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Answer'd my steps too loud: see examples in Mayhew and Skeat's _M. E. Dictionary_.
There are instanceshoweverof _clout_ in the sense of a plate of iron fastened on the sole of a shoe. In either
sense of the word 'clouted shoon' would be heavy and coarse. _Shoon_ is an old plural (O.E. _scon_); comp.
_hosen__eyen_ (= eyes)_dohtren_ (= daughters)_foen_ (= foes)etc.
636. ~more med'cinal~of greater virtue. The line may be scanned thus: And yet | more med | 'cinal is | it than
| that Mo | ly. ~Moly~. When Ulysses was approaching the abode of Circe he was met by Hermeswho said:
Come thenI will redeem thee from thy distressand bring deliverance. Lotake this herb of virtueand go to
the dwelling of Circethat it may keep from thy head the evil day. And I will tell thee all the magic sleight of
Circe. She will mix thee a potion and cast drugs into the mess; but not even so shall she be able to enchant
thee; so helpful is this charmed herb that I shall give thee ... Therewith the slayer of Argos gave me the plant
that he had plucked from the groundand he showed me the growth thereof. It was black at the rootbut the
flower was like to milk. _Moly_ the gods call itbut it is hard for mortal men to dig; howbeit with the gods al [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
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