couth

Then longe folk to go on pilgrimages, And palmers for to seeke strange strands To ferne hallows couth in sundry lands.

For in the flower of his youth, In sondry wise as he well couth, Of ditties and of songes glade The which he for my sake made.

Here the expression, no good he ne couth means, he was quite feeble and strengthless.

Al myten o 25 same inges bettere and more plentiuousely be couth 592 in e moue of e poeple at knowe al is.

Al myten o same inges bettere and more plentiuousely be couth in e moue of e poeple at knowe al is.