GLOSSARY

noon:  no

wight:  person, thing

dere:  dear

sory:  miserable

certes:  certain

chere:  manner, mood

leef:  willing to

bere:  bier, coffin

beth:  be

elles:  else

mot:  must

voucheth sauf:  vouchsafe, permit

yt:  it

soun:  sound

here:  hear

sonne:  sun

pere:  peer, an equal

hertes:  heart's

stere:  guide, rudder

moote:  must

ben:  is

lyves:  life's

here:  here

thurgh:  through

syn:  since

wole:  will

ben:  be

tresorere:  treasurer

For I am shave as nye as any frere:  For I am shaved as close as any friar; For I have as much money as a friar has hair 

Brutes Albyon:  Brutus' Britain -- Brutus, mythological founder of Britain

lyne:  lineage, ancestry

eleccion:  choice

verray:  true

mowen:  has the power to, can

harmes:  evils, troubles

amende:  correct

mynde:  consideration