Lvtel wot hit any mon / Hou loue hym haueth ybounde: notes
London, British Library, Harley MS 2253, f. 128r

6. the grimly gost: i.e. the Devil.

14. 'Thyn ore!': cf. the lover's cry to the lady in Lutel wot any man / Hou derne loue may stonde 17. The prayer for the lady's mercy is a commonplace of medieval love-poetry.