167 1–5 Jacob covered himself with goatskins to deceive his blind father Isaac into blessing him instead of his hairy brother Esau, see Genesis 27 2 shagg’d shaggy 7 alchymize change by alchemy, transmute 8 ten… Nuns fingers 9 pennance impose a penance on, discipline 13 Herse coffin, tomb

167 20 Sables the skins of sables; the heraldic colour black Ermin the skins of stoats; in heraldry, white marked with black spots 21 Lay-Lovers not professional, not clerical, lovers