of song, that they draw them to peril and to shipbreach, but the sooth is, that they were strong hores, that drew men that passed by them to poverty and to mischief. And Physiologus saith it is a beast of the sea, wonderly shapen as a maid from the navel upward and a fish from the navel downward, and this wonderful beast is glad and merry in tempest, and sad and heavy in fair weather. With sweetness of song this beast maketh shipmen to sleep, and when she seeth that they are asleep, she goeth into the ship, and ravisheth which she may take with her, and bringeth him into a dry place, and maketh him first lie by her, and if he will not or may not, then she slayeth him and eateth his flesh. Of such wonderful beasts it is written in the great Alexander's story.

The tiger is the swiftest beast in flight, as it were an arrow, for the Persees call an arrow Tigris, and is a beast distinguished with divers specks, and is wonderly strong and swift. And Pliny saith that they be beasts of dreadful swiftness, and that is namely known when he is taken, for the whelp is all glimy and sinewy; and the hunter lieth in await, and taketh away the whelps, and fleeth soon away on the most swift horse that he may have. And when the wild beast cometh and findeth the den void, and the whelps away, then he reseth headlong, and taketh the fore of him that beareth the whelps away, and followeth him by smell, and when the hunter heareth the grutching of that beast that runneth after him, he throweth down one of the whelps; and the mother taketh the whelp in her mouth, and beareth him into her den and layeth him therein, and runneth again after the hunter. But in the meantime the hunter taketh a ship, and hath with him the other whelps, and scapeth in that wise; and so she is beguiled and her fierceness standeth in no stead, and the male taketh no wood rese after. For the male recketh not of the whelps, and he that will bear away the whelps, leaveth in the way great mirrors, and the mother followeth and findeth the mirrors in the way, and looketh on them and seeth her own shadow and image therein, and weeneth that she seeth her children therein, and is long occupied therefore to deliver her children out of the glass, and so the hunter hath time and space for to scape, and so she is beguiled with her own shadow, and she followeth no farther after the hunter to deliver her children.

Avicenna saith that the bear bringeth forth a piece of flesh imperfect and evil shapen, and the mother licketh the lump, and shapeth the members with licking.... For the whelp is a piece of flesh little more than a mouse, having neither eyes nor ears, and having claws some-deal bourgeoning, and so this lump she licketh, and shapeth a whelp with licking.... And it is wonder to tell a thing, that Theophrastus saith and telleth that bear's flesh sodden that time (of their sleeping) vanisheth if it be laid up, and is no token of meat found in the almery, but a little quantity of humour.... When he is taken he is made blind with a bright basin, and bound with chains, and compelled to play, and tamed with beating; and is an unsteadfast beast, and unstable and uneasy, and goeth therefore all day about the stake, to the which he is strongly tied. He licketh and sucketh his own feet, and hath liking in the juice thereof. He can wonderly sty upon trees unto the highest tops of them, and oft bees gather honey in hollow trees, and the bear findeth honey by smell, and goeth up to the place that the honey is in, and maketh a way into the tree with his claws, and draweth out the honey and eateth it, and cometh oft by custom unto such a place when he is an-hungered. And the hunter taketh heed thereof, and pitcheth full sharp hooks and stakes about the foot of the tree, and hangeth craftily a right heavy hammer or a wedge tofore the open way to the honey. And then the bear cometh and is an- hungered, and the log that hangeth there on high letteth him: and he putteth away the wedge despiteously, but after the removing the wedge falleth again and hitteth him on the ear. And he hath indignation thereof, and putteth away the wedge despiteously and right fiercely, and then the wedge falleth and smiteth him harder than it did before, and he striveth so long with the wedge, until his feeble head doth fail by oft smiting of the wedge, and then he falleth down upon the pricks and stakes, and slayeth himself in that wise. Theophrastus telleth this manner hunting of bears, and learned it of the hunters in the country of Germany.

A fox is called Vulpes, and hath that name as it were wallowing feet aside, and goeth never forthright, but always aslant and with fraud. And is a false beast and deceiving, for when him lacketh meat, he feigneth himself dead, and then fowls come to him, as it were to a carrion, and anon he catcheth one and devoureth it. The fox halteth always, for the right legs are shorter than the left legs. His skin is right hairy rough and hot, his tail is great and rough; and when an hound weeneth to take him by the tail, he taketh his mouth full of hair and stoppeth it. The fox doth fight with the brock for dens, and defileth the brock's den, and hath so the mastery over him with fraud and deceit, and not by strength.... The fox feigneth himself tame in time of need, but by night he waiteth his time and doeth shrewd deeds. And though he be right guileful in himself and malicious, yet he is good and profitable in use of medicine.

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ALBERTUS MAGNUS (1193-1280). A famous doctor in the University of Paris and a Dominican Theologian. The works quoted are commentaries on the Natural Histories of Aristotle. They have often been printed. He was teacher of Thomas Aquinas and a contemporary of our author.

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ALEXANDER NECKHAM, OR NEQUAM (1157-1217). His principal work is "De Naturis Rerum," a book little known on the Continent. Its use by Bartholomew is thus another proof of his English birth.

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ARCHELAUS. A Greek geographer.

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_This list of Authorities cited is that given at the end of the complete work of Bartholomew._

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HC 2513 8540 1879 . n.d. Lyon Siber (c.1482)
.. 1877 . ? Lyon? Imperfect
HC 2512 .. 1878 . n.d. Paris for A. Verard
.. 1510 Paris for Petit& Lenoir
(Brunet II 1622)
.. 1512 Rouen n.p. (Brunet II
1622)
.. 1518 Paris for Petit & Lenoir
Bib.Nat.
.. 1525 Paris P. Lenoir B.M.
.. 1528,May 5 Paris Gandoul Voynich.
.. c. 1530 [Paris] B.M.
.. 1539 Paris Longis B.M.
.. 1556 Paris L'Anglier
(Brunet II 1623), Grasse says 1566
.. 1556 Paris Groulleau Bib. Nat.
.. 1556 Paris De Banville Bib.
Nat.
.. 1556 Paris M.Boursette B.M.
Bib Nat.

_Spanish Version by Fr. Vincent de Burgos_

HC 2523 Pr 8722 Pell 1887 1494,Sep.18 Toulouse Mayer
1556 Toledo De Avila B.M.

_English Version by John of Trevisa in_ 1397

HC 2520 Pr 9725 n.d. Westminster W. de Worde
[c.1495]
1535 London Berthelet B.M.
1582 London East B.M.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

The first edition of this selection was published at London in 1893.

The 1535 edition has 8 unpaged leaves (title, table, prologue, and Book I.), 338 numbered leaves, and printer's mark of Lucretia. The following errors in pagination are noted: 181 for 189, 197 for 187, 201 for 200, 203 for 201, 211 for 209.

The chief point of interest in the Bibliography is the question raised by Wynkyn de Worde's positive statement in his edition in his epilogue:

And also of your charyte call to remembraunce
The soule of William Caxton first prynter of this boke
In latin tonge at Coleyn hymself to avaunce
That every well disposyd man may theron loke
And John Tate the yonger Joy mote he broke
Which late hathe in Englond doo make this paper thynne
That now in our Englyssh this boke is prynted Inne.

Mr. Gordon Duff is disposed to think that Caxton may have worked on the undated Cologne edition (H.C. *2498), which must in that case be put before 1476, finding a link between his Bruges type and the Cologne presses in a work printed at Louvain in 1475 which contains type of both descriptions.

Most of these editions are in the British Museum. The copy of the Berthelet edition there has an autograph of Shakespeare in it--one of the Ireland forgeries.

GLOSSARY

Accord, _n._, harmony According, _part._, punning, or in harmony Adamant, _n._, a diamond Addercop, _n._, a spider Afeard, _part._, affrighted Afore, _prep._, before Almery, _n._, a cupboard, a buttery Anon, _adv._, immediately Apaid, _v._, served, repaid Apaired, _adj._, injured, impaired Areared, _adj._, upright Assay, _v._, to try Aught, _n._, anything Avisement, _n._, forethought, counsel Away with, _v._, to suffer Awreak, _v._, revenge Ayencoming, _n._, returning Ayenge, _prep._, against Ayenward, _adv._, vice versa

Bate, _v._, _hawking_, to flutter the wings as if preparing for flight Bays, _n._, the fruit of the laurel Because, _conj._, in order that Beclip, _v._, embrace, enfold Behind forth, _adv._, from back to front Behooteth, _v._, advises, gives Behove, _v._, to be necessary Bernacle, _n._, a bridle Beshine, _v._, to illuminate Bisse, _n._, a second Blemish, _v._, shrink, blench Blow, _v._, to obtain lead, etc., from ores in a furnace Boisterous, boystous, _adj._, thick, strong, solid Bourgeon, _v._, to bud, burst forth Bray, _v._, to pound Brock, _n._, a badger Buck, _v._, to wash Busily, _adv._, carefully But, _prep._, except

Car, _n._, means or instrument Carfle, _v._, to pound Carrions, _n._, corpses Cast, _v._, to intend Chaffer, _n._, trade Chine, _n._, chink, cleft Clarity, _n._, clearness Clepe, _v._, call Cliff, _n._, shore Clue, _n._, a clew or hank (of yarn) Comfort, _v._, to strengthen Common, _v._, to share one's food with others and ayenward Conject, _v._, conjecture Coverture, _n._, covering Craftily, _adv._, skilfully Culvour, _n._, pigeon Curtel, _n,_, a kirtle, a short coat, a covering

Deadly, _adv._, mortal Deeming, _n._, judgment, opinion Default, _n._, deficiency Depart, _v._, to separate, share out Despiteously, _adv._, contemptuously Detty, _adj._, generous Disperple, _v._, to scatter, destroy Do, done, _v._, to put, to don Doomsman, _n._, judge Draust, _n._, dross, impurity

Ear, _v._, to reap Else, _adv._, otherwise Enform, _v._, to make Even tofore, _adv._, opposite to Expert, _adv._, tried

Fare, _v._, to happen Fear, _v. a._, to frighten Fell, _n._, an undressed skin Fen, _n._, clay Fine, _n._, a boundary Fleet, _v._, to float, to swim; _cf_. "to flit" Flux, _n._, a flow, a catarrh Fore, _n._, trail, spoor; _cf_. "foor" Frot, _v._, to rub Fumous, _adj._, vaporous, cloudy Fumosity, _n._, vapour Fundament, _n._, foundation

Gentle, _adj._, noble, high-minded Gesses, _n._, jesses, cords for fastening the legs of a hawk Gete, _n._, goats Ghastful, _adj._, frightful Gin, _a._, machine Glad, _v. a._, to please Glimy, _adj._, slimy Gloss, _n._, the comment on Scripture, compiled in the ninth century from the fathers Glue, _n._. any glutinous substance Gnod, _v._, to rub? Grieve, _v._, to hurt Grutching, _n._, growling Gutter, _n._, drop

Hale, _v._, to drag Hap, _n._, chance Hards, hirds, _n._, tow Haught, _part._, hatched Heckle, _v._, to straighten out lint by a coarse comb Hele, _v._, to cover; _cf._, heling Hight, _v._, is called Hoar, _adj._, feathered

Hop, _n._, the seed case of the flaxplant Horrible, _adj._, unpleasant to hear Housebond, _n._, husband Hovey, _part._, hovel, cottage Hoving, _part._, staying

Infect, _adj._, spotted, injured Intendment, _n._, understanding

Jape, _v._, to cry out

Kele, _v._, to cool Kind, _n._, nature Kindly, _adj._, natural; _adv._, naturally

Langhaldes, _n._, ropes connecting the fore and hind legs of a horse or cow to stay it from jumping Latten, _n._, a kind of brass Lea, _n._, pasture land Lesings, _n._, untruths Let, _v._, to hinder Lewd, _adj._, ignorant Liefer, _adv._, rather Likelihood, _n._, resemblance Limb, _n._, an instrument; _cf._, "limb of the law" Limbmeal, _adv._, limb by limb; _cf._, "piecemeal" List, _n._, a limit, border Lodesman, _n._, pilot Lowte, _v._, to trumpet

Make, _n._, a mate Manner, _adj._, manner of, kind of Mawmet, _n._, an idol or toy Mean, _n._, intermediary, means Mean, _v._, to assert, consider Medley, _v._, to mix Meinie, _n._, domestics, household Merry, _adj._, fortunate Meselry, _n._, leprosy Mess,_n._, portion Messager, _n._, messenger Mete, _v._, measure, apportion Mews, _n._, originally a place in which hawks were kept "mewed up" Mildness, _n._, generosity Minish, _v._, to narrow Mirror, _n._, seems to have been used only when the surface was curved, the word "shewer" being used for a plane mirror Mistake, _v._, to take wrongly

Namely, _adj._, especially Nathless, _con._, nevertheless Ne, _con._, nor Needly, _adj._, necessarily Nerve, _n._, sinew Nesh, _adj._, soft Nether, _adj._, lower Nice, _adj._, silly, small, trifling Nicely, _adv._, sillily Nother, _con._, neither Noyful, _adj._, noxious, hurtful Noying, _n._, harm

Ordinate, _adj._, ordered, prescribed Otherdeal, _adv._, otherwise Overthwart, _adj._, crossed over on itself

Passing, _adj._, surpassing Patent, _n._, a plate or paten (patine) Pight, _adj._, put, pitched Powder, _n._, dust of any kind Pricket, _n._, a spike used for candlestick, hence a candle Principles, _n._, indecomposable elements Pure, _v.a._, to purify Pursueth, _v_, suiteth?

Quicken, _v.i._, to come to life Quiver, _adj._, nimble, active

Ramaious, _adj._, (_hawking_), slow Ravish, _v._, to snatch Reclaim, _n._, (_hawking_}, the calling back of a hawk Refudation, _n._, a process in which vinegar is poured on lead, distilled off, and again suffered to act on it Relief, _n._, a dessert Rese, _v._, to rush on anyone Resolve, _v._, to loosen, weaken, to dissolve Rheum, _n._, salt humour Ribbed, _adj._, beaten with a "rib," in dressing flax Ridge, _n._, the back bone Riever, _n._, a violent, robber, a raider Rivelled, _adj._, wrinkled Rively, _adv._, wrinkled, shrunk Rodded, _adj._, separated from tow--"redded" Routs, _n._, crowds Ruthful, _adj._, sorrowful

Sad, _adj._, steadfast, solid Sanguine, _adj._, blood-like Scarce, _adj._, sparing, avaricious Seethe, _v._, to boil Selde, _adv._, seldom Sele, _v._, to cover Shamefast, _adj._, shamefaced Sheltrons, _n._, palisades Shern, _adj._, shore Shewer, _n._, a looking-glass Shingle, _n._, in _roofing_, brushwood, or small boards Shipbreach, _n._, shipwreck Shore, _adj._, shorn (of the hair) Shrewd, _adj._, bitter; _cf._, shrew Silly, _adj._, blessed, _hence_ innocent, _hence_ simple Sinew, _n._, a nerve Slubber, _v._, to do anything carelessly Smirch, _v._, to soil Sod, _adj._, stewed Solar, _n._, an upper floor Solemn, _adj._, celebrated, earnest Somedeal, _adv._, somewhat Sometime, _adv._, once Sooth, _n._, truth Spanells, _n._, ropes connecting the fore or hind feet of an animal to impede its movements

Spousehood, _n._, marriage Spousebreach, _n._, adultery Spronge, _adj._, sprinkled Stare, _v._, to stay Startling, _part._, leaping and jumping Stint, _v._, to stop Stint, _adj._, stopped Straight, _adj._, confined Straited, _adj._, narrowed Sty, _v._, to climb Suspect, _adj._, in suspicion

Tatch, _n._, spot Tatched, _adj._, spotted Tewly, livid Tilth, _v._, to cultivate Tilth, _n._, tillage Tofore, _prep._, before Toll, _v._, to entice Trow, _v._, to believe; _cf._, trust

Unmighty, _adj._, unable Unneth, _adv._, hardly Uplandish, _adj._, rustic Utter, _adj._, outer

Very, _adj._, true

Wait, _n._, a guard Wanhope, _n._, despair Warily, _adv._, carefully Ween, _v._, consider, think Wem, _n._, blemish, fault Wend, _adj._, wound up Werish, _adj._, insipid Whelk, _n._, a swelling Whet, _v._, to sharpen Whiche, _n._, a wicket-gate _cf._, "wych gate" Wilful, _adj._, of set purpose Wit, _n._, a sense; _cf_ "out of his wits" Witty, _adj._, sensibly Wonder, _adj._, wondrous Wonderly, _adv._, wondrously Wood, _adj._, crazy, frantic Woodness, _n._, madness Woose, _n._, fluid Worship, _n._, reverence, authority Wosen, _n._, the arteries Wot, _v._, knew Wrang, _adj._, injured, wrung Wreak, _n._, revenge Wreck, _v._, to revenge Wrecker, _n._, avenger