ens and Liebault,
translated by Svrflet, and edited by G. Markham: London, 1616.

"He may also gather some _perceiuerance_ by the other markes before
specified; that is to say, by the prints of his foote vpon the
grasse, by the carriages of his head, his dung, gate," &c.--_Id._,
booke vii. p. 685.

"And this lyfe to men is an high _perseveraunce_,
Or a lyght of faythe wherby they shall be saved."

"God's Promises," by John Bale; Dodsley's _Old Plays_ (Collier's
edition), vol. i. Part II. Act I.

By-the-bye, as a specimen of the value of this edition, take the
following passage of this very play:

"O perfyght keye of David, and hygh scepture of the kyndred of
Jacob; whych openest and no man _speareth_, that speakest and no
man openeth."--Act VII. p. 40.

On the word _speareth_ the commentator treats his reader to a note; in
which he informs him that _speareth_ means "asketh," and in proof of
this cites one passage from Chaucer, and two from Douglas's _Virgil_. It
might almost appear to be upbraiding the reader with stupidity to
mention that _speareth_ signifieth "bolteth, shutteth;" and that
"speaketh" is a misprint for _speareth_. This verb was a favourite with
Bale. One word more closes my budget for the present.

_More_, a root. Still in use in Gloucestershire, once of frequent
occurrence. To the examples alleged by Richardson, in his _Dictionary_,
add the following:

"I se it by ensaunple
In somer tyme on trowes;
Ther some bowes ben leved,
And some bereth none,
There is a meschief in the _more_
Of swiche manere bowes."
_The Vision of Piers Ploughman_, edited by Thomas
Wright, vol. ii. p. 300.

At p. 302. you find the sentiment in Latin:

"Sicut cum videris arborem pallidam et marcidam, intelligis
quod _vitium habet in radice_"--"a meschief in the _more_."

The Glossary of the editor is silent.

"It is a ful trie tree, quod he,
Trewely to telle;
Mercy is the _more_ therof,
The myddul stok is ruthe;
The leves ben lele wordes,
The lawe of holy chirche;
The blosmes beth buxom speche,
And benigne lokynge;
Pacience hatte the pure tree," &c.
_Id._, vol. ii. p. 330.

"It groweth in a gardyn, quod he,
That God made hymselve,
Amyddes mannes body,
The _more_ is of that stokke,
Herte highte the