English Interjections in Fifteenth Century 29 
York Plays, xiii, 209: For suth, I am a mayden clene. York 
Plays, xvii, 85, Herod: Thre Kyngis, forsothe! Magnyfycence, 
1257: But nowe, forsothe, man, it maketh no mater. Magn., 
1263: Forsothe, tell on; hast thou any mo? Magn., 2418: 
Nowe welcome, forsothe, Sad Cyrcumspeccyon. Castell of 
Perseverance, 327: Ya, forsoth, and that is wel sene. Towneley 
Plays, xiii, 750: ffor sothe, all redy. Not-browne Mayd, 151: 
Forsoth, I trowe, ye and your bowe. 
in dede. Modern indeed. OE. d@d, related to OE. don, to do. 
Magnyfycence, 36: In dede, Syr, that Lyberte was not worth 
a cue. Magn., 374: And in dede,- Syr, I here men talke. 
Magn., 594, Fansy: No, in dede. Magn., 1696: Nay, indede, 
but I sawe howe ye prayed. Everyman: Yea, indeed, I have it 
here. | 
I say, I vowe. Intensive or emphatic. In nature akin to m 
dede, in truth, for sothe, and I trowe. 
Coventry Plays, xti: Go chere hyre therefore, I say. 
Towneley, ii, 32: I say, donnyng, go fare! [Towmneley, ii, 41: 
Say, mall and stott, will ye not go? Magnyfycence, 306: Gete 
you hens, I say, by my counsell. Magn., 1167: Wotyst thou, I 
say, to whom thou spekys? Magn., 2239: Ye be the theuys, I 
say, away my goodys dyd cary. Castell of Perseverance, 2249: 
War! syr Glotoun shal makyn a smeke ageyns this castel, I 
vowe. 
I trow(e). ME. trowen, OE. triiwian or tréowan, to trust, be- 
lieve, connected with the noun tréow, trust. 
Occleve, Jereslaus’s Wife, 114: And robbid ryche folk, ye 
woot, I trowe. Magnyfycence, 348: I trowe, by our lady, I 
had ben slayne. Magn., 808: Cockes harte! I trowe thou 
wylt make a fray. Mankind, 98: I trow, of ws thre I herde 
you speke. Magn., 2448: A ha! Fansy and Foly met with you, 
I trowe. Not-browne Mayd, 151: Forsoth, I trowe, ye and 
your bowe. : 
God wote, I wote. The third singular, wat, of OE. witan, know, 
became wot in ME. by regular development. 
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